Sat, Jun 1, 1963
Wealthy Geoffrey Petlen is married to the much younger Eleanor, on whom he dotes. One day she takes a shot-gun and blasts the swans on his lake. She confesses to being prone to unhealthy compulsions, as a result of which Geoffrey refers her to Dr Corder. What he does not realise is that she has met Corder before and has her own, unhealthy agenda for seeing him again.
Mon, Oct 19, 1964
When she was younger Jean Forrest was a big name actress but now she lives in fear of ageing and attempts suicide - as a result of which she is brought to see Dr. Corder for his assessment. Jean is hoping to make a stage comeback in the very near future but her ability to do so depends on the persuasion of Dr.Corder that she still has star quality.
Mon, Oct 12, 1964
Liz Kross descends the staircases at Charing Cross tube station, shedding her clothes as she goes and ending up nude on the platform where a bystander saves her from stepping in front of a train. She is arrested and referred to Dr Corder who discovers that she is working as a waitress and a stripper to finance an operation for her father, a fact which he resents and has caused her to subconsciously rebel.
Sat, May 11, 1963
Given that she leads a comfortable life-style, lacking for nothing, Lady Shaw is one of the last people one would expect to be caught shop-lifting. However, when reports are called for and she gets to meet Dr. Corder it becomes evident that to some extent her uncharacteristic behaviour is a means of rebelling against her controlling husband, a severe High Court judge.
Sat, Apr 27, 1963
Because her husband, company director Henry, stays out until all hours and sometimes never returns until the next morning Julia Gray is convinced that he is cheating on her and attempts suicide. She is treated by Dr. Corder, who discovers that Henry may not have a mistress but he is certainly not as staid as he first appears.
Sat, May 4, 1963
Career soldier Sergeant-Major Bennett is being court-martialled and Dr. Corder has to write an assessment report on this seemingly cocksure man. However events seem to suggest that it is Bennett's commanding officer, Lieutenant Gray, who is the paranoid one and in the course of his investigation Corder exposes an enemy agent.
Sat, Jun 8, 1963
Dr. Corder is called in to assess Bert Morgan, a young burglar. Not only does he feel compelled to break in to houses with gable but, once inside, he is obsessed with winding up the clocks in the room. Corder, going against the police view that Bert is mad, discovers the key to his odd behaviour is a wartime incident of twenty years earlier.