The Best Episodes of Tales of the Unexpected Season 1

A young American couple on holiday meet a mysterious old gentleman who makes them a macabre wager.

Director: Michael Tuchner

Writer: Kevin Goldstein-Jackson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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