Tales of the Unexpected

TV-14
1979    25mDrama, Horror,
7.6
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.

Where to Watch Tales of the Unexpected

9 Seasons

  • Season 1
    Season 19 Episodes
  • Season 2
    Season 216 Episodes
  • Season 3
    Season 39 Episodes
  • Season 4
    Season 417 Episodes
  • Season 5
    Season 518 Episodes
  • Season 6
    Season 614 Episodes
  • Season 7
    Season 715 Episodes
  • Season 8
    Season 84 Episodes
  • Season 9
    Season 910 Episodes

Cast of Tales of the Unexpected

  • Roald DahlSelf - Introduced By / Writer
  • Andrew RayJerry Wilde
  • Forbes CollinsMr Ford
  • Paul HerzbergHenri
  • Lucy GutteridgeMolly
  • Peter TuddenhamControl (voice)
  • William HootkinsPeter Bligh
  • Mark LewisThe Man
  • Richard FoxtonStage Manager
  • John MillsThe Man
  • Joan CollinsSuzy Starr
  • Richard JohnsonParnell
  • Douglas LambertAmerican Passenger
  • Sheila GishLaura Parker
  • Cyril LuckhamMr Gainsborough
  • Jack WestonWilliam Botibol
  • Gloria GrahameOlivia
  • Roy MarsdenGerald Overton
  • Suzanne DanielleElaine
  • Derek JacobiThe Stranger
  • Simon CadellSam Luke
  • Jonathan DuttineMax
  • Susan StrasbergRoberta Elton
  • Jim NortonH.A.K. Bates
  • Jacqueline HillMrs Milvain
  • Susan PenhaligonWPC Mary Bryan
  • Neville PhillipsWaiter
  • Geoffrey ChaterJames Hamilton
  • Antony CarrickMike Schofield
  • Susan GeorgeMary Marney
  • Tom SmothersWilliam
  • Anthony Steel'Timber'
  • Charles HallahanCharlie
  • John StampWilliams
  • Kenneth TigarMerrifield
  • Elaine StritchMary Pearl
  • John GielgudJelks
  • Joss AcklandColonel George Peregrine
  • Siobhán McKennaMrs Grady
  • Lally BowersMiss Elphinstone
  • Amanda RedmanAnna Warrack
  • Jeremy ClydeGeorge Stamford
  • Elizabeth SpriggsMartha
  • Colin BlakelyColin Mearns
  • Joseph CottenLionel
  • Vincenzo FiorilloJanet Murdoch
  • Stuart TurtonFranco
  • John AldertonRev George Duckworth
  • Anthony ValentineBob
  • Julie HarrisMrs Bixby
  • David HealyAuctioneer
  • Celia GregoryEdna
  • Judy GeesonSandra
  • Michael TroughtonSteward
  • Cyril CusackPercy Hampton
  • Geoffrey BayldonDr Applegate
  • Paul SpurrierYoung William Perkins
  • Kate HarperClodagh Jansen
  • Andrew BicknellMacker
  • Allan CordunerStore Assistant
  • Roland CulverMr Foster
  • Pauline CollinsPat Lewis
  • John CastleJohn Burge
  • Gladys SpencerSylvia
  • Alan RoweDuncan Larch
  • John BiggerstaffTobacconist
  • Jean KitsonMavis
  • Brewster MasonHerbert Millette
  • Elizabeth RichardsonEva
  • Andrew BurtThe Vicar
  • Ronnie StevensMr Rudge
  • Olivier PierreLeclerc
  • Bosco HoganTony Medway
  • Genevieve AllenburyCroupier
  • Michael QuintoPolice Constable
  • Helen HortonAmerican Passenger
  • Penelope GilletteGladys Miton
  • Tony OsobaPolice Officer
  • Graham BellTV Presenter
  • Avril ElgarThelma
  • Graham WestonBusinessman
  • Neil DaglishHeath
  • Giles PhibbsFarmer
  • Richard HamptonArthur Baxter
  • Constantine GregoryHelmut Weinrich
  • Lynette DaviesPaula Shaw
  • Pauline LettsJoan Wilcox
  • Tony AlleffPolice Sergeant
  • Leonard PrestonBilly Weaver
  • Nigel CaliburnStage Manager
  • Virginia ClayHousekeeper
  • Bernadette WindsorYoung Girl
  • Rachel KempsonMrs Mason
  • David HansonWinford Stark
  • Christopher BlakeIsraeli Officer
  • Micheline PresleMadame Lagrue
  • Joan GreenwoodEmma Adkins
  • Gary BondMax de Marechal
  • John BeckJack
  • Eli WallachGerry Williams
  • Deborah HarmonDaisy Flock
  • Telly SavalasJoe Brisson
  • Peter CopleyMan at Railway Station
  • Lisa EichhornSally
  • Miriam MargolyesMary Burge
  • Elaine PaigeSuzie
  • Evelyn LayeMrs Standing
  • Janet LeighJoan Stackpole
  • John ForgehamPolice Officer
  • Margaretta ScottLady Birdwell
  • Jonathan Scott-TaylorYoung Bruce Foxley
  • Peter CellierWilkins
  • Jennifer HilaryWendy
  • Peter Firth
  • Helmut GriemAlois
  • Roxanne HartCara
  • Stephanie ColeMiss Harrison
  • Julian FellowesGeorge
  • Dina MerrillMarjorie
