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Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV Series · 25 min · ★ 6.8
Drama
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.
Based on Tales of the Unexpected
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Details
- Years
- 1979
- Release date
- 1979-03-24
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 25 min
- Max quality
- SD
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (49 votes)
Themes
- anthology
Cast & crew
Roald Dahl
as Self - Introduced By
Christopher Blake
as Israeli Officer
Micheline Presle
as Madame Lagrue
Joan Greenwood
as Emma Adkins
Gary Bond
as Max de Marechal
John Beck
as Jack
Eli Wallach
as Gerry Williams
Deborah Harmon
as Daisy Flock
Telly Savalas
as Joe Brisson
Peter Copley
as Man at Railway Station
Directed by Graham Evans, John Gorrie, Alan Gibson +33 more
Episodes9 seasons · 112 episodes
Season 19 episodes
- S1E1The Man From the South24mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S1E2Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat25mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S1E3William and Mary25mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S1E4Lamb to the Slaughter25mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S1E5The Landlady25mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S1E6Neck24mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S1E7Edward the Conqueror25mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S1E8A Dip in the Pool25mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S1E9The Way Up to Heaven25mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 216 episodes
- S2E1Royal Jelly27mTubi
- S2E2Skin25mTubi
- S2E3Galloping Foxley26mTubi
- S2E4The Hitch-Hiker26mTubi
- S2E5Poison25mTubi
- S2E6Fat Chance26mTubi
- S2E7Taste27mTubi
- S2E8My Lady Love, My Dove25mTubi
- S2E9Georgy Porgy26mTubi
- S2E10Depart in Peace26mTubi
- S2E11The Umbrella Man26mTubi
- S2E12Genesis & Catastrophe26mTubi
- S2E13Mr Botibol's First Love26mTubi
- S2E14Back for Christmas27mTubi
- S2E15The Orderly World of Mr Appleby27mTubi
- S2E16The Man at the TopTubi
Season 39 episodes
- S3E1The Flypaper24mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E2A Picture of a Place26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E3Proof of Guilt26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E4Vengeance is Mine Inc.27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E5A Girl Can't Always Have Everything26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E6Parson's Pleasure28mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E7The Stinker26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E8I'll Be Seeing You27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E9The Party25mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 417 episodes
- S4E1Would You Believe It?26mTubi
- S4E2Vicious Circle26mTubi
- S4E3The Boy Who Talked with Animals27mTubi
- S4E4The Best of Everything26mTubi
- S4E5A Woman's Help26mTubi
- S4E6Shatterproof25mTubi
- S4E7The Sound Machine25mTubi
- S4E8Never Speak Ill of the Dead24mTubi
- S4E9The Best Policy26mTubi
- S4E10The Last Bottle in the World26mTubi
- S4E11Kindly Dig Your Grave26mTubi
- S4E12Completely Foolproof26mTubi
- S4E13There's One Born Every Minute27mTubi
- S4E14Bosom Friends27mTubi
- S4E15A Glowing Future26mTubi
- S4E16The Way to Do it26mTubi
- S4E17Hijack27mTubi
Season 518 episodes
- S5E1Blue Marigold25mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E2The Eavesdropper26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E3Operation Safecrack27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E4Run, Rabbit, Run26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E5Stranger in Town24mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E6The Moles27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E7Decoy27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E8Pattern of Guilt26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E9A Harmless Vanity26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E10Death Can Add26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E11Light Fingers27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E12Death in the Morning27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E13What Have You Been Up to Lately?26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E14The Absence of Emily27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E15In the Bag26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E16A Man with a Fortune26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E17Who's Got the Lady?27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E18The Skeleton Key27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 614 episodes
- S6E1A Passing Opportunity25mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E2The Memory Man26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E3A Sad Loss26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E4Clerical Error27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E5Heir Presumptuous27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E6Where's Your Sense of Humour?
- S6E7Down Among the Sheltering Palms27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E8The Vorpal Blade26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E9The Wrong 'Un26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E10The Luncheon27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E11The Tribute27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E12Hit and Run27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E13Youth from Vienna27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E14The Turn of the Tide26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 715 episodes
- S7E1The Dirty Detail24mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E2The Best Chess Player in the World27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E3Proxy24mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E4Have a Nice Death26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E5Number Eight26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E6The Last of the Midnight Gardeners26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E7The Gift of Beauty25mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E8Wet Saturday24mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E9Sauce for the Goose24mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E10Bird of Prey26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E11I Like it Here in Wilmington26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E12Accidental Death26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E13The Reconciliation27mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E14The Mugger26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S7E15The Open Window26mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 84 episodes
- S8E1People Don't Do Such Things24mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S8E2In the Cards24mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S8E3Nothin' Short of Highway Robbery24mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S8E4Scrimshaw24mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 910 episodes
- S9E1Skeleton in the Cupboard27m
- S9E2The Colonel's Lady27mTubi
- S9E3The Surgeon24mTubi
- S9E4The Verger27mTubi
- S9E5The Facts of Life24mTubi
- S9E6Wink Three Times27mTubi
- S9E7The Dead Don't Steal26m
- S9E8The Finger of Suspicion24mTubi
- S9E9A Time to Die27mTubi
- S9E10Mr Know-All27mTubi