<Tr> <Th> Original release </Th> <Td> 5 September--17 December 1984 </Td> </Tr> <P> Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense is a short - lived (one season) anthology television series produced in Britain in 1984 / 85 by Hammer Studios . Though similar in format to the 1980 series Hammer House of Horror, the Mystery and Suspense series had feature - length episodes, usually running around 70 minutes without commercials . </P> <P> The series was a co-production by Hammer Studios with 20th Century Fox Television (as was the 1968 anthology series Journey to the Unknown), and is known in the United States as Fox Mystery Theater . Unlike 1980's Hammer House of Horror, it was first aired in the UK by ITV in 1984, though was not simulcast and was shown in different timeslots (and a different running order) throughout the various ITV regions . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> UK Transmission Date (ITV London region) </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Cast </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mark of the Devil </Td> <Td> 5 September 1984 </Td> <Td> Brian Clemens </Td> <Td> Val Guest </Td> <Td> Dirk Benedict, Jenny Seagrove, George Sewell, John Paul, Tom Adams, Burt Kwouk, James Ellis, Reginald Marsh, Alibe Parsons, Hugh Morton </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Last Video and Testament </Td> <Td> 12 September 1984 </Td> <Td> Robert Quigley (story) Roy Russell (screenplay) </Td> <Td> Peter Sasdy </Td> <Td> Deborah Raffin, Oliver Tobias, David Langton, Clifford Rose, Shane Rimmer, Robert Rietti, Norman Mitchell </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Child's Play </Td> <Td> 8 October 1984 </Td> <Td> Graham Wassell </Td> <Td> Val Guest </Td> <Td> Mary Crosby, Nicholas Clay </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Corvini Inheritance </Td> <Td> 15 October 1984 </Td> <Td> David Fisher </Td> <Td> Gabrielle Beaumont </Td> <Td> David McCallum, Jan Francis, Terence Alexander, Stephen Yardley, Paul Bacon, Leonard Trolley, Johnnie Wade </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> In Possession </Td> <Td> 22 October 1984 </Td> <Td> Michael J. Bird </Td> <Td> Val Guest </Td> <Td> Carol Lynley, Christopher Cazenove, Judy Loe, David Healy, Bernard Kay, Brendan Price, John D. Collins </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paint Me A Murder </Td> <Td> 29 October 1984 </Td> <Td> Pat Silver & Jesse Lasky Jr . </Td> <Td> Alan Cooke </Td> <Td> Michelle Phillips, James Laurenson, David Robb, Alan Lake, W. Morgan Sheppard, Richard LeParmentier, Tony Steedman, Gerald Sim, Neil Morrissey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> A Distant Scream </Td> <Td> 5 November 1984 </Td> <Td> Martin Worth </Td> <Td> John Hough </Td> <Td> David Carradine, Stephanie Beacham, Stephen Greif, Stephan Chase, Fanny Carby, Ewan Stewart, Lesley Dunlop, Bernard Horsfall, Edward Peel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Black Carrion </Td> <Td> 12 November 1984 </Td> <Td> Don Houghton </Td> <Td> John Hough </Td> <Td> Season Hubley, Leigh Lawson, Norman Bird, William Hootkins, Oscar Quitak, Forbes Collins, Christopher Ellison </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Late Nancy Irving </Td> <Td> 26 November 1984 </Td> <Td> David Fisher </Td> <Td> Peter Sasdy </Td> <Td> Cristina Raines, Marius Goring, Simon Williams, Tony Anholt, Zienia Merton, Tom Chadbon, Michael Elwyn, Derek Benfield, Lewis Fiander </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Czech Mate </Td> <Td> 3 December 1984 </Td> <Td> Jeremy Burnham </Td> <Td> John Hough </Td> <Td> Susan George, Patrick Mower, Roy Boyd, Richard Heffer, Peter Vaughan, Robert Russell, Pam St. Clement, Christopher Robbie, Steve Plytas, Hana Maria Pravda </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Sweet Scent of Death </Td> <Td> 17 December 1984 </Td> <Td> Brian Clemens </Td> <Td> Peter Sasdy </Td> <Td> Dean Stockwell, Shirley Knight, Michael Gothard, Carmen du Sautoy, Robert Lang, Alan Gifford </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> And the Wall Came Tumbling Down </Td> <Td> 4 July 1985 </Td> <Td> John Peacock & Dennis Spooner </Td> <Td> Paul Annett </Td> <Td> Barbi Benton, Gareth Hunt, Peter Wyngarde, Carol Royle, Brian Deacon, Patricia Hayes, Ralph Michael, Robert James </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Tennis Court </Td> <Td> 27 June 1985 </Td> <Td> Michael Hastings (story) Andrew Sinclair (screenplay) </Td> <Td> Cyril Frankel </Td> <Td> Peter Graves, Hannah Gordon, Ralph Arliss, Isla Blair, Jonathan Newth, Cyril Shaps, Peggy Sinclair, Marcus Gilbert </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Hammer house of mystery and suspense episode guide