The Agatha Christie Hour

When Maria Packington's husband starts losing his head to his nubile young secretary, Maria turns to Parker Pyne to win back her spouse's affection. Mr Pyne advises his charge to kick up her heels and enjoy the companionship of young Clive Luttrell, and it is not long after that she finds romance entering her life once more.

On a visit to a family estate, a young man has a vision of a woman being strangled to death. Chilled by the premonition, the young man soon forgets it as he prepares to set off for war. However, many years later, the events portrayed in the mirror appear to be ready to be played out.

When unloved and penniless George Rowlands decides on a holiday, he is taken aback by a beautiful girl, who flings herself into his railway carriage and begs to be hidden. When she eventually leaves, she entrusts him with a package to safeguard, and George soon finds himself embroiled in an exhilarating adventure.

A mysterious individual in a train carriage housing three esteemed travellers joins in their conversation when he regales them with a tense tale of a dying woman's possession by a peasant girl.

Restless in civilian life, a former army officer embarks on an eventful adventure to decode a map in Swahili and unearth a hidden treasure together with a reserved young woman.

A disaffected wife plans to make a new life with her lover in a different country, but she soon hears news that her husband's business has collapsed and that he may be charged with embezzlement. Hurrying to his aid, it soon becomes apparent that there is more at stake than just her husband's reputation.