Tales of the Unexpected

Name: Tales of the Unexpected
Genre: Drama

1979 · TV Series · 25 min

★ 7.2(49)unSUB Rating

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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Years: 1979–1988
Release date: 1979-03-24
Language: English
Runtime: 25 min
Max quality: SD
TMDB rating (input): 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 South24m
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S1E2Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat25m
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S1E3William and Mary25m
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S1E4Lamb to the Slaughter25m
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S1E5The Landlady25m
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S1E6Neck24m
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S1E7Edward the Conqueror25m
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S1E8A Dip in the Pool25m
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S1E9The Way Up to Heaven25m
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Season 216 episodes

S2E1Royal Jelly27m
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S2E2Skin25m
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S2E3Galloping Foxley26m
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S2E4The Hitch-Hiker26m
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S2E5Poison25m
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S2E6Fat Chance26m
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S2E7Taste27m
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S2E8My Lady Love, My Dove25m
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S2E9Georgy Porgy26m
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S2E10Depart in Peace26m
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S2E11The Umbrella Man26m
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S2E12Genesis & Catastrophe26m
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S2E13Mr Botibol's First Love26m
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S2E14Back for Christmas27m
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S2E15The Orderly World of Mr Appleby27m
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S2E16The Man at the Top
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Season 39 episodes

S3E1The Flypaper24m
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S3E2A Picture of a Place26m
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S3E3Proof of Guilt26m
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S3E4Vengeance is Mine Inc.27m
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S3E5A Girl Can't Always Have Everything26m
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S3E6Parson's Pleasure28m
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S3E7The Stinker26m
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S3E8I'll Be Seeing You27m
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S3E9The Party25m
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Season 417 episodes

S4E1Would You Believe It?26m
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S4E2Vicious Circle26m
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S4E3The Boy Who Talked with Animals27m
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S4E4The Best of Everything26m
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S4E5A Woman's Help26m
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S4E6Shatterproof25m
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S4E7The Sound Machine25m
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S4E8Never Speak Ill of the Dead24m
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S4E9The Best Policy26m
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S4E10The Last Bottle in the World26m
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S4E11Kindly Dig Your Grave26m
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S4E12Completely Foolproof26m
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S4E13There's One Born Every Minute27m
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S4E14Bosom Friends27m
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S4E15A Glowing Future26m
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S4E16The Way to Do it26m
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S4E17Hijack27m
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Season 518 episodes

S5E1Blue Marigold25m
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S5E2The Eavesdropper26m
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S5E3Operation Safecrack27m
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S5E4Run, Rabbit, Run26m
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S5E5Stranger in Town24m
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S5E6The Moles27m
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S5E7Decoy27m
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S5E8Pattern of Guilt26m
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S5E9A Harmless Vanity26m
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S5E10Death Can Add26m
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S5E11Light Fingers27m
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S5E12Death in the Morning27m
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S5E13What Have You Been Up to Lately?26m
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S5E14The Absence of Emily27m
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S5E15In the Bag26m
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S5E16A Man with a Fortune26m
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S5E17Who's Got the Lady?27m
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S5E18The Skeleton Key27m
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Season 614 episodes

S6E1A Passing Opportunity25m
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S6E2The Memory Man26m
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S6E3A Sad Loss26m
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S6E4Clerical Error27m
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S6E5Heir Presumptuous27m
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S6E6Where's Your Sense of Humour?
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S6E7Down Among the Sheltering Palms27m
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S6E8The Vorpal Blade26m
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S6E9The Wrong 'Un26m
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S6E10The Luncheon27m
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S6E11The Tribute27m
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S6E12Hit and Run27m
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S6E13Youth from Vienna27m
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S6E14The Turn of the Tide26m
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Season 715 episodes

S7E1The Dirty Detail24m
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S7E2The Best Chess Player in the World27m
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S7E3Proxy24m
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S7E4Have a Nice Death26m
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S7E5Number Eight26m
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S7E6The Last of the Midnight Gardeners26m
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S7E7The Gift of Beauty25m
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S7E8Wet Saturday24m
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S7E9Sauce for the Goose24m
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S7E10Bird of Prey26m
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S7E11I Like it Here in Wilmington26m
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S7E12Accidental Death26m
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S7E13The Reconciliation27m
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S7E14The Mugger26m
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S7E15The Open Window26m
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Season 84 episodes

S8E1People Don't Do Such Things24m
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S8E2In the Cards24m
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S8E3Nothin' Short of Highway Robbery24m
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S8E4Scrimshaw24m
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Season 910 episodes

S9E1Skeleton in the Cupboard27m
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S9E2The Colonel's Lady27m
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S9E3The Surgeon24m
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S9E4The Verger27m
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S9E5The Facts of Life24m
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S9E6Wink Three Times27m
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S9E7The Dead Don't Steal26m
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S9E8The Finger of Suspicion24m
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S9E9A Time to Die27m
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S9E10Mr Know-All27m
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