Hearts kept in Tupperware, small countries that vanish overnight, and a kidnapper who gets more than he bargained for... Six stories of the comic, the frightening and the downright weird, taken from Robert Shearman's award-winning short story collection.

Starring Colin Baker Maggie Stables

19th century Lancashire: the white heat of the Industrial Revolution burns hottest at Samuel Belfrage's mill. In Ackleton, the local MP voices the fears of many when he says that the machines are taking over. He's more right than he knows...

Starring Lalla Ward Louise Jameson

Starring Anneke Wills Frazer Hines

Time Walkers have descended upon the Earth. This alien race, known as The Vist, has claimed an area of time for itself, and any species entering into the immediate future will pay the most terrible forfeit...

Starring Paul McGann Sheridan Smith

After a last, futile fight against the Daleks, Lucie, Susan and Alex are heading home in the desperate hope of saving the Doctor's life. But the terrible nature of the Daleks' plan is beginning to emerge, and the Monk has blood on his hands...

Starring Katy Manning

Visually challenged, Pansy Maude’s quirky view of life is tinged by the way she sees it - or not as the case may be. Free thinking, fearless, feisty and fabulous, she is wrapped in a sunny world of soft edges as she ventures into the dark shadows...