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The Worst Episodes of The Frighteners

Every episode of The Frighteners ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Frighteners!

A horror anthology series, with each episode featuring a different eerie tale.
Genre:Drama
Network:ITV1

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Minder" is the worst rated episode of "The Frighteners". 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 scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Firing Squad".

  • The Minder
    5.6/1037 votes
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    #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

  • Firing Squad
    5.9/1025 votes
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    #2 - 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

  • The Treat
    6.1/1025 votes
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    #3 - 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

  • The Night of the Stag
    6.3/1036 votes
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    #4 - 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

  • Old Comrades
    6.4/1029 votes
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    #5 - 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

  • Glad to Be of Help
    6.4/1025 votes
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    #6 - 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

  • The Manipulators
    6.8/1041 votes
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    #7 - 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

  • The Disappearing Man
    6.9/1030 votes
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    #8 - 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

  • The Classroom
    6.9/1035 votes
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    #9 - 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

  • Have a Nice Time at the Zoo, Darling
    6.9/1031 votes
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    #10 - 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

  • You Remind Me of Someone
    7.0/1028 votes
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    #11 - 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

  • Bed and Breakfast
    7.3/1031 votes
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    #12 - 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

  • Miss Mouse
    7.4/1027 votes
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    #13 - 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