The Best Episodes Written By Roald Dahl

Domestic bliss comes to a rapid halt when a housewife discovers that her police chief husband has been having an affair while she's been pregnant.

When a young man arrives in Bath, he is shocked to find his seemingly charming landlady has a dark side.

When a driver picks up a hitch-hiker in his car, his journey turns into a thrilling ride.

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

When her husband William dies, Mary Pearl is shocked that his will stipulates that his brain should be kept alive.

A man starts to suffer when he becomes haunted by the memory of the brutal treatment he received in his childhood.

A con man arrives in town and starts his scam.

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.

A touch of mink for Mr and Mrs Bixby is only part of a story of love grown cold and a hidden passion beneath the surface.

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.

Mrs Foster exacts an intriguing revenge on her husband after his dawdling causes her to miss a flight.

A dinner party takes a surprising turn when one pretentious guest is challenged to a wine tasting contest.

A pregnant lady is worried that she may miscarry for the fourth time. Can her doctor reassure her?

A jaded businessman sells his company and attempts to change his life for the better by buying a strange piano.

Two partners discover their real feelings for one another when one is bitten by a poisonous snake and it's up to the other to save his life.

Mabel’s baby is sick and her bee obsessed husband thinks he has found a remedy. Will he get the baby buzzing back to health?

When Pamela and Arthur invite a young couple over for the weekend, things take a surprising turn.

Mrs Wilbur gets more than she bargained for when she calls upon the unusual services of Tom and George, starving writers turned entrepreneurs.

An art collector finds himself drawn into an unusual struggle with two beautiful women.

When David rescues a giant turtle, it looks as though he's found a new friend, but there could be more to his pet than meets the eye.

A botanist has invented a machine that translates the sound of plants into speech. What he hears gives him a shock.

When wealthy Prince Zawi gives surgeon Robert Sandy a diamond for saving his life, the doctor finds that his new jewel is really more of a liability than an asset.

A lady is cut down to size by her husband’s loyal butler when it is discovered she is having an affair.

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.

A poisonous snake keeps a teacher prisoner in India. How can he escape from its evil glare?