Harry Robertson
Director
Virtual Murder (1992)
Season 1
John Cornelius (called JC) is a university don who also works for his city police force as a consultant psychologist. Samantha Valentine is his offbeat personal assistant and lover, while Inspector Cadogan is their police contact and Professor Owen Griffiths is Cornelius's head of department.
Released July 24, 1992
Episode 50 min
None+
S1E1 - Meltdown to Murder
Art galleries are receiving demands from an extortionist calling himself 'Dada' who has proved his ability to make important paintings melt. 'Dada' is in fact Jed Frewin, an old enemy of Cornelius and a master of disguise. The insurers' agent, Carol Bolitho, consults Cornelius, and Frewin insists JC should personally deliver the one million pounds in ransom money he has demanded. Then Frewin kills Meriel Connors, his accomplice in the art world, and suddenly he is living on borrowed time.
July 24, 1992, midnight
S1E2 - Last Train to Hell & Bach
Cornelius and Samantha pursue the killer of Jane Arkwright, a psychologist whose body was found near the notoriously severe Judge Rawcliffe's house - with the murderer leaving a string of taunting, cryptic clues. Rawcliffe, whose wife also died mysteriously, becomes the chief suspect. And the killer's clues seem intended to lead the pursuit on a wild goose chase.
July 31, 1992, midnight
S1E3 - A Bone to Pick
Roger Smith, who claims to be Father Christmas's brother, takes a quantity of human bones to the police, then disappears. Smith is a patient of Cornelius, and the bones are found to be two teaching skeletons and a more recently-dead hand. Cornelius and Samantha are in the thick of the mystery.
Aug. 7, 1992, midnight
S1E4 - A Torch for Silverado
Cornelius and Samantha search for Luis Silverado, a dying former pimp, ashamed of his past, who is trying to make amends by setting fire to brothels. Sam and Cornelius find Silverado on his death bed and learn that he has left one last fire bomb - which they have to defuse themselves.
Aug. 14, 1992, midnight
S1E5 - A Dream of Dracula
Women are being abducted and severely bitten, and the press is suggesting it could all be the work of a vampire. The police send for Cornelius, who approaches the question of vampirism with an open mind.
Aug. 21, 1992, midnight
S1E6 - Dreams Imagic
Cornelius is called in by Dreams Imagic, a specialist computer company creating Virtual Reality environments by laser equipment, who are worried about espionage. Has the Virtual Reality system been used as a means of committing murder?
Aug. 28, 1992, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 50 min.
Released: July 24, 1992
Last Air Date: Aug. 28, 1992, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
Rate this show
Add {Movie} to static lists