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- The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- A small planes pilot must take the controls of a large passenger plane when the pilots fall victim to food poisoning.
- Set in the year 1783 aboard H.M.S. Indomitable, then at war with the French, an innocent young sailor is hung from the ship's mast as a result of violence and corruption among the crew.
- Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy come to live nearby, the Bennets have high hopes. But pride, prejudice, and misunderstandings all combine to complicate their relationships and to make happiness difficult.
- The time is 1944 and the British submarine Trident is stalking an enemy ship. When Commander Clinton gives an order to his number one man, Brooks, the latter hesitates before carrying it out. The attack is successful, but Clinton suffers what seems to be a mild injury. Back on base Brooks asks Clinton when he will get his promotion, and Clinton tells Brooks he is not certain whether he will ever be more than a number one man. Tension mounts between the two when they are sent to track down an enemy submarine
- A pathologist working in a hospital is called upon to perform an autopsy on a man who has died mysteriously. His findings lead him to a web of government agents, intrigue, national security and the possibility of an outbreak of bubonic plague.
- While wandering through the countryside, a young married couple discover an old abandoned cottage in which they decide to make their home. A mysterious stranger tells them of the curse which falls on all its inhabitants, but they disregard his warning.
- Last fortnight in the life of a youth who was sentenced to death for the killing of a police constable.
- The annual burning of the Guy Fawkes effigy gives Herbert Triton an idea which (like Guy Fawkes) could send him to the gallows if he is caught.
- An American travelling in Europe finds clashes between the two cultures.
- A duke imprisoned for 15 years in a castle in France feigns blindness for five years to lull the suspicions of his captors in order to plan his escape. His faithful servant, unable to bear the strain, goes mad and is drugged to death by the duke's supporters who have arranged for the duke's escape.
- Three shifty sailors commandeer a smallpox-ridden boat and set out to sea. A typhoon washes them ashore on a faraway Pacific island, which is ruled by a white religious fanatic who has set himself up as the local god.