  • Richard GreeneThe Colonel
  • June RitchieJenny Morrissey
  • Pamela StephensonCathy
  • Michael ByrnePatrick Marney
  • Wendy HillerLouisa
  • Helen FraserBeryl
  • Bernard KayDetective Sergeant Jim Gordon
  • Tim WoodwardTimothy Burton
  • Moray WatsonSir Ian Masterson
  • Harry H. CorbettGeorge Balsam
  • Leslie CaronNathalie Vareille
  • Jan FrancisLeila
  • Clive SwiftLatham
  • Bud CortNewt
  • Peter BarkworthRichard Mellor
  • Patsy ByrneJean
  • Robert BeattyPulver
  • Cyd HaymanJanet Murdoch
  • Tara BuckmanSally Fenton
  • Charles KeatingPeter Madison
  • Van JohnsonGerry T. Armstrong
  • Elizabeth BradleyMrs Bradley
  • Eleanor BronPolly Knox
  • Sharon GlessCaroline Coates
  • Richard BasehartSlade
  • Elspeth MarchMrs Carson
  • Anthony HigginsCassan
  • Don JohnsonReeve Baker
  • Zoë WanamakerMargaret Smythe
  • Charles KimbroughEric
  • Lois SmithSara
  • George PeppardSergeant Guedo
  • Michael JaystonG.B. Shaw
  • Brad DourifHitch-hiker
  • Randall EdwardsRebecca
  • Ed Begley Jr.George Princey
  • Sondra LockeEdna
  • Gareth ThomasTelfer
  • Caroline GoodallHolly Peverill
  • Michael BrandonStephen Baker
  • Devon ScottJane Chenies
  • Jim BroadbentMr Lovejoy
  • Chaim TopolProfessor Max Kelada
  • Lesley GoldieMrs Jackson
  • Michael KitchenArthur
  • Warren ClarkeBob
  • Anthony QuayleKyros Kassoulas
  • Joanna PettetBetsy
  • Caroline LangrisheEllen
  • Gary BurghoffHarry Flock
  • Rita GamLisa Brisson
  • Frank FinlayArthur Pearson
  • Michael CraigMoira
  • Robert LangArthur
  • James FaulknerPatrick
  • Tom ChadbonFrank Parker
  • Dorothy TutinDon
  • Bernard CribbinsCharlie Krebs
  • Keith BarronGeorge Hitchman
  • Marius GoringDr John Landy
  • Rod TaylorPaul Duveen
  • Timothy WestAlbert Taylor
  • Beth PorterJoanna Bligh
  • Robert MorseStephen Shaw
  • Ivor RobertsGas Inspector
  • Joyce RedmanLinda Knox
  • Morris BarryMr Wilbur
  • Godfrey JamesClaud
  • Denholm ElliottHarold Tinker / Colonel Tinker
  • Sandra PayneMiss Pulteney
  • Katy JuradoWoman
  • Phil BrownF. Milton Willis
  • Elaine Ives-CameronSarah Grant
  • Valerie MahaffeyJane
  • Toyah WillcoxMarigold
  • Peter EganKeith
  • Cherie LunghiKaren Masterson
  • Bill OwenMeakins
  • James AubreyRobert Simpson
  • Ian HolmAlan Corwin
  • Frank Sinatra Jr.Cotter
  • John GorrieDirector / Writer
  • Graham EvansDirector
  • Alan GibsonDirector
  • Herbert WiseDirector
  • John JacobsDirector
  • Peter HammondDirector
  • Bert SalzmanDirector / Writer
  • John PeyserDirector
  • Rodney BennettDirector
  • Paul AnnettDirector
  • Claude WhathamDirector
  • Ray DantonDirector
  • Philip DudleyDirector
  • Alastair ReidDirector
  • Michael TuchnerDirector
  • John BruceDirector
  • Barry DavisDirector
  • Peter DuffellDirector
  • Leonard LewisDirector
  • Leo PennDirector
  • Simon LangtonDirector
  • Giles FosterDirector
  • Norman LloydDirector / Producer
  • John Howard DaviesDirector
  • Christopher MilesDirector
  • Dezsö MagyarDirector
  • John GlenisterDirector
  • Philip LeacockDirector
  • Graham WilliamsDirector
  • Wendy ToyeDirector
  • Donald McWhinnieDirector
  • Chris LovettDirector
  • Gareth DaviesDirector
  • Gordon HesslerDirector
  • Christopher LukasDirector
  • William SlaterDirector
  • Robin ChapmanWriter
  • Denis CannanWriter
  • Ronald HarwoodWriter
  • Ross ThomasWriter
  • Tony WilmotWriter
  • Julian BondWriter
  • Chaim BermantWriter
  • David Scott MiltonWriter
  • Jeremy PaulWriter
  • Peter RansleyWriter
  • Donald HonigWriter
  • Johnny ByrneWriter
  • Roy RussellWriter
  • Gerald SavoryWriter
  • Kevin Goldstein-JacksonWriter
  • Paul AblemanWriter
  • A.A. RobertsWriter
  • James Andrew HallWriter
  • Ferenc MolnárWriter
  • Pat HoddinottWriter
  • Wolf MankowitzWriter
  • Noella SmithWriter
  • Bernard EismannWriter
  • Luther MurdochWriter
  • Elizabeth TaylorWriter
  • David TrainerWriter
  • John RosenbergProducer

 

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