The Dark Angel

151989•1h 0m

MysteryDrama

Lovely and sensitive Maud Ruthyn is sent to stay with her Uncle Silas, a charismatic rogue who stands to inherit the family fortune... should anything untoward happen to young Maud. With the tyrannical Madame De La Rougierre as her governess, Maud finds that the estate holds terrors beyond her imaginings.

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Production

BBC, Primetime Television Ltd., GBH

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

January 4, 1989

Last Aired

January 18, 1989

Networks

BBC One

Created By

Joe Waters

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Episode 1

Air date: 1989-01-04

Maud, the young heiress to a fortune, is romantically obsessed by the youthful Byronic painting of her uncle Silas. The arrival of a drunken, drug-addicted governess and an encounter with a brutish young man in a churchyard are the beginnings of a web of deception and terror.

Episode 2

Air date: 1989-01-11

After the death of her father, Maud goes to live with her guardian Uncle Silas but she refuses to believe the horrifying allegations about his involvement in a brutal murder. With the reappearance of two sinister figures from the past, fear and doubts begin.

Episode 3

Air date: 1989-01-18

With the reappearance of Madame de la Rougierre, Maud is torn between trust in Uncle Silas and mounting suspicion about a plot on her life. Alone and virtually a prisoner in the grim house, Maud realises too late that she is caught in a lethal trap.