5.6/1037 votes#1 - The Minder
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/1972
A daring jailbreak is planned - but does Bender mastermind the escape of his boss out of loyalty, or a more sinister motive?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/1036 votes
#2 - The Night of the Stag
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/1972
Ginny receives a phone call from her lover, Mike, telling her that it is over between them. He is calling from the pub where he is celebrating his stag night. Ginny convinces Mike that they should spend one more night together before his wedding the next morning.
Director: John Reardon
Writer: Andrea Newman
- 6.4/1029 votes
#3 - Old Comrades
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/1972
A retired army Sergeant receives an unexpected visit from two of his former unit members who seem to have some unfinished business with him.
Director: John Reardon
Writer: Robert Holles
- 6.8/1041 votes
#4 - The Manipulators
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/1972
A lecture on Pavlov's Dogs. A room full of women being computer-tested for their typing skills. Two blokes, in a flat above a butchers' shop have been watching the young couple in the flat opposite, and their baby, taping their conversations. The couple's nerves are frayed. "They're getting close to breaking point" says one watcher. "Thanks to you" replies the other, more experienced watcher. As they continue to interfere, something terrible happens. One watcher wants to put a stop to it. His superior feels otherwise. But who, exactly is the manipulator and who is the manipulated?
Director: Mike Hodges
Writer: Mike Hodges
- 6.9/1030 votes
#5 - The Disappearing Man
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/1972
A tired and worried man fails to see his reflection in a train window. He comes to the conclusion that he is being ignored in life because he is disappearing from the world.
Director: Henri Safran
Writer: Brian Phelan
- 5.9/1025 votes
#6 - Firing Squad
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/11/1972
A mercenary returns to the UK having switched sides in a coup and discovers his former associates waiting for him, looking for revenge.
Director: Henri Safran
Writer: Jacques Gillies
- 7.4/1027 votes
#7 - Miss Mouse
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/25/1972
A hen-pecked husband brings his marriage to a life-changing conclusion one evening after a night out with his wife. Meanwhile their neighbour, Miss Mouse, hears everything via the intercom she uses for babysitting their child.
Director: John Reardon
Writer: John Burke
- 6.1/1025 votes
#8 - The Treat
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/1/1972
It was meant to be a great day out for three veterans and the male nurse. But their uneasy friendship soon became savage enmity.
Director: Henri Safran, Gareth Davies
Writer: Brian Phelan, Douglas Livingstone
- 7.3/1031 votes
#9 - Bed and Breakfast
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/8/1972
The Ashworths arrive at Cartwright's remote country house and place a board outside indicating the place is a hotel. They then demand that Cartwright gives them rooms for the night.
Director: David Askey
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1028 votes
#10 - You Remind Me of Someone
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/23/1972
A lorry driver starts to become uneasy about the conversation he is having with his hitch hiker companion Norris and decides it's time for him to leave
Director: Cyril Coke
Writer: Wilfred Greatorex
- 6.9/1035 votes
#11 - The Classroom
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/13/1973
A teacher is about to retire,very popular with pupils but there is an exception.
Director: Graham Evans
Writer: William Trevor
- 6.4/1025 votes
#12 - Glad to Be of Help
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/20/1973
An MP, skilled in solving problems, finds his expertise begins to fail in the face of a routine interview that slowly turns into a meeting of mounting menace.
Director: David Reid
Writer: Maurice Edelman
- 6.9/1031 votes
#13 - Have a Nice Time at the Zoo, Darling
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/3/1973
A man has been watching attractive, thirteen-year-old Ruth. When they meet face-to-face, heart-rending mistakes of the past are revealed - but what of the future?
Director: Henri Safran
Writer: David Hodson
The Best Episodes of The Frighteners Season 1
Every episode of The Frighteners Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Frighteners Season 1!
A horror anthology series, with each episode featuring a different eerie tale.
Genre:Drama
Network:ITV1
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Minder" is the best rated episode of "The Frighteners" season 1. It scored 5.6/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/7/1972. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Night of the Stag".