Bat Out of Hell is a British Thriller television serial created by Francis Durbridge and originally aired on BBC Two from 26 November to 24 December 1966.

Things start to go wrong when the body disappears from the car and Diana later receives a mysterious telephone call from her "deceased" husband.

Mark soon receives a phone call from a local shopkeeper, Kitty Tracey (Patsy Smart), who informs him that Diana has been arrested at the hotel after the police discovered Geoffrey's body.

[3] A novelisation of a five-part serial, entitled Bat Out of Hell: An Inspector Clay Mystery, was written by Francis Durbridge and published in 1972.

British crime novelist Martin Edwards, who enjoyed the series as a child, praised the book as "a little-known gem of suspense".