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Episodes (9)

The Man from the South
S01E01 · The Man from the South

Sep 12, 1982

A young American couple on holiday meet a mysterious old gentleman who makes them a macabre wager.

Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
S01E02 · Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat

Oct 17, 1982

Unable to show her dentist husband Cyril the fur coat her lover has given her Mrs. Bixby pawns it and pretends that she found the ticket. She gives it to Cyril to redeem on her behalf but is taught that two can play at her game when he comes home with rather less than she expected, and she sees that his dental assistant will be warm for the winter.

William and Mary
S01E03 · William and Mary

Apr 07, 1979

When her husband William dies Mary Pearl is shocked that his will stipulates that his brain should be kept alive and observing her from the lounge sideboard. She determines that, even though he is dead, she will continue to annoy him.

Lamb to the Slaughter
S01E04 · Lamb to the Slaughter

Oct 03, 1982

When her policeman husband Patrick callously announces that he is leaving her, Mary Marney hits and kills him with the frozen leg of lamb she has bought for their dinner. Thinking quickly, she calls his colleagues, claiming that she came in from the shops and found him dead. Whilst they speculate over what kind of weapon killed him she considers how to dispose of the evidence.

The Landlady
S01E05 · The Landlady

Sep 26, 1982

Arriving in Bath to take up his first job away from home young Billy Weaver decides to take a room with a charmingly maternal if eccentric landlady. Her dog and cat are both stuffed and the only other names in her guest-book seem vaguely familiar to him from the newspaper but he cannot think why. Sadly he will never find out as he drinks the landlady's poisoned tea and dies as the landlady plans to add him to her collection of stuffed creatures!

Neck
S01E06 · Neck

Oct 10, 1982

Invited to a weekend house party by Sir Basil Turton and his younger wife Natalia, John Bannister is struck by the lady's infidelity. She tries to undo his pyjamas and is plainly having an affair with another guest Major Haddock. Jelks, Sir Basil's loyal butler, has also noticed and when Natalia gets her head stuck in an abstract sculpture he knows precisely how to cut her down to size.

Edward the Conqueror
S01E07 · Edward the Conqueror

Oct 24, 1982

A musically appreciative stray cat comes between an elderly husband and wife.

A Dip in the Pool
S01E08 · A Dip in the Pool

Jun 27, 1988

An American gambler on a trans-Atlantic liner goes into the pool that bets on how far ship sails each day. Expecting bad weather, he bets a low distance, but then the weather fines up. He must come up with a plan to slow the ship down.

The Way Up to Heaven
S01E09 · The Way Up to Heaven

Jun 29, 1988

A husband and wife are add odds with each other over punctuality. Could an opportunity arise to resolve their differences?

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Tales of the Unexpected Season 1 (1982) is released on Sep 12, 1982 and the latest season 9 of Tales of the Unexpected is released in 1989. Watch Tales of the Unexpected online - the English Comedy TV series from United Kingdom. Tales of the Unexpected is directed by Graham Evans,John Gorrie,Alan Gibson,Herbert Wise and created by Paul Ableman with Lucy Gutteridge and Joss Ackland.

As know as:

Die unglaublichen Geschichten von Roald Dahl, Tales of the Unexpected, Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected, Tales of the Unexpected(English), Tales of the Unexpected(French)

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United Kingdom

Language:

English

Production Companies:

Anglia Television

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