The Human Jungle (1963-64) [10 of 26]

Episode 10 "A Woman with Scars" (June 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.

The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist. It stars Herbert Lom and Sally Smith. It ran for two series, which were first transmitted during 1963 and 1965.

The majority of the episodes (26 × 50 mins) each focused on one patient, whose psychological ailment Dr Corder would treat using a humane yet idiosyncratic approach that mixed Freudian psychoanalysis with the contemporary methods associated with the then-fashionable theories of R. D. Laing. Several psychiatric techniques, such as word association, group work, role-play and hypnotherapy, were featured in the series. Because of the demands of the 50-minute television episode, it was often suggested that Corder would continue to see his patient after the denouement. Frequently, Corder's initial patient in a story would turn out not to be the character with the pressing mental health issue.

The series had guest directors but James Hill, Vernon Sewell and Roy Baker directed the majority. The theme music was composed by Bernard Ebbinghouse and played by John Barry and his Orchestra.