Adaptation of the Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell) novel. After Adam inherits a country house from his great uncle, he and his friend Rufus decide to spend the summer there instead of abroad. An odd assortment of 'house guests' turns up through different means and it's an uneasy mix at best. A decade afterwards, the bodies of a young woman and an infant are discovered in the woods behind the house. As the police investigate, they naturally look to Adam as former owner of the house, and what happened all those years before starts to catch up with him.
The unstable security chief of an auction house becomes increasingly obsessed with his female neighbor, who's being stalked, and a supposedly cursed jewel that's being auctioned. Is he losing his mind or is the curse real?
Based on the Alan Sillitoe short story. Tony, a worker at a cheese factory, is also a petty thief. He moves from robbery after robbery until he meets Doris, the daughter of the local ragman. Slowly, he falls in love with her and must decide whether he will stay a thief or start a new life with Doris.
Выпускник университета, не найдя работы по специальности, соглашается на должность учителя в школе для трудных подростков. Работая в школе и параллельно рассылая своё резюме, он в итоге получает приглашение на должность инженера в какой-то фирме. Но не уходит сразу, а решает довести класс до конца учебного года. За это время дети меняются и проникаются любовью к своему учителю. На выпускном вечере учитель принимает решение остаться в школе навсегда и рвёт приглашение на работу инженером…
