Rent Tales of the Unexpected: Series 3 (1980)
4.1 of 5 from 54 ratings
3h 45min
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- Synopsis:
Sinister and with a touch of the macabre, Tales of the Unexpected has, at its heart, a core of black humour that makes each story compelling, with a twist k in each tale that delighted audiences throughout the country.
1. The Flypaper
A lonely schoolgirl is threatened by a strange man.
2. A Picture of a Place
Greedy antiques collector Merv thinks he has struck gold when he meets a widow whose farmhouse is crammed with rare items.
3. Proof of Guilt
Two men are in a locked room and one is shot dead. But is the case as clear cut as it seems?
4. Vengeance is Mine Inc.A pair of unemployed graduates plan revenge on a newspaper columnist and in doing so, stumble upon a new business idea.
5. A Girl Can't Always Have Everything
Suzi and Pat are performers with a touring theatre. Money is always tight until the company gets a wealthy new backer...
6. Parson's Pleasure
A crooked antiques dealer poses as a man of the cloth to hunt for bargains.
7. The Stinker
Harold Tinker has spent his whole life tormented by the arrogant Jack Cutler.
8. I'll be Seeing You
Roland Trent is desperate to leave his bitchy wife for his near-blind mistress.
9. The Party
This Christmas could turn out to be the blackest yet for toy firm manager Henry Knox.- Actors:
- Roald Dahl, Alfred Burke, Pat Keen, Lorna Yabsley, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Stephanie Cole, Anthony Smee, Giles Phibbs, Bernadette Windsor, Jessie Matthews, Bill Maynard, Michael Troughton, Peter Sallis, Judy Riley, Roy Marsden, Jeremy Clyde, Dudley Sutton, Elizabeth Richardson, John Gill, Geoffrey Lumsden
- Directors:
- Graham Evans, Giles Foster, Chris Lovett, Alan Gibson, John Bruce, Philip Dudley
- Producers:
- John Rosenberg
- Writers:
- Robin Chapman, Elizabeth Taylor, Denis Cannan, Doug Morgan, Johnny Byrne, Bill Pronzini, Roald Dahl, Tonita S. Gardner, Julian Bond, Ronald Harwood, Julian Symons, Robert Quigley, Chaim Bermant
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Comedies, TV Dramas, TV Horror, TV Mysteries, TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy, TV Thrillers
