Ronald Dahl - Tales of the Unexpected

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Ronald Dahl - Tales of the Unexpected
Watching this on Sky Arts when I can.
Made it the 80's I think?
Can't believe how good this is, so clever.

Ruth Rendell, Catherine Cookson, Yes, Minister - this old stuff is soooooo much better than anything I've seen in the last 10 years on British TV.

Anyone got any other similar gems?

Roald - auto correct ruined this for me!

I used to watch it as a child. Some of them gave me nightmares!

Tenko is another great 80s series.

There's one called Flypaper that scared me witless!

Most of them are on YouTube in full. The first couple of series are by Roald Dahl, then the rest are by other writers.

Thanks - forgot about YouTube.

@ArblemarzipanTFruitcake

Tenko is another great 80s series.

Yes! Tenko was brilliant.

I love these - so dramatic!
Takes me back to my childhood.

If you like these, try Ghost Story for Christmas series on YouTube/i-Player, some truly bizarre ones from the 70s like 'Stigma' and 'The Ice House'.

I've caught a few episodes recently. I remember watching it when I was a child in the 80s with my mum. I never forgot the music and the dancing lady 😆 I love short stories like these!

Ano Domino

Also, Survivors. Available on YouTube. It was remade in the noughties, but the original series is a classic.

Day of the Triffids terrified me too!

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

Day of the Triffids.

@ArblemarzipanTFruitcake Tenko is being shown on the Drama channel at the moment

[quote minniep]@ArblemarzipanTFruitcake Tenko is being shown on the Drama channel at the moment [/quote]
Oh, cool. I've got the box set on DVD but glad to hear it's out there for new fans!

Yeah, what is that 'sexy' dancing lady about?!

Weird, l thought they were amazing when original.

I think they’re crap now!

I didn’t realise it was roald Dahl that wrote these. Did he do the royal jelly episode? It’s still vivid in my mind!

@Rummikub

I didn’t realise it was roald Dahl that wrote these. Did he do the royal jelly episode? It’s still vivid in my mind!

Dahl wrote the earlier episodes including Royal Jelly, and introduced many of them too.

Sky Arts show Tales of the Unexpected on a loop, so all series are aired, including the episodes made in the US. The calibre of actors is staggering - Sir John Gielgud, John Mills, Janet Leigh, Derke Jacobi, Joseph Cotton, Charles Dance, Joan Collins and Pauline Collins to name just a few.

I watched each episode at least twice during the first lockdown!

I still don’t like saunas!

Loved it! Especially the one about the royal jelly with the bees and the one where the woman pushed a love rival into the road thinking she was having an affair with her husband,then found out she wasn't,gripping stuff!

There was one with a wooden Henry Moore type statue; a guest got his head stuck in it and the owner would not have it sawn into...haven't seen since it first aired but it stayed with me
I went out with a guy whose claim to fame was that his Dad designed/created the 'sexy lady'!

I'm watching Tenko on Drama yet again. Force's tv show some gems recently the Omega Factor.

@NomDePrune

There was one with a wooden Henry Moore type statue; a guest got his head stuck in it and the owner would not have it sawn into...haven't seen since it first aired but it stayed with me I went out with a guy whose claim to fame was that his Dad designed/created the 'sexy lady'!

It was Joan Colins iirc who got her head stuck

I'm wishing someone would reshow Life of a she devil again.