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Tales of the Unexpected

1979–19889 Seasons112 Episodes
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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.

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About 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.

Network / Platform
ITV1
First Aired
24/Mar/1979
Language
English
Schedule
Friday

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S9 E10Mr Know-All13/May/1988 • 27m
S9 E9A Time to Die06/May/1988 • 27m
S9 E8The Finger of Suspicion29/Apr/1988 • 24m
S9 E7The Dead Don't Steal22/Apr/1988 • 26m
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TimeScore33%Skip It
Binge Meter48%Slow Burn
Episode PulseQuiet40% activity
Drop Rate0%Very Low
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Season 90 / 10 watched
S9 E1Skeleton in the Cupboard18/Dec/1987 • 27m
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S9 E2The Colonel's Lady08/Jan/1988 • 27m
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S9 E3The Surgeon15/Jan/1988 • 24m
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S9 E4The Verger22/Jan/1988 • 27m
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S9 E5The Facts of Life29/Jan/1988 • 24m
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S9 E6Wink Three Times15/Apr/1988 • 27m
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S9 E7The Dead Don't Steal22/Apr/1988 • 26m
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S9 E8The Finger of Suspicion29/Apr/1988 • 24m
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S9 E9A Time to Die06/May/1988 • 27m
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S9 E10Mr Know-All13/May/1988 • 27m
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Season 80 / 4 watched
S8 E1People Don't Do Such Things30/Mar/1985 • 24m
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S8 E2In the Cards14/Jul/1985 • 24m
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S8 E3Nothin' Short of Highway Robbery21/Jul/1985 • 24m
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S8 E4Scrimshaw28/Jul/1985 • 24m
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Season 70 / 15 watched
S7 E1The Dirty Detail12/May/1984 • 24m
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S7 E2The Best Chess Player in the World19/May/1984 • 27m
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S7 E3Proxy26/May/1984 • 24m
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S7 E4Have a Nice Death02/Jun/1984 • 26m
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S7 E5Number Eight09/Jun/1984 • 26m
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S7 E6The Last of the Midnight Gardeners16/Jun/1984 • 26m
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S7 E7The Gift of Beauty30/Jun/1984 • 25m
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S7 E8Wet Saturday07/Jul/1984 • 24m
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S7 E9Sauce for the Goose21/Jul/1984 • 24m
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S7 E10Bird of Prey04/Aug/1984 • 26m
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S7 E11I Like it Here in Wilmington08/Nov/1984 • 26m
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S7 E12Accidental Death19/Aug/1984 • 26m
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S7 E13The Reconciliation16/Sep/1984 • 27m
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S7 E14The Mugger14/Oct/1984 • 26m
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S7 E15The Open Window21/Oct/1984 • 26m
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Season 60 / 14 watched
S6 E1A Passing Opportunity09/Apr/1983 • 25m
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S6 E2The Memory Man16/Apr/1983 • 26m
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S6 E3A Sad Loss23/Apr/1983 • 26m
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S6 E4Clerical Error30/Apr/1983 • 27m
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S6 E5Heir Presumptuous07/May/1983 • 27m
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S6 E6Where's Your Sense of Humour?14/Apr/1983 • 25m
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S6 E7Down Among the Sheltering Palms21/May/1983 • 27m
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S6 E8The Vorpal Blade28/May/1983 • 26m
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S6 E9The Wrong 'Un11/Jun/1983 • 26m
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S6 E10The Luncheon19/Jun/1983 • 27m
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S6 E11The Tribute25/Jun/1983 • 27m
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S6 E12Hit and Run10/May/1983 • 27m
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S6 E13Youth from Vienna02/Jul/1983 • 27m
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S6 E14The Turn of the Tide03/Sep/1983 • 26m
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Season 50 / 18 watched
S5 E1Blue Marigold25/Apr/1982 • 25m
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S5 E2The Eavesdropper02/May/1982 • 26m
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S5 E3Operation Safecrack09/May/1982 • 27m
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S5 E4Run, Rabbit, Run16/May/1982 • 26m
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S5 E5Stranger in Town23/May/1982 • 24m
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S5 E6The Moles30/May/1982 • 27m
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S5 E7Decoy06/Jun/1982 • 27m
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S5 E8Pattern of Guilt13/Jun/1982 • 26m
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S5 E9A Harmless Vanity20/Jun/1982 • 26m
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S5 E10Death Can Add27/Jun/1982 • 26m
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S5 E11Light Fingers04/Jul/1982 • 27m
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S5 E12Death in the Morning11/Jul/1982 • 27m
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S5 E13What Have You Been Up to Lately?18/Jul/1982 • 26m
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S5 E14The Absence of Emily25/Jul/1982 • 27m
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S5 E15In the Bag01/Aug/1982 • 26m
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S5 E16A Man with a Fortune08/Aug/1982 • 26m
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S5 E17Who's Got the Lady?15/Aug/1982 • 27m
