Tales of the Unexpected - Season 1
1 - The Man From the South
Air Date: March 24, 1979
A young American couple on holiday meet a mysterious old gentleman who makes them a macabre wager.
2 - Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
Air Date: March 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.
3 - William and Mary
Air Date: April 7, 1979
When her husband William dies, Mary Pearl is shocked that his will stipulates that his brain should be kept alive.
4 - Lamb to the Slaughter
Air Date: April 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.
5 - The Landlady
Air Date: April 21, 1979
When a young man arrives in Bath, he is shocked to find his seemingly charming landlady has a dark side.
6 - Neck
Air Date: April 28, 1979
A lady is cut down to size by her husband’s loyal butler when it is discovered she is having an affair.
7 - Edward the Conqueror
Air Date: May 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.
8 - A Dip in the Pool
Air Date: May 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.
9 - The Way Up to Heaven
Air Date: May 19, 1979
Mrs Foster exacts an intriguing revenge on her husband after his dawdling causes her to miss a flight.