Best of Tales of the Unexpected

The series of twisty tale that in it's early days was introduced by Roald Dahl who wrote some of the stories. Here are the 10 best episodes


1. Royal Jelly

A beekeeper uses the honey from the bees he keeps to help his newborn child's illness despite his wife objection and she is right for reasons of the fantastic. Starring Timothy West and Susan George.

2. The Vorpal Blade

An Ellary man thinks back to the role he played in a fatal duel fought in pre WWII Germany. Episode has a double twist. Starring Peter Cushing

3. Parson's Pleasure

A con man tries to swindle some gullible farmers out of a priceless antique. However his plans go awray. Starring John Gielgud and Bernard Miles

4. The Landlady

A cautionary tale about having you accommodation arranged before you leave.

5. The Sound Machine

An enviromentaist tract in which a botanist invents a machine to listen to plants only to hear their screams. Starring Harry Andrews

6. Lamb to the Slaughter

A woman arrives home to find her police dctive husband. Does she know more than she is letting on. Starring Susan George, Brian Blessed and Micheal Byrne.

7. Dirty Detail

A Vietnam War veteran comes across the Sergeant who brutalised him and so decides to get some pay back. Starring Kevin Dobson and George Peppard

8. Skeleton in the Cupboard

A man becomes troubled when a young woman starts asking questions in the local area, so he decides to take deadly action. With a gut punch of an ending. Starring Charles Dance and Zoe Wannamaker.

9. Death Can Add

A fraudster is being blackmailed about his activities so he decides to kill his blackmailer. Starring Ian Holm and Jan Francis

10. Wink Three Times

A light hearted tale of mishaps and misunstanings at a hotel. Starring Peter Davison and Liza Goddard.

The war is here

The long awaited version of War of the Worlds will start tommorw night on BBC 1. However it faces the first night of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!. Hopefully those not entertained by the barley famous eating animal parts by a pair of baiting presenters will tuned in to BBC 1.

Axel goes streaming

It has been announced that the fourth Beverly Hills Cop film will be produced for streaming giants Netflix. Stat Eddie Murphy is getting rave reviews for another film he has done for Netflix, My Name is Dolemite. So why is the new Beverly Hills Cop going straight to streaming? Some have suggested the poor performances of other follow ups may be the answer. The Shining sequel Dr Sleep and Terminator: Dark Fate have preformed below expectations so say Axel Foley's fourth outing has gone straight to streaming.

Awful quiz show answer of the day 13-11-2019

On today's Tipping Point a contestant was asked The Police had a hit single in 1979 with Walking on the...? The answer given on the wild side. The Moon is the actual answer.

Non replacement

ITV have announced that both Good Morning Britain and This Morning will be extended by half a hour in order to replace The Jeremy Kyle Show which was axed after the tragic death of a show guest. The news will come as a disappointment to those who wanted the return of game/quiz shows like Cross Wits and Win, Lose or Draw.

TV ratings 10-11-2019

The second episode of His Dark Materials was watched by 5.7 million viewers. A drop of over a million viewers from the first episode. A second series has been commissioned so it won't suffer the same fate as the aborted film series.

Royston's troubled homecoming

Risque comedian Roy Chubby Brown upcoming gig in his home town of Meddlesbourgh has run into a bit of a fuss. The manager of the venue has resigned in protest at Roy's material which has deemed sexist and racist among other things. Roy had been banned from playing his home town among other locations due to complaints. However the mayor of Middlesboourg overturned Roy's ban. Roy's real name Royston Vasey was used as the name of the setting of the League of Gentlemen TV series.