Season 7

Complete listed story — includes the ending

1. Fatal Caper

Lord Mycroft Amberson ( Leslie Phillips ), a wealthy, elderly man with a weak heart, adds a stipulation to his will. The stipulation mentions that his two sons, the womanizing Justin ( Greg Wise ) and the greedy Evelyn ( James Saxon ) must locate their long-lost brother, Frank, within a certain amount of time, or else risk having their inheritance be given away to charity. Also starring Natasha Richardson and Bob Hoskins.

2. Last Respects

Yvonne ( Emma Samms ), Dolores ( Kerry Fox ), and Marlys Finger ( Julie Cox ) are three sisters who bicker with one another constantly. Left in charge of their late father's struggling curiosity shop, they discover a monkey's paw in a box of items. Thinking that they have found a way out of their financial troubles, Marlys and Yvonne use it to wish for riches. But their riches are not without tragic consequences.

3. A Slight Case of Murder

Famous mystery novelist Sharon Bannister ( Francesca Annis ) is repeatedly pestered by her nosy neighbor Mrs. Trask ( Elizabeth Spriggs ), who wants advice to see if her own writing is any good as Sharon's. One day, Sharon is held at gunpoint by her jealous ex-husband Larry ( Christopher Cazenove ), who accuses her of cheating on him with Mrs. Trask's son, Joey ( Patrick Barlow ), leading to a suspenseful game of cat and mouse between all parties.

4. Escape

During World War II, Lieutenant Luger ( Martin Kemp ), a German POW stuck in a British prison camp, leads an attempt to escape from the camp. When he and his companions are caught, Luger shamelessly rats out his fellow prisoners in exchange for additional privileges during incarceration. Learning that one of the men he betrayed is alive and in recovery, Luger attempts to silence him before another team of escapees he joins together with finds out about his treason.

5. Horror in the Night

Jewel thief Nick Marvin ( James Wilby ) is double crossed by his partner, T ( Ronan Vibert ), and hides out in a nearby hotel after being shot in the shoulder. Once inside, Nick is haunted by many disturbing visions and occurrences inside the hotel, and is repeatedly visited by Laura ( Elizabeth McGovern ), a beautiful woman that only he can see who seems to have ulterior motives. Also starring Peter Guinness.

6. Cold War

Cammy ( Jane Horrocks ) and Ford ( Ewan McGregor ) are a loving couple who try to make a living as criminals in London. Their ineptitude with a life of crime leaves them trying to rob a bank that turns out to be abandoned, and then failing to rob a petrol station when a gang of bikers beat them to it. Having had enough of Ford's ineptitude and attitude towards her, Cammy decides to leave him. She meets the attractive Jimmy Pickett ( Colin Salmon ) in a bar and brings him home, but is soon reminded why she and Ford are perfect for each other.

7. Kidnapper

Daniel Skeggs ( Steve Coogan ), a simple-minded and delusional pawn shop owner, meets Teresa ( Julia Sawalha ), a heavily pregnant homeless woman whom he takes in. Over time, the two begin developing a bond, but whereas Teresa only sees Daniel as a friend, Daniel falls in love with her. Daniel becomes insanely envious when Teresa's baby is born, so he sets out to get rid of the child in the hopes that Teresa will love him. When Teresa becomes too overwhelmed with emotion to respond to his advances, Daniel races to find the baby and return it to her.

8. Report from the Grave

Elliot ( James Frain ), a paranormal researcher, invents a machine that is able to collect thoughts from the dead. Trying to read the thoughts of maniacal serial killer and hypnotist Valdemar Tymrak ( Roger Ashton-Griffiths ), Elliot turns the device far too high and ends up killing his girlfriend Arianne (Siobhan Flynn). Elliot becomes determined to resurrect Arianne at any cost, but discovers that Tymrak's ghost is working against him.

9. Smoke Wrings

Advertising executive Jacqueline ( Ute Lemper ) ends up hiring Barry ( Daniel Craig ), an ex-convict, into her firm despite his lack of knowledge in advertising. Barry shows off a strange device he carries that is able to hypnotize people and plant suggestions into their heads, hoping to increase product sales. What Jacqueline doesn't know is that Barry, in exchange for not being sent back to jail, is in league with her enraged ex-partner Alistair Touchstone ( Paul Freeman ), who seeks revenge against her after she stole his company from him.

10. About Face

In Victorian England, Reverend Johnathan ( Anthony Andrews ), a corrupt and adulterous priest, discovers that he is the long-lost father of twin daughters: the beautiful and gentle Angelica and the angry and deformed Leah ( Anna Friel in a double role). Deciding that having a family would be good for his image, Johnathan decides to adopt the girls as his own, but Leah, in a murderous rage, vows to kill their father for abandoning them. Also starring Imelda Staunton.

11. Confession

A serial killer is on a rampage in a nearby city, decapitating women and taking their heads as trophies. Horror screenwriter Warhol Evans ( Eddie Izzard ) is labeled as the prime suspect when he is found washing his hands—presumably cleaning off the blood—near the latest crime scene. He is interrogated by famed detective Jack Lynch ( Ciarán Hinds ) who attempts to label him as the killer, but Evans does not go down without a fight, trying to turn the interrogation around. Also starring Alun Armstrong.

12. Ear Today... Gone Tomorrow

Glynn Fennell ( Robert Lindsay ), a gambling safecracker who suffers from impaired hearing after a beating in prison, finds himself getting entangled in a deadly game between crime boss Malcom Lawson ( Richard Johnson ) and his exotic wife, Kate (Gretchen Palmer), who turn out to implant animal features into human bodies in an effort to boost his subordinates' abilities. Eventually, Glynn is given the auditory system of an owl, but Glynn's new condition soon displays some unusual side effects.

13. The Third Pig

In an animated edition of "The Three Little Pigs", narrated by the Cryptkeeper himself, the Big Bad Wolf (voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait ) slaughters Drinky Pig (voiced by Brad Garrett ) and Smokey Pig (voiced by Charlie Adler ), leaving the third pig, Dudley (voiced by Cam Clarke ), accused of the murders and found guilty by a rigged jury of wolves. With the ghosts of his dead brothers helping him escape, Dudley plans to take revenge on the Big Bad Wolf by using a laboratory once owned by a mad scientist to create a zombie pig (also voiced by Brad Garrett). Other characters are played by Corey Burton and Jim Cummings. Note: This is the only animated episode in the series. Its animation was provided by Nelvana, who also produced the animated spin-off Tales from the Cryptkeeper.