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John Hudson stars as Donald Stewart, an American visiting England who has been invited to stay at the mansion of the English lady Ellie Pelston(played by Rosemary Murphy). He is shown to his room, but is later disturbed by a heated argument in the next room between a married couple, and is shocked to the see the woman(played by Narda Onyx) murdered by her husband! Strangely though, the couple then disappear, and the confused Stewart learns that the couple haven't yet arrived, though they later do, but when no murder occurs, it seems he may have been mistaken, or just saw too far ahead in time... Effective tale with the expected end revelation.

While visiting a country estate for the weekend, a man hears an argument in the room across the hall. He investigates and witnesses a man striking a woman and killing her. A few hours later, he sees the same couple at dinner.

A fairly intriguing episode that is quite eerie, and has some odd characters. The ending was predictable but well done.

If this episode was pure fiction, it would be considered too unoriginal to see the light of day - just an ordinary time-slip story or 'déjà vu'. But it is both the strength and weakness of the One Step Beyond series that it is based on real-life events, though only indirectly. This gives the producers a licence to play tunes on the truth, which we can only guess at.

An American diplomat, Stuart, is invited to his first English country-house weekend, and is shocked to hear a loud argument in the next room. Pushing open the door, he sees a couple fighting in evening dress, the man beating the woman to death with a poker. Yet a moment later, the room is empty.

Joining the others downstairs for a drink before dinner, Stuart is astonished to see the same woman entering the room wearing the same dress, as though nothing has happened. As he quizzes her nervously and she tries to reassure him that all is well, her husband comes in, also dressed the same, and accuses her of flirting with Stuart.

Their argument continues loudly through dinner, where it is obvious that he mistrusts her and that she despises him. Both are well-cast, the wife played by the powerful Narda Onyx and her husband by Francis Bethencourt of the startling horror-film countenance.

But it is left to your programme-host John Newland, and not this reviewer, to disclose what is presumably the real-life ending, exactly a year later, when the same couple are staying in the same room, but Stuart is not among the guests. We can't tell you more, but Newland's smooth patter about mental radio waves coming round and round may or may not be just moonshine.

American John Hudson (as Donald Ainsley Stuart) arrives early for a weekend gathering at the lovely English estate of hostess Rosemary Murphy (as Ellie Pelston). After being shown to his room, Mr. Hudson overhears an argument between a married couple, in the room across the hall. Investigating, Hudson walks in on a man murdering his wife, with a handy fireplace poker. Then, suddenly, the couple disappear!

"You look as if you've seen a ghost," says Ms. Onyx, and she offers him a stiff glass of rum. Hudson drops his drink when the couple he saw arrives for the weekend. They turn out to be a part of the weekend guest list. As Hudson gets to know the quarreling couple, he wonders if the vision he saw could come true… It's all rather ordinary for a paranormal show, but Hudson essays the lead character well.

**** I Saw You Tomorrow (4/5/60) John Newland ~ John Hudson, Rosemary Murphy, Narda Onyx, Francis Bethencourt