Episode: 14x01 | Airdate: Oct 5, 1996 (75 min)
In a desperate bid to save his political career, scheming Home Secretary David Hanratty resigns from an unpopular Conservative government to join forces with the Labour Party and its charismatic new leader Tom Peel.
Episode: 14x02 | Airdate: Oct 12, 1996
A small group of Ghanaian stowaways are discovered on board a cargo ship and all but one brutally murdered by its crew. The survivor tells his story.
Episode: 14x03 | Airdate: Oct 19, 1996 (95 min)
Ireland, 1941: while the rest of Europe is at war, the inhabitants of Kinalty Castle find themselves overwhelmed by uncontrollable feelings of lust and passion. Before long, Charlie Raunce, the castle's butler, has fallen head over heels in love with Edith the housemaid.
Episode: 14x04 | Airdate: Oct 26, 1996
Two young children are brought to Janet Hinton, a social worker in the Scottish Highlands. When both she and an independent expert become convinced that the children are part of a ritual child abuse network, the small community is thrown into disarray. See today's choices.
Episode: 14x05 | Airdate: Nov 2, 1996 (75 min)
A recently married schoolteacher becomes infatuated with an enigmatic photographer after a chance encounter. But when she discovers that he has covertly been taking pictures of her, she aims to destroy this part of his portfolio.
Episode: 14x06 | Airdate: Nov 16, 1996 (100 min)
Dallas Adair, an American golf guru, comes to live with a middle-class family in suburban Australia. With her riotous antics and her capacity to attract both sexes, she soon sets about sexually awakening the Sommers household.
Episode: 14x07 | Airdate: Dec 31, 1996 (30 min)
Andy works at the Hastings Telephone Exchange. All day, every day he copes with emergencies, from squashed seagulls to suicide attempts. Buton this particular day he takes a series of calls from someone who is threatening to murder him.
