Tales of the Unexpected - Season 5
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Tales of the Unexpected - Season 5

Tales of the Unexpected - Season 5

Tales of the Unexpected - Season 5

1982
Suspense/Thriller, Horror
Season 5 - A British anthology series featuring tales of horror, mystery and suspense. Most episodes featured a twist ending, and many of them were based on short stories by well-known writer Roald Dahl, who also served as the show's host during its first two seasons. (imdb)
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Directed by:

Alan Gibson
Alan-Gibson
14 total credits
Alan Gibson has 14 credits at Criticker, including: The Satanic Rites of Dracula, Dracula A.D. 1972, Witness for the Prosecution, Tales of the Unexpected and Hammer House of Horror
,
John Gorrie
John-Gorrie
9 total credits
John Gorrie has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Tales of the Unexpected, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Edward the King
,
Graham Evans
Graham-Evans
1 total credit
Graham Evans has just 1 credit at Criticker: Tales of the Unexpected, The Flypaper, Clerical Error, The Surgeon and The Luncheon

Writer:

Paul Ableman
Paul-Ableman
1 total credit
Paul Ableman has just 1 credit at Criticker: Tales of the Unexpected, Mr. Know-All, Wink Three Times and The Wrong 'Un

Starring:

Andrew Ray
Andrew-Ray
10 total credits
Andrew Ray has 10 credits at Criticker, including: Gideon of Scotland Yard, Tales of the Unexpected, The Mudlark, Woman in a Dressing Gown and The Yellow Balloon
,
Roald Dahl
Roald-Dahl
28 total credits
Roald Dahl has 28 credits at Criticker, including: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Matilda and James and the Giant Peach
,
Forbes Collins
Forbes-Collins
2 total credits
Forbes Collins has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Tales of the Unexpected, The Last of the Midnight Gardeners, Vicious Circle, The Way to Do It and The Mugger

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Tales of the Unexpected - Season 5

1982
Suspense/Thriller, Horror
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The Eavesdropper
Moira overhears a conversation in a restaurant. Is the woman having an affair with her husband?
Operation Safecrack
Sam 'The Touch' Morrissey is the most famous safe-cracker in Britain and advertising executive Jack Harrison uses him in an elaborate live television stunt to promote his company. Sam has to break into the impregnable new Holdwell 801 safe in the studio, thereby claiming the twenty-five thousand pounds in an envelope in the safe. Time starts to run out and it looks as if Sam has failed. Fortunately for Sam he came to the studio with another skill as well as safe-cracking.
Decoy
Chief Inspector McLintock sets up Police Constable Mary Bryan as a decoy to catch a serial killer.
A Harmless Vanity
When her best friend Liz tells her that husband George is having an affair with the much younger Carol, Mary Hitchman decides to meet her rival and invites her to a civilized beach party, having first lost weight and enjoyed a glamorous make-over, enabling her to wear a sexy red bathing suit identical to Carol's. This will all lead to George losing his mistress, though not in the way Mary had expected.
Death Can Add
Oliver Platt is defrauding his firm Bulmont Investments, not just out of greed but revenge as his father killed himself when a similar firm, for whom he worked, would not give him a loan to pay off his debts. Alan Corwin, an auditor, tumbles to Oliver's deception and demands a quarter of a million in hush money. Oliver puts the money in a brief-case along with a bomb, due to go off at six o'clock when Corwin will be in an aeroplane.
Death in the Morning
Recently married to wealthy country squire Ian Karen Masterson feels not only alienated in his large house but senses an evil spirit trying to get rid of her. She befriends neighbour Linda Larch, who suggests this may be the spirit of Ian's first wife who died in a car crash, but when Karen comes across a book of witchcraft she suspects that Linda may not be the good friend she had thought and has to take supernatural action of her own.
In the Bag
As safe-breakers go, Sam is the best. He is painstaking and thoroughly cautious and consequently has never been caught, which is why Cara wants his services. As a result of a lover's tiff her family's jewels have been taken from her and locked in a safe, which she wants him to open. He is not overly happy when she opts to come with him for the job, but he has disguises for them so that they can make a quick getaway. But is this to be the first mistake in Sam's illustrious career?
The Skeleton Key
Andy, a hospital radiographer, is losing his girlfriend Emma to the self-centered Max, who is planning to take her on a romantic holiday. When Max complains of pains and Andy sees him in a professional capacity, an opportunity for revenge arises. Did Max really swallow that key, or is Andy just making him suffer ?

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Directed by:

Alan Gibson
Alan-Gibson
14 total credits
Alan Gibson has 14 credits at Criticker, including: The Satanic Rites of Dracula, Dracula A.D. 1972, Witness for the Prosecution, Tales of the Unexpected and Hammer House of Horror
,
John Gorrie
John-Gorrie
9 total credits
John Gorrie has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Tales of the Unexpected, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Edward the King
,
Graham Evans
Graham-Evans
1 total credit
Graham Evans has just 1 credit at Criticker: Tales of the Unexpected, The Flypaper, Clerical Error, The Surgeon and The Luncheon

Writer:

Paul Ableman
Paul-Ableman
1 total credit
Paul Ableman has just 1 credit at Criticker: Tales of the Unexpected, Mr. Know-All, Wink Three Times and The Wrong 'Un

Starring:

Andrew Ray
Andrew-Ray
10 total credits
Andrew Ray has 10 credits at Criticker, including: Gideon of Scotland Yard, Tales of the Unexpected, The Mudlark, Woman in a Dressing Gown and The Yellow Balloon
,
Roald Dahl
Roald-Dahl
28 total credits
Roald Dahl has 28 credits at Criticker, including: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Matilda and James and the Giant Peach
,
Forbes Collins
Forbes-Collins
2 total credits
Forbes Collins has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Tales of the Unexpected, The Last of the Midnight Gardeners, Vicious Circle, The Way to Do It and The Mugger

Country:

UK

Language:

English
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