Tales of the Unexpected
Episode name: Tales of the Unexpected
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.
Release Date: 1979-03-24
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Season 1
The Man From the South
Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
William and Mary
Lamb to the Slaughter
The Landlady
Neck
Edward the Conqueror
A Dip in the Pool
The Way Up to Heaven
Season 2
Royal Jelly
Skin
Galloping Foxley
The Hitch-Hiker
Poison
Fat Chance
Taste
My Lady Love, My Dove
Georgy Porgy
Depart in Peace
The Umbrella Man
Genesis & Catastrophe
Mr Botibol's First Love
Back for Christmas
The Orderly World of Mr Appleby
The Man at the Top
Season 3
The Flypaper
A Picture of a Place
Proof of Guilt
Vengeance is Mine Inc.
A Girl Can't Always Have Everything
Parson's Pleasure
The Stinker
I'll Be Seeing You
The Party
Season 4
Would You Believe It?
Vicious Circle
The Boy Who Talked with Animals
The Best of Everything
A Woman's Help
Shatterproof
The Sound Machine
Never Speak Ill of the Dead
The Best Policy
The Last Bottle in the World
Kindly Dig Your Grave
Completely Foolproof
There's One Born Every Minute
Bosom Friends
A Glowing Future
The Way to Do it
Hijack
Season 5
Blue Marigold
The Eavesdropper
Operation Safecrack
Run, Rabbit, Run
Stranger in Town
The Moles
Decoy
Pattern of Guilt
A Harmless Vanity
Death Can Add
Light Fingers
Death in the Morning
What Have You Been Up to Lately?
The Absence of Emily
In the Bag
A Man with a Fortune
Who's Got the Lady?
The Skeleton Key
Season 6
A Passing Opportunity
The Memory Man
A Sad Loss
Clerical Error
Heir Presumptuous
Where's Your Sense of Humour?
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
The Vorpal Blade
The Wrong 'Un
The Luncheon
The Tribute
Hit and Run
Youth from Vienna
The Turn of the Tide
Season 7
The Dirty Detail
The Best Chess Player in the World
Proxy
Have a Nice Death
Number Eight
The Last of the Midnight Gardeners
The Gift of Beauty
Wet Saturday
Sauce for the Goose
Bird of Prey
I Like it Here in Wilmington
Accidental Death
The Reconciliation
The Mugger
The Open Window
Season 8
People Don't Do Such Things
In the Cards
Nothin' Short of Highway Robbery
Scrimshaw
Season 9
Skeleton in the Cupboard
The Colonel's Lady
The Surgeon
The Verger
The Facts of Life
Wink Three Times
The Dead Don't Steal
The Finger of Suspicion
A Time to Die
