''Leap in the Dark'' was a British television anthology series with a supernatural theme. It was broadcast on

BBC 2 BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...

. It ran for 4 seasons - in 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1980 - consisting of 24 episodes in total. The first-season episodes were documentaries, seasons 2 & 3 were presented by Colin Wilson and consisted of

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re-enacting real-life cases of paranormal occurrences, and season 4 was original dramas, including episodes written by Alan Garner, Fay Weldon, and David Rudkin. Apart from the Pilot episode no episode of the first season exists complete due to wiping, and the episode ''The Battle for Miss Beauchamp'', (pronounced 'Bee-cham'), in the 2nd season, is also incomplete.

Episode List

Season 1

# Pilot (9th Jan 1973) # Untitled (6th Feb 1973) - missing # A Question of Survival (13th Feb 1973) - missing # Pendulums and Hazel Twigs (20th Feb 1973) - missing # Mind Over Matter (27th Feb 1973) - missing # Hauntings (6th Feb 1973) - missing # Untitled (20th Mar 1973) - missing

Season 2

# The Rosenheim Poltergeist (19th Sep 1975) # The Search for Pat MacAdam (26th Sep 1975) # The Battle for Miss Beauchamp (3rd Oct 1975) - incomplete # The Vandy Case (10th Oct 1973) Written by Anne Owen

Season 3

# Dream Me a Winner (14th Jan 1977) Written by Colin Godman # The Fetch (21st Jan 1977) Written by Anne Owen, about the story of

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# The Ghost of Ardachie Lodge (28th Jan 1977) Written by Colin Godman # Undercurrents (4th Feb 1977) # Parlour Games (11th Feb 1977) Written by Anne Owen # In the Mind's Eye (18th Feb 1977)

Season 4

# Jack Be Nimble (4th Sep 1980) Written by Peter Redgrove # Watching Me, Watching You (5th Sep 1980) Written by Fay Weldon # Poor Jenny (8th Sep 1980) Written by Colin Godman # The Living Grave (9th Sep 1980) Written by David Rudkin # Come and Find Me (10th Sep 1980) Written by Russell Hoban # Room for an Inward Light (11th Sep 1980) Written by

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# To Kill a King (12th Sep 1980) Written by Alan Garner

External links

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Haunted TV
Leap in the Dark
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