7 episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Shadow | 20001218 | 20010902 | by Hans Christian Andersen. A wise scholar grants his shadow freedom, releasing him into society to live as a man. But his act of generosity goes badly awry. Read by Peter Capaldi |
| The Silken Swift | * 20091109, * 20091110 | A unicorn holds the key to happiness. Theodore Sturgeon's fantasy of true love and desire. A unicorn holds the key to happiness. Theodore Sturgeon's fantasy of true love and complex desire. Read by Mark Bonnar. A unicorn holds the key to happiness. Theodore Sturgeon's fantasy of true love and desire. | ||
| The White People | * 20091110, * 20091111 | Exploring the nature of good and evil - and the origins of sin. Read by Ioan Meredith. Exploring the nature of good and evil - and the origins of sin. Arthur Macken's tale read by Ioan Meredith and Louise Collins. | ||
| 02 | Autumn Sorcery | 20001219 | 20010909 | by Joseph von Eichendorff. A young knight is driven to madness when he discovers everything he holds dear is pure illusion. Read by Jamie Glover |
| 03 | The Holes In The Mask | 20001220 | 20010916 | by Jean Lorrain. A journey into the dark imaginings of the narrator as he dreams his own death: will he have the strength to wake up? Read by Simon Russell Beale |
| 04 | The Ghost And The Bonesetter | 20001221 | 20010923 | by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. A petrified bonesetter fears for his life when he receives an unusual request from the tyrannical ghost of a local squire. Read by Sean Barrett. |
| 05 LAST | The Night | 20001222 | 20010930 | by Guy de Maupassant. A young man takes great pleasure in his nightly walks through Paris - but tonight, something is terribly wrong. Read by Tom Hollander. |