London's Dupayne Museum is in danger of closing since one of the trustees feels that the money expended on preserving the past could be better spent addressing the problems of living people. One of the museum's collections concerns murders committed between the world wars. When a killing that reflects one of the cases on display occurs, history seems to be repeating itself.

• BBC Drama Group
• GBH
• Martin Shaw
• Janie Dee
• Samantha Bond
• Kerry Fox
• Siân Phillips
• Michael Maloney
• Anita Carey
• Lisa Kay