Tales of the Unexpected

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Tales of the Unexpected is a British television series which aired between 1979 and 1988. Each episode told a story, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, with an unexpected twist ending. Every episode of Series 1, eight episodes of Series...read more

Tales of the Unexpected is a British television series which aired between 1979 and 1988. Each episode told a story, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, with an unexpected twist ending. Every episode of Series 1, eight episodes of Series 2 and one episode of Series 3 were based on short stories by Roald Dahl collected in the books Tales of the Unexpected, Kiss Kiss and Someone Like You.

Original Release

03/24/1979 on ITV

Cast

(see additional cast & crew)
# Title Air Date
1 Skeleton in the Cupboard Friday, 18 December 1987
2 The Colonel's Lady Friday, 08 January 1988
3 The Surgeon Friday, 15 January 1988
4 The Verger Friday, 22 January 1988
5 The Facts of Life Friday, 29 January 1988
6 Wink Three Times Friday, 15 April 1988
7 The Dead Don't Steal Friday, 22 April 1988
8 The Finger of Suspicion Friday, 29 April 1988
9 A Time to Die Friday, 06 May 1988
10 Mr. Know-All Friday, 13 May 1988
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Directors

Graham Evans, John Gorrie, Alan Gibson, Herbert Wise, John Jacobs, Peter Hammond, John Peyser, Bert Salzman, Rodney Bennett, Ray Danton, Paul Annett, Claude Whatham, Leo Penn, Leonard Lewis, Michael Tuchner, Simon Langton, Norman Lloyd, Peter Duffell, Barry Davis, John Bruce, Philip Dudley, Alastair Reid, Chris Lovett, John Glenister, Wendy Toye, Donald McWhinnie, William Slater, Dezsö Magyar, Gordon Hessler, John Howard Davies, John Davies, Gareth Davies, Graham Williams, Christopher Lukas, Christopher Miles, Philip Leacock

Writers

Robin Chapman, Roald Dahl, Denis Cannan, Ronald Harwood, Ross Thomas, John Collier, Henry Slesar, Bert Salzman, Jack Ritchie, Julian Bond, Tony Wilmot, Stanley Ellin, W. Somerset Maugham, Chaim Bermant, David Scott Milton, Peter Ransley, Paul Ableman, Alan Seymour, Jeremy Paul, Johnny Byrne, Patricia Moyes, Robert L. Fish, Doug Morgan, Julian Symons, Ruth Rendell, Bill Pronzini, John Gorrie, Aileen Wheeler, Donald Honig, Edward D. Hoch, Roy Russell, Kevin Goldstein-Jackson, Gerald Savory, Hector Hugh Munro, C.B. Gilford, Antonia Fraser, Bernard Eismann, Philip Ketchum, Talmage Powell, Herman Miller, Ferenc Molnár, Nicholas Monsarrat, Sidney Carroll, Robert Quigley, Helen Nielsen, James Gould Cozzens, C.S. Forester, Brian Garfield, Jeffrey Archer, Patricia Highsmith, Arthur A. Ross, George Baxt, Ruth Wissman, John Bakkenhoven, Pat Hoddinott, Tonita S. Gardner, Miriam Bienstock, Graham Sutton, Victor Edwards, John Charters, Ella Griffiths, Jane Gardam, J.J. Maling, Theda O. Henle, Zia Kruger, Lawrence Block, Robert Edmond Alter, Noella Smith, Dana Lyon, Elizabeth Taylor, James Andrew Hall, Peter Lovesey, Robert Arthur, Patricia McGerr, Michael Brett, Robert Bloch, Joseph Dougherty, David Trainer, Richard Huggett, Wolf Mankowitz

Cast

Producers

Editors

Ralph Forsdick, Subramanian S. Iyer, Kevin Waters, Philip Bunn, Michael O'Halloran, Ralph Javes, Elodie Keene, Armond Lebowitz, Keith Judge, Phil Connick, Keith Rogers, Stephen Peart

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