The Understudy

A spoof of regional television magazine programmes

An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.

After a bank robber dressed as Santa Claus holds up a bank, a child disillusioned with Christmas encounters a man in the woods who, also dressed as Santa, claims to have fallen out of his sleigh. The pair strike up a friendship and go on an adventure.

A family team-building game of sardines (similar to hide and seek) in rural country mansion leads to a dark and sinister discovery.

Hector and Tabitha hire a teenage girl to look after their disabled brother, but it seems there are some scary things going on in their home.

Strangely-farcical goings-on are in store for a group of unwitting guests, who have all booked adjoining rooms on the ninth floor of the Zanzibar hotel in London.

When Adrian's career as a wedding photographer starts to get in the way of his own marriage, his wife Harriet is determined to find out why.

A group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives so far: university!

A couple of silent bungling burglars try to steal a painting from a luxury home at the same time as the owner and his "missus" are having a serious fight.