A short-lived horror anthology broadcast in the United Kingdom weekly from 11 April until 16 May 1968 on BBC Two. However, following viewer complaints of its unsuitability, it was pulled, with four of six episodes believed lost (the third episode resurfaced as a 16mm black-and-white film telerecording in 2016, and the first in 2026).
Late Night Horror (Season 1)
No Such Thing As a Vampire (Episode 1)
Writer: Hugh Leonard
Air date: 1968-04-19
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: There's no such thing as a vampire. So why does the doctor's wife in a small Transylvanian village find puncture marks on her neck, why is she always pallid and listless, and what can be done to save her?
William and Mary (Episode 2)
Writer: Roald Dahl
Air date: 1968-04-26
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Can an eye and a brain be kept alive when the rest of a man's body has died? And is it desirable that they should be?
The Corpse Can't Play (Episode 3)
Writer: Hugh Leonard
Air date: 1968-05-03
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: A strange little boy disliked by all crashes a children's party and introduces strange new variations to some traditional children's party games.
The Triumph of Death (Episode 4)
Writer: David Campton
Air date: 1968-05-10
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Rumours persist about a haunted Elizabethian mansion do its ghostly spinster occupant.
The Bells of Hell (Episode 5)
Writer: Hugh Whitemore
Air date: 1968-05-17
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: A newlywed couple check into a nearly deserted inn where the owners and other residents for the church bell's ringing.
The Kiss of Blood (Episode 6)
Writer: John Hawkesworth
Air date: 1968-05-24
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: A beautiful young woman married to a rich older man decides to have an affair since her husband spends all of his free time with his flowers.
Seasons
Episodes 6