Dead of Night (1972)

Drama · Horror · Mystery

Dead of Night is a British television anthology of supernatural fiction, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in 1972. It ran for a single series; of its seven 50-minute episodes, only three—'The Exorcism', 'Return Flight', and 'A Woman Sobbing'—are known to survive in the Archives. Another programme made by the same production team under Innes Lloyd, 'The Stone Tape', intended to be the eighth episode, does survive in the Archives but was not broadcast under the Dead of Night banner.

IMDb rating: 7.3 (222 votes)
Episode average: 6.7 -0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (1972)

6.73 avg 3 episodes 7.4 → 6.9 50 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Exorcism	7.4	256
2	Return Flight	5.9	102
7	A Woman Sobbing	6.9	134