1970s BBC costume drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Natalie Ogle stars as thirteen-year-old Nell Trent, or ' Little Nell', who lives in the shabby antique shop owned by her ailing grandfather (Sebastian Shaw). However, grandfather is heavily in debt to his wicked landlord, Mr Quilp (Trevor Peacock), who forecloses on all his loans when he discovers that grandfather has lost the money gambling. Nell & her grandfather take off across the country in an attempt to evade Quilp, who follows close behind. However, can a mysterious stranger offer hope of salvation? ...

An American in England decides to go & stay in an old country house with his friend Casper Femm. Upon his arrival he is informed of Casper's untimely death, & is then introduced to the rest of the family, but as evening draws on members of the family begin to get murdered & the murderer must be found before there is no-one left alive. ...