Tales of the Unexpected - Season 4

Tales of the Unexpected - Season 4

Season 4

Network
Episodes17
Datesavr. 5, 1981 - déc. 26, 1981
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Episodes

Would You Believe it?
Season 4Episode 125 min

Would You Believe it?

Two archeologists working in Jordan, Tanner and Miller, find in the desert sand a statue of a woman in a strange posture. Driving through a rainstorm, and using an open truck, they try to smuggle their find over the border into Israel, only to discover on arrival that it has completely disappeared. They could have been in a lot of trouble...
avr. 5, 1981
Vicious Circle
Season 4Episode 225 min

Vicious Circle

An old lady catches Rex Tobin, a young burglar who was planning to rob her, and makes friends with him... but what is she really up to?
avr. 12, 1981
The Boy Who Talked with Animals
Season 4Episode 325 min

The Boy Who Talked with Animals

David, a nine-year-old boy, talks his father into getting him a giant turtle. And there is more to David's desire for this unusual pet than meets the eye. Then Sam Jenner, a rugged American, gets drawn into David's holiday adventure in Jamaica.
avr. 19, 1981
The Best of Everything
Season 4Episode 425 min

The Best of Everything

Arthur is a junior clerk in a city metal broker's office and he's desperately in love with the boss's daughter, Ann Horton. Arthur can't see how he's going to catch Ann's eye, but his smarter friend Charlie knows how to manage these things, and (in return for sharing Arthur's flat and borrowing his money) Charlie helps Arthur out. But then Charlie doesn't want to pay back what he owes...
avr. 26, 1981
A Woman's Help
Season 4Episode 525 min

A Woman's Help

Arthur is an elegant playboy, but he is dependent on his very rich, ailing, and demanding wife, Elizabeth. The day comes when the hen-pecked Arthur's lover wants a promise of marriage, and Arthur decides he wants his wife dead, so long as he gets her money. But there is something Arthur doesn't know about Elizabeth...
mai 3, 1981
Shatterproof
Season 4Episode 625 min

Shatterproof

Property tycoon Gerry Williams is married to the beautiful but unhappy Ellen, and somewhere the marriage has gone terribly wrong. Then an assassin is hired to kill Gerry, and he makes the mistake of getting too friendly with his target...
mai 10, 1981
The Sound Machine
Season 4Episode 725 min

The Sound Machine

A botanist called Klausner invents a machine which can translate the conversations of trees and plants... and what he hears gives him a nasty shock.
mai 17, 1981
Never Speak Ill of the Dead
Season 4Episode 825 min

Never Speak Ill of the Dead

David Rankin is a country doctor with a flighty young wife. Irene's affairs with other men were the talk of the town before she was married - and they still are. No one knows for sure if the gossip has reached the doctor. And then no one knows where Irene has gone... Sim and Bob accuse Dr Rankin of killing his wife and burying her in the cellar - but they have made a big mistake.
mai 24, 1981
The Best Policy
Season 4Episode 925 min

The Best Policy

Harry Flock has had a temporary promotion as acting manager of a branch bank. Harry is honest and meticulous to a fault, but he is in danger of losing his job when head office gets anonymous complaints about alleged embezzlements. Harry's accounts are immaculate. In fact, they seem too good to be true...
mai 31, 1981
The Last Bottle in the World
Season 4Episode 1025 min

The Last Bottle in the World

Kyros buys the last bottle of a superb 1864 claret - an anniverary present for his beautiful but unfaithful wife. He pays a tremendous price, and plans a dinner party - but Kyros is planning to use the wine for more than just drinking...
juin 7, 1981
Kindly Dig Your Grave
Season 4Episode 1125 min

Kindly Dig Your Grave

Madame Lagrue runs a smart but commercial art gallery in Montmartre, Paris, getting rich at the expense of struggling artists. Then one of her victims falls in love with Fatima, an artist's model, and Madame Lagrue is up against someone even more cunning than she is.
juin 14, 1981
Completely Foolproof
Season 4Episode 1225 min

Completely Foolproof

The very rich Joe Brisson is a self-made man with a number of enemies - including Lisa, his elegant but dangerously dissatisfied wife.
juin 21, 1981
There's One Born Every Minute
Season 4Episode 1325 min

There's One Born Every Minute

Arthur and Margaret Pearson are a quiet middle-aged couple. Arthur is dull, but double-dealing, and when his wife Margaret inherits £50,000 he reluctantly agrees to gamble the money on a dubious and highly speculative property deal. As a result, the Pearsons' lives (and their relationship) begin to change significantly.
juin 5, 1981
Bosom Friends
Season 4Episode 1425 min

Bosom Friends

Nell and Emma were best friends at school, but after a reunion weekend they find things more difficult. Emma, who is retired and poor, asks Nell to rent her a spare room in her house. Nell agrees and Emma moves in, but she quickly proves to be completely penniless and seems willing to drag Nell down to poverty, too...
juin 12, 1981
A Glowing Future
Season 4Episode 1525 min

A Glowing Future

Betsy's long term live-in lover, Jack, is planning to get married - but not to her. He has a new girlfriend half-way across the world, in Australia. Betsy is even more enraged when Jack starts to pack up their shared belongings for shipping to his new home. As the paintings come off the walls, Betsy decides to give the bride a present - she has just the thing in mind.
juil. 19, 1981
The Way to Do It
Season 4Episode 1625 min

The Way to Do It

Young Roger Carson has a dreary life and suffers from the domineering ways of his rich Aunt May. By way of escape, he takes up gambling - and swiftly falls for Suzie, a beautiful casino hostess. The boss of the casino sees Roger as a chicken ripe for plucking, and gets Suzie to encourage him. Soon, Roger is losing more than his income...
juil. 26, 1981
Hijack
Season 4Episode 1725 min

Hijack

Captain Waterhouse has to deal with a man on board his airliner who seizes Milly, a stewardess, takes her and a bottle of nitroglycerine into a tiny lavatory, and demands one million dollars in ransom money, plus a parachute for himself. The hijacker believes both have been delivered to him, and he jumps out... However, the story is not over yet...
déc. 26, 1981

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