Dramatisation of the true story of the notorious 'acid bath murderer' John Haigh, who murdered women and disposed of their bodies in vats of acid in the 1940s. He was only caught when the gallstones of one of his victims failed to dissolve in the acid and were detected by the pathologist who examined the residue from the acid bath.

Two con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student as a secretary for their latest scam.

Commander Adam Dalgliesh is consulted by one of his literary heroes when Peverell Press staff fall victim to a rash of hate mail. When the body of an editor is discovered and another member of the venerable firm is found dead soon after, Dalgliesh and his team—Detective Inspectors Kate Miskin and Daniel Aron—turn to the past to track down a murderer who seems prepared to kill and kill again.

How the events of WW 2 affected various members of a lower middle class family in Liverpool, the emphasis being on life on the home front.

“多年以后你跟她情深似海，会不会想到欠我一个未来。”
都说，前任最好是像死了一样，可是谁曾想死去的前任忽然回来了……
一个凉风习习的夏日夜晚，流行小说家查尔斯和妻子露丝在家里举办小型家宴。
一半为新书做研究，一半为给大家助兴取乐，他请来灵媒阿卡蒂夫人进行了一场招魂会，不料却召来了查尔斯早逝的前妻艾薇尔的灵魂。
妻子露丝对于丈夫声称看到前妻鬼魂的事儿，大为不爽。
当这位“二把刀”灵媒阿卡蒂夫人告诉查尔斯，她压根儿不知道怎么把艾薇儿这个逍遥的小魂儿给原路送回的时候，一场闹剧就此开始!
艾薇尔和露丝争风吃醋，查尔斯的生活鸡飞狗跳。
艾薇尔一心想把查尔斯据为己有。
谁知道好戏还在后头，一场荒唐闹剧，让人笑出眼泪心里还有一丝凉……
和许多考沃德的剧类似，《前任不敲门》讲述的是，夫妻被困在同一个空间之中，相爱相杀的故事。只不过这一次，现任前妻，阴阳相隔。

2010 film