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S5 E18The Skeleton Key22/Aug/1982 • 27m
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Season 40 / 17 watched
S4 E1Would You Believe It?05/Apr/1981 • 26m
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S4 E2Vicious Circle12/Apr/1981 • 26m
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S4 E3The Boy Who Talked with Animals19/Apr/1981 • 27m
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S4 E4The Best of Everything26/Apr/1981 • 26m
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S4 E5A Woman's Help03/May/1981 • 26m
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S4 E6Shatterproof10/May/1981 • 25m
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S4 E7The Sound Machine17/May/1981 • 25m
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S4 E8Never Speak Ill of the Dead24/May/1981 • 24m
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S4 E9The Best Policy31/May/1981 • 26m
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S4 E10The Last Bottle in the World07/Jun/1981 • 26m
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S4 E11Kindly Dig Your Grave14/Jun/1981 • 26m
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S4 E12Completely Foolproof21/Jun/1981 • 26m
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S4 E13There's One Born Every Minute05/Jun/1981 • 27m
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S4 E14Bosom Friends12/Jun/1981 • 27m
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S4 E15A Glowing Future19/Jul/1981 • 26m
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S4 E16The Way to Do it26/Jul/1981 • 26m
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S4 E17Hijack26/Dec/1981 • 27m
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Season 30 / 9 watched
S3 E1The Flypaper09/Aug/1980 • 24m
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S3 E2A Picture of a Place16/Aug/1980 • 26m
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S3 E3Proof of Guilt23/Aug/1980 • 26m
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S3 E4Vengeance is Mine Inc.30/Aug/1980 • 27m
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S3 E5A Girl Can't Always Have Everything09/Nov/1980 • 26m
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S3 E6Parson's Pleasure30/Nov/1980 • 28m
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S3 E7The Stinker07/Dec/1980 • 26m
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S3 E8I'll Be Seeing You14/Dec/1980 • 27m
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S3 E9The Party19/Dec/1980 • 25m
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Season 20 / 16 watched
S2 E1Royal Jelly01/Mar/1980 • 27m
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S2 E2Skin08/Mar/1980 • 25m
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S2 E3Galloping Foxley15/Mar/1980 • 26m
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S2 E4The Hitch-Hiker22/Mar/1980 • 26m
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S2 E5Poison29/Mar/1980 • 25m
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S2 E6Fat Chance05/Apr/1980 • 26m
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S2 E7Taste12/Apr/1980 • 27m
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S2 E8My Lady Love, My Dove19/Apr/1980 • 25m
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S2 E9Georgy Porgy26/Apr/1980 • 26m
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S2 E10Depart in Peace03/May/1980 • 26m
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S2 E11The Umbrella Man10/May/1980 • 26m
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S2 E12Genesis & Catastrophe17/May/1980 • 26m
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S2 E13Mr Botibol's First Love24/May/1980 • 26m
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S2 E14Back for Christmas31/May/1980 • 27m
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S2 E15The Orderly World of Mr Appleby07/Jun/1980 • 27m
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S2 E16The Man at the Top14/Jun/1980 • 25m
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Season 10 / 9 watched
S1 E1The Man From the South24/Mar/1979 • 24m
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S1 E2Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat31/Mar/1979 • 25m
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S1 E3William and Mary07/Apr/1979 • 25m
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S1 E4Lamb to the Slaughter14/Apr/1979 • 25m
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S1 E5The Landlady21/Apr/1979 • 25m
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S1 E6Neck28/Apr/1979 • 24m
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S1 E7Edward the Conqueror05/May/1979 • 25m
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S1 E8A Dip in the Pool12/May/1979 • 25m
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S1 E9The Way Up to Heaven19/May/1979 • 25m
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Status
Ended
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
25 min
External
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Full cast and crew
Roald DahlSelf - Introduced ByChristopher BlakeIsraeli OfficerMicheline PresleMadame LagrueJoan GreenwoodEmma AdkinsGary BondMax de MarechalJohn BeckJackEli WallachGerry WilliamsDeborah HarmonDaisy FlockTelly SavalasJoe BrissonPeter CopleyMan at Railway StationLisa EichhornSallyMiriam MargolyesMary BurgeElaine PaigeSuzieEvelyn LayeMrs StandingJanet LeighJoan StackpoleJohn ForgehamPolice OfficerMargaretta ScottLady BirdwellJonathan Scott-TaylorYoung Bruce FoxleyPeter CellierWilkinsJennifer HilaryWendyPeter FirthHelmut GriemAloisRoxanne HartCaraStephanie ColeMiss HarrisonKenneth J. WithersCamera OperatorAlan MoreDirector of PhotographyDean CundeyDirector of PhotographyEd MartinDirector of PhotographyGeoff FletcherDirector of PhotographyGeoff GreenleafDirector of PhotographyGeoff GreenleafDirector of PhotographyGerald Perry FinnermanDirector of PhotographyHarry J. MayDirector of PhotographyIan CraigDirector of PhotographyKenneth Van SickleDirector of PhotographyMike FashDirector of PhotographyPaul GlickmanDirector of PhotographyPaul MarkwellDirector of PhotographyPeter MacQueenDirector of PhotographyPeter MacQueenDirector of PhotographyRichard CrafterDirector of PhotographySteve KilroeDirector of Photography
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