SPIRITUAL ENCOUNTERS OF THE MALEVOLENT KIND.
An alcoholic pub landlord has visions of a 17th-century doctor of the occult, beginning a monumental clash between good and evil. Adapted from the novel by Kingsley Amis.
DirectorElijah Moshinsky
WritersKingsley Amis, Malcolm Bradbury
Episode 1
Oct 28, 1990
Maurice Allington, landlord of The Green Man, celebrates his 53rd birthday and meets the ghost of Dr Thomas Underhill.
Episode 2
Nov 4, 1990
Preceding his own father's funeral, Maurice attempts to exhume Underhill, who is not finished with him yet.
Episode 3
Nov 11, 1990
Underhill agrees to a second meeting, at which Maurice presumes the evil doctor will reveal his full powers.
