Shades Of Darkness was an anthology series of 7 stories in 1983 and then came back for a couple more in '86. The original 7 were also aired on PBS Mystery in the US around the same time. Unfortunately, not all of them have ever found their way to commercial release, but what can you do? No stupid CGI here. Just good storytelling and imagination. These were made before movies became video games on a big screen.
The Lady's Maid's Bell, Afterward and Bewitched are all Edith Wharton stories. Ken Taylor wrote the screenplay for the first. Alfred Shaughnessy (Upstairs Downstairs) the second and the screenplay for Bewitched was written by Alan Plater. Heavyweights one and all. Dame Eileen Atkins and Alfred Burke star in Bewitched. James Bolam and Francesca Annis in The Maze (a Ken Taylor story). The Intercessor is a May Sinclair story first published in 1931. Alan Plater did the screenplay and it stars John Duttine (To Serve Them All My Days, Ain't Misbehavin', Wuthering Heights, The Mallens, Day Of The Triffids, Out Of The Blue, Heartbeat, Jane Hall, The Jury). The Demon Lover is an Elizabeth Bowen story from 1945. Hugh Grant and Miranda Richardson both had early-career roles in this and other familiar faces such as Robert Hardy and Angela Thorne appear as well. You can read more about each episode here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1729107/
The Stone Tape by Nigel Kneale (Quatermass). All you need to know here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stone_Tape
The Woman In Black is a Nigel Kneale adaptation of the Susan Hill novel. A spine-chilling ghost story!
Here's the lowdown: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_Black_%281989_film%29
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