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#1 - The Flypaper
Season 3 Episode 1
Aired 8/9/1980
With a 12-year-old found dead and a killer perhaps on the loose, a young girl becomes paranoid.
Director: Graham Evans
Writer: Elizabeth Taylor, Robin Chapman
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#2 - A Harmless Vanity
Season 5 Episode 9
Aired 6/20/1982
When Mary learns her husband is having an affair, she invites her rival to a beach party.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jeremy Paul
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#3 - Kindly Dig Your Grave
Season 4 Episode 11
Aired 6/14/1981
Madame Lagrue runs a smart but commercial art gallery in Montmartre, Paris, getting rich at the expense of struggling artists. Then one of her victims falls in love with Fatima, an artist's model, and Lagrue is up against someone even more cunning than she is.
Director: Alan Gibson
Writer: Robin Chapman
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#4 - Skeleton in the Cupboard
Season 9 Episode 1
Aired 12/18/1987
Robert Smythe is a ruthless executive with a dangerous twenty year old secret. An echo from the past prompts him into a new cover up of the truth, but his wife becomes suspicious.
Director: Paul Annett
Writer: Tony Wilmot
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#5 - Operation Safecrack
Season 5 Episode 3
Aired 5/9/1982
In an attempt to prove their safes are impregnable, a company challenges ex-safebreaker Sam to crack one for a cash prize. But are his skills sharp enough?
Director: Alan Gibson
Writer: Robin Chapman
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#6 - The Man From the South
Season 1 Episode 1
Aired 3/24/1979
A young American couple on holiday meet a mysterious old gentleman who makes them a macabre wager.
Director: Michael Tuchner
Writer: Kevin Goldstein-Jackson
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#7 - The Stinker
Season 3 Episode 7
Aired 12/7/1980
When millionaire Jack runs into Harold, a boy he bullied at school, he gives him a job. But Harold soon suspects his wife of having an affair with his new boss.
Director: Alan Gibson
Writer: Julian Bond
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#8 - Lamb to the Slaughter
Season 1 Episode 4
Aired 4/14/1979
An enraged detective's wife kills her husband by smashing in his skull with a heavy blunt instrument - but no murder weapon can be found, and the police are baffled.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: Robin Chapman, Roald Dahl
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#9 - The Landlady
Season 1 Episode 5
Aired 4/21/1979
When a young man arrives in Bath, he is shocked to find his seemingly charming landlady has a dark side.
Director: Herbert Wise
Writer: Robin Chapman, Roald Dahl
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#10 - The Hitch-Hiker
Season 2 Episode 4
Aired 3/22/1980
When a driver picks up a hitch-hiker in his car, his journey turns into a thrilling ride.
Director: Alastair Reid
Writer: Robin Chapman
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#11 - Taste
Season 2 Episode 7
Aired 4/12/1980
A dinner party takes a surprising turn when one pretentious guest is challenged to a wine tasting contest.
Director: Alastair Reid
Writer: Ronald Harwood, Roald Dahl
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#12 - The Verger
Season 9 Episode 4
Aired 1/22/1988
When devoted verger Albert is forced to resign, he sets out to build a new life. But can he succeed in a modern world that has little time for his old-fashioned ways?
Director: Rodney Bennett
Writer: Denis Cannan
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#13 - Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
Season 1 Episode 2
Aired 3/31/1979
Unable to show her dentist husband, Cyril, the fur coat her lover has given her, Mrs Bixby pawns it and pretends that she found the ticket.
Director: Simon Langton
Writer: Ronald Harwood, Roald Dahl
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#14 - The Way Up to Heaven
Season 1 Episode 9
Aired 5/19/1979
Mrs Foster exacts an intriguing revenge on her husband after his dawdling causes her to miss a flight.
Director: Simon Langton
Writer: Ronald Harwood, Roald Dahl
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#15 - Parson's Pleasure
Season 3 Episode 6
Aired 11/30/1980
Cyril makes a profitable living as a rogue antiques dealer, but when he buys a farmer’s valuable furniture item, his luck may be about to run out.
Director: John Bruce
Writer: Ronald Harwood
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#16 - I'll Be Seeing You
Season 3 Episode 8
Aired 12/14/1980
When Roland leaves his cruel, millionairess wife Vivien for a fresh start with his mistress Anna, the snubbed spouse plans to make his life a living hell.
Director: Philip Dudley
Writer: Julian Bond
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#17 - The Eavesdropper
Season 5 Episode 2
Aired 5/2/1982
Moira hears a woman discussing a trip to Paris with her lover Donald. Is her husband, also called Donald, having an affair?
Director: John Gorrie
Writer: Robin Chapman
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#18 - Stranger in Town
Season 5 Episode 5
Aired 5/23/1982
A stranger arrives in town and soon endears himself to the local community – although his motives prove sinister.
Director: Wendy Toye
Writer: N/A
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#19 - Nothin' Short of Highway Robbery
Season 8 Episode 3
Aired 7/21/1985
On a long drive through the desert, a couple get their car serviced and are handed an extortionate bill. But they plan on turning the tables.
Director: John Peyser
Writer: Luther Murdoch
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#20 - The Umbrella Man
Season 2 Episode 11
Aired 5/10/1980
A con man arrives in town and starts his scam.
Director: Claude Whatham
Writer: Ronald Harwood
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#21 - Back for Christmas
Season 2 Episode 14
Aired 5/31/1980
A philandering physician with an obsession for orchids cultivates a deadly plot to see off his wife.
Director: N/A
Writer: Denis Cannan, John Collier
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#22 - Would You Believe It?
Season 4 Episode 1
Aired 4/5/1981
Two archaeologists working in Jordan get more than they bargained for when they decide to smuggle the statue of a mysterious woman over the border to Israel.
Director: Barry Davis
Writer: Julian Bond
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#23 - Never Speak Ill of the Dead
Season 4 Episode 8
Aired 5/24/1981
David is accused of murder when his wife Irene vanishes. Her promiscuous lifestyle made her the talk of the town, but the gossip has escalated.
Director: John Gorrie
Writer: John Collier, Robin Chapman
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#24 - Clerical Error
Season 6 Episode 4
Aired 4/30/1983
While winding up his late father's affairs, Paul finds a bill demanding over £1,000 for pornography.
Director: Graham Evans
Writer: Peter Ransley
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#25 - A Girl Can't Always Have Everything
Season 3 Episode 5
Aired 11/9/1980
Struggling actresses Suzy and Pat meet Herbert, a wealthy widower. Seductive Suzy enjoys his money, but things soon don't look so rosy.
Director: Graham Evans
Writer: Julian Bond
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Best Episodes Summary
"The Flypaper" is the best rated episode of "Tales of the Unexpected". It scored 8.2/10 based on 557 votes. Directed by Graham Evans and written by Elizabeth Taylor, Robin Chapman, it aired on 8/9/1980. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Harmless Vanity".