Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty
TV Flash files “Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty” as hour 96 of 268 in the TV Flash guide — Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) on CBS/NBC, season 3, episode 18, aired 1958-02-02, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E18: listed hour 96 of 268 in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide, hour 18 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1958-02-02 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Motive” (S03E17). Next is “The Equalizer” (S03E19).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Millicent Bracegirdle is a sheltered old woman who decides to go to Paris. Her visit does not turn out well when she accidently enters the wrong hotel room and gets locked inside with a notorious murderer.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty sit in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide?
S03E18 is listed hour 96 of 268 — hour 18 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 18.
When did Alfred Hitchcock Presents S03E18 air?
Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty aired 1958-02-02 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Hitch's hosted half-hours rather than assuming he directed the lot. Sample the dry intros and the snap endings; the silhouette is the franchise.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Alfred Hitchcock Presents made the director himself the franchise: silhouette, dry intro, murder with a wink, and closings that sometimes 'corrected' crime to soothe censors. Watch it in 2026 as branded anthology swagger — Joan Harrison's engine, Hitch's persona, and twist endings as moral architecture you can still hum.
Calendar first: CBS, October 2, 1955. Then a later NBC window. Original half-hour run through 1962 — **268 episodes, seven seasons** — before the expansion as *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962–1965). That is not nostalgia cosplay. That is a branded anthology with a host who was the franchise, a silhouette you could hum, and a weekly drop of murder with a wink. Rex can keep the three-network hymn. This was already a logo, a window, and a closing card that sometimes reversed the crime to soothe Standards & Practices.
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- Alfred Hitchcock as Host
Alfred Hitchcock made himself the franchise on Alfred Hitchcock Presents — silhouette, dry intro, murder with a wink, closings that sometimes “corrected” crime to soothe censors. Branded anthology swagger, Joan Harrison’s engine, twist…