Tales of the Unexpected

Mar 24, 1979 (en) Drama [55] Min
  • First Air Date
    Mar 24, 1979
  • Production
    ITV, Anglia
  • Rotten tomato
    66.83%
  • Original title
    Tales of the Unexpected
  • Release
    Mar 24, 1979
  • en
    -

Overview

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Season 1 ( 1979-03-24)

The Man From the South

Episode: 1

Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat

Episode: 2

William and Mary

Episode: 3

Lamb to the Slaughter

Episode: 4

The Landlady

Episode: 5

Neck

Episode: 6

Edward the Conqueror

Episode: 7

A Dip in the Pool

Episode: 8

The Way Up to Heaven

Episode: 9

Season 2 ( 1980-03-01)

Royal Jelly

Episode: 1

Skin

Episode: 2

Galloping Foxley

Episode: 3

The Hitch-Hiker

Episode: 4

Poison

Episode: 5

Fat Chance

Episode: 6

Taste

Episode: 7

My Lady Love, My Dove

Episode: 8

Georgy Porgy

Episode: 9

Depart in Peace

Episode: 10

The Umbrella Man

Episode: 11

Genesis & Catastrophe

Episode: 12

Mr Botibol's First Love

Episode: 13

Back for Christmas

Episode: 14

The Orderly World of Mr Appleby

Episode: 15

The Man at the Top

Episode: 16

Season 3 ( 1980-08-09)

The Flypaper

Episode: 1

A Picture of a Place

Episode: 2

Proof of Guilt

Episode: 3

Vengeance is Mine Inc.

Episode: 4

A Girl Can't Always Have Everything

Episode: 5

Parson's Pleasure

Episode: 6

The Stinker

Episode: 7

I'll Be Seeing You

Episode: 8

The Party

Episode: 9

Season 4 ( 1981-04-05)

Would You Believe It?

Episode: 1

Vicious Circle

Episode: 2

The Boy Who Talked with Animals

Episode: 3

The Best of Everything

Episode: 4

A Woman's Help

Episode: 5

Shatterproof

Episode: 6

The Sound Machine

Episode: 7

Never Speak Ill of the Dead

Episode: 8

The Best Policy

Episode: 9

The Last Bottle in the World

Episode: 10

Kindly Dig Your Grave

Episode: 11

Completely Foolproof

Episode: 12

There's One Born Every Minute

Episode: 13

Bosom Friends

Episode: 14

A Glowing Future

Episode: 15

The Way to Do it

Episode: 16

Hijack

Episode: 17

Season 5 ( 1982-04-25)

Blue Marigold

Episode: 1

The Eavesdropper

Episode: 2

Operation Safecrack

Episode: 3

Run, Rabbit, Run

Episode: 4

Stranger in Town

Episode: 5

The Moles

Episode: 6

Decoy

Episode: 7

Pattern of Guilt

Episode: 8

A Harmless Vanity

Episode: 9

Death Can Add

Episode: 10

Light Fingers

Episode: 11

Death in the Morning

Episode: 12

What Have You Been Up to Lately?

Episode: 13

The Absence of Emily

Episode: 14

In the Bag

Episode: 15

A Man with a Fortune

Episode: 16

Who's Got the Lady?

Episode: 17

The Skeleton Key

Episode: 18

Season 6 ( 1983-04-09)

A Passing Opportunity

Episode: 1

The Memory Man

Episode: 2

A Sad Loss

Episode: 3

Clerical Error

Episode: 4

Heir Presumptuous

Episode: 5

Where's Your Sense of Humour?

Episode: 6

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

Episode: 7

The Vorpal Blade

Episode: 8

The Wrong 'Un

Episode: 9

The Luncheon

Episode: 10

The Tribute

Episode: 11

Hit and Run

Episode: 12

Youth from Vienna

Episode: 13

The Turn of the Tide

Episode: 14

Season 7 ( 1984-05-12)

The Dirty Detail

Episode: 1

The Best Chess Player in the World

Episode: 2

Proxy

Episode: 3

Have a Nice Death

Episode: 4

Number Eight

Episode: 5

The Last of the Midnight Gardeners

Episode: 6

The Gift of Beauty

Episode: 7

Wet Saturday

Episode: 8

Sauce for the Goose

Episode: 9

Bird of Prey

Episode: 10

I Like it Here in Wilmington

Episode: 11

Accidental Death

Episode: 12

The Reconciliation

Episode: 13

The Mugger

Episode: 14

The Open Window

Episode: 15

Season 8 ( 1985-03-30)

People Don't Do Such Things

Episode: 1

In the Cards

Episode: 2

Nothin' Short of Highway Robbery

Episode: 3

Scrimshaw

Episode: 4

Season 9 ( 1987-12-18)

Skeleton in the Cupboard

Episode: 1

The Colonel's Lady

Episode: 2

The Surgeon

Episode: 3

The Verger

Episode: 4

The Facts of Life

Episode: 5

Wink Three Times

Episode: 6

The Dead Don't Steal

Episode: 7

The Finger of Suspicion

Episode: 8

A Time to Die

Episode: 9

Mr Know-All

Episode: 10
Mar 24, 1979 (en)
Drama
[55] Min
  • First Air Date Mar 24, 1979
  • Production
    ITV, Anglia
  • Rotten tomato 66.83%
Original Title Tales of the Unexpected
en

Overview

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer