All Episodes of Tales of the Unexpected
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Season 1
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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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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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William and Mary
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/7/1979
When her husband William dies, Mary Pearl is shocked that his will stipulates that his brain should be kept alive.
Director: Donald McWhinnie
Writer: Ronald Harwood, Roald Dahl
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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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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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Neck
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/28/1979
A lady is cut down to size by her husband’s loyal butler when it is discovered she is having an affair.
Director: Christopher Miles
Writer: Robin Chapman, Roald Dahl
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Edward the Conqueror
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/5/1979
When Edward grows tired of Louisa’s obsession with a stray cat and decides to get rid of it, she exacts her revenge.
Director: Rodney Bennett
Writer: Ronald Harwood, Roald Dahl
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A Dip in the Pool
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/12/1979
An American gambler must come up with a cunning plan to slow down a ship at sea in order to win a bet.
Director: Michael Tuchner
Writer: Ronald Harwood
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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