Tales of the Unexpected

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Someone has uploaded the entire program series on YouTube. And the quality is fantastic. A friend also told me they are shown on Sky too, but I've never come across them.

I haven't watched since I was around 8 or 9 and those episodes I remember scared the living daylights out of me. Now enjoying a blast from the past afternoon.

What I never appreciated at the time, were the well known actors and actresses. Currently watching Susan George and Brian Blessed. 😁

First episode had Pamela Stephenson who was breathtakingly good looking.

Also so many women in house coats! 🤣👌

These were on talking pictures a while ago. Talking Pictures is really good for TV and films from the 1970s and earlier.

The theme tune and the opening credits used to scare the shit out of me.

Even when I've watched it recently it's gave me the shivers.

Looks like they've been blocked recently. 😕

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There was a similar series on itv at the same sort of time as TOTU I think but I can’t remember the name, but I can remember one of the episodes where people got locked in a sauna!

Was it the twilight zone?

Or was there something called armchair thrillers?

I thought the Fly Paper was a very good one too.

I like the taxidermied B&B guests one too.

Yes, the always late husband one is good.

There's one with Elaine Stritch who gets her own back on her very stuffy husband . At the end she's lounged on the sofa smoking , drinking ......

And one where the man;s mistress is going blind , he has his wife killed off so he can be with his OW . She has life changing surgery <hurrah> she can see . (Remember his wife has just died ...)

Hammer House of Horror were brilliant .
They fit a lot into TotU , but the HHoH were longer

Charlie Boy

What’s this one? I dread to ask as I’m always late..

Oh that's a shame. Do you have Sky you can watch them on?

My brother and I used to do the dance in front of the lamp in the living room. 🤣

@Pinkfluffypencilcase - think that's the one with the gruff old husband and his wife - she's late for the airport so weife tell the chauffeur to leave as they were only dropping him at work except he was stuck in the house lift (mansion) ...

I liked the one with the pied piper type clothing- won't say anymore as it'll spoil it.
Really hated the one with the boarding school and bullying
Generally loved all the TOTU though, read the books and got me into thrillers and horrors

Thank you :)

I really enjoy them but the misogyny is so shocking isn’t it! Thank go things have moved on!

The Prunella scales sauna one still gives me the willies!

I don’t think it was TOTU but I watched something once where a young woman got on a train with some strange characters and it’s transpired that she would never be able to get off ? It really scared me but I can’t remember what it was ? Does anyone know ?

The one with the missing finger!

I don't, but there are some still floating about on YouTube from different channels.

I tried to find the flypaper one but even though it's got the title on YouTube it goes to a different one

If you've got Sky Arts channel it'll probably come on eventually. I can see it if I click on the second one down. It goes to Facebook then the correct one comes on. Or Now TV if you have that. (I dont)

Or if you search for it on Facebook I can see it

Ok thanks I'll have a look