Tales of the Unexpected

Genre: Thriller, Horror
Countries: UK
Release Date: March 24, 1979
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This collection of twist-in-the-tail stories of suspense, horror and black comedy (in the early seasons, all by Roald Dahl) was filmed by Anglia Television, a regional production company in the East of England.

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Tales of the Unexpected Seasons/Episodes

► Season 1 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 Man from the South - 1979-03-24
Episode 2 Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat - 1979-03-31
Episode 3 William and Mary - 1979-04-07
Episode 4 Lamb to the Slaughter - 1979-04-14
Episode 5 The Landlady - 1979-04-21
Episode 6 Neck - 1979-04-28
Episode 7 Edward the Conqueror - 1979-05-05
Episode 8 A Dip in the Pool - 1979-05-12
Episode 9 The Way Up to Heaven - 1979-05-19

► Season 2 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 Royal Jelly - 1980-03-01
Episode 2 Skin - 1980-03-08
Episode 3 Galloping Foxley - 1980-03-15
Episode 4 The Hitch-hiker - 1980-03-22
Episode 5 Poison - 1980-03-29
Episode 6 Fat Chance - 1980-04-05
Episode 7 Taste - 1980-04-12
Episode 8 My Lady Love, My Dove - 1980-04-19
Episode 9 Georgy Porgy - 1980-04-26
Episode 10 Depart in Peace - 1980-05-03
Episode 11 The Umbrella Man - 1980-05-10
Episode 12 Genesis and Catastrophe - 1980-05-17
Episode 13 Mr Botibol's First Love - 1980-05-24
Episode 14 Back for Christmas - 1980-05-31
Episode 15 The Orderly World of Mr Appleby - 1980-06-07
Episode 16 The Man at the Top - 1980-06-14

► Season 3 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 The Flypaper - 1980-08-09
Episode 2 A Picture of a Place - 1980-08-16
Episode 3 Proof of Guilt - 1980-08-23
Episode 4 Vengeance is Mine Inc. - 1980-08-30
Episode 5 A Girl Can't Always Have Everything - 1980-11-09
Episode 6 Parson's Pleasure - 1980-11-30
Episode 7 The Stinker - 1980-12-07
Episode 8 I'll be Seeing You - 1980-12-14
Episode 9 The Party - 1980-12-19

► Season 4 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 Would You Believe it? - 1981-04-05
Episode 2 Vicious Circle - 1981-04-12
Episode 3 The Boy Who Talked With Animals - 1981-04-19
Episode 4 The Best of Everything - 1981-04-26
Episode 5 A Woman's Help - 1981-05-03
Episode 6 Shatterproof - 1981-05-10
Episode 7 The Sound Machine - 1981-05-17
Episode 8 Never Speak Ill Of The Dead - 1981-05-24
Episode 9 The Best Policy - 1981-05-31
Episode 10 The Last Bottle In The World - 1981-06-07
Episode 11 Kindly Dig Your Grave - 1981-06-14
Episode 12 Completely Foolproof - 1981-06-21
Episode 13 There's One Born Every Minute - 1981-06-05
Episode 14 Bosom Friends - 1981-06-12
Episode 15 A Glowing Future - 1981-07-19
Episode 16 The Way To Do It - 1981-07-26
Episode 17 Hijack - 1981-12-26

► Season 5 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 Blue Marigold - 1982-04-25
Episode 2 The Eavesdropper - 1982-05-02
Episode 3 Operation Safecrack - 1982-05-09
Episode 4 Run, Rabbit, Run - 1982-05-16
Episode 5 Stranger in Town - 1982-05-23
Episode 6 The Moles - 1982-05-30
Episode 7 Decoy - 1982-06-06
Episode 8 Pattern of Guilt - 1982-06-13
Episode 9 A Harmless Vanity - 1982-06-20
Episode 10 Death Can Add - 1982-06-27
Episode 11 Light Fingers - 1982-07-04
Episode 12 Death in the Morning - 1982-07-11
Episode 13 What Have you Been up to Lately? - 1982-07-18
Episode 14 The Absence of Emily - 1982-07-25
Episode 15 In the Bag - 1982-08-01
Episode 16 A Man with a Fortune - 1982-08-08
Episode 17 Who's Got the Lady? - 1982-08-15
Episode 18 The Skeleton Key - 1982-08-22

► Season 6 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 A Passing Opportunity - 1983-04-09
Episode 2 The Memory Man - 1983-04-16
Episode 3 A Sad Loss - 1983-04-23
Episode 4 Clerical Error - 1983-03-30
Episode 5 Heir Presumptuous - 1983-05-07
Episode 6 Where's Your Sense of Humour? - 1983-04-14
Episode 7 Down Among the Sheltering Palms - 1983-05-21
Episode 8 The Vorpal Blade - 1983-05-28
Episode 9 The Wrong 'Un - 1983-06-11
Episode 10 The Luncheon - 1983-06-19
Episode 11 The Tribute - 1983-06-25
Episode 12 Hit and Run - 1983-05-10
Episode 13 Youth from Vienna - 1983-07-02
Episode 14 Turn of the Tide - 1983-09-03

► Season 7 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 The Dirty Detail - 1984-05-12
Episode 2 The Best Chess Player in the World - 1984-05-19
Episode 3 Proxy - 1984-05-26
Episode 4 Have a Nice Death - 1984-06-02
Episode 5 Number Eight - 1984-06-09
Episode 6 The Last of the Midnight Gardeners - 1984-06-16
Episode 7 The Gift of Beauty - 1984-06-30
Episode 8 Wet Saturday - 1984-07-07
Episode 9 Sauce for the Goose - 1984-07-21
Episode 10 Bird of Prey - 1984-08-04
Episode 11 I Like it Here in Wilmington - 1984-11-08
Episode 12 Accidental Death - 1984-08-19
Episode 13 The Reconciliation - 1984-09-16
Episode 14 The Mugger - 1984-10-14
Episode 15 The Open Window - 1984-10-21

► Season 8 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 People Don't Do Such Things - 1985-03-30
Episode 2 In the Cards - 1985-07-14
Episode 3 Nothin' Short of Highway Robbery - 1985-07-21
Episode 4 Scrimshaw - 1985-07-28

► Season 9 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 Skeleton in the Cupboard - 1987-12-18
Episode 2 The Colonel's Lady - 1988-01-08
Episode 3 The Surgeon - 1988-01-15
Episode 4 The Verger - 1988-01-22
Episode 5 The Facts of Life - 1988-01-29
Episode 6 Wink Three Times - 1988-04-15
Episode 7 The Dead Don't Steal - 1988-04-22
Episode 8 The Finger of Suspicion - 1988-04-29
Episode 9 A Time to Die - 1988-05-06
Episode 10 Mr Know-All - 1988-05-13

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