TV Shows

"Tales of the Unexpected"

All Program Information

General Details
Crew

Specific Episodes:
"Man From the South"
"Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
"William and Mary"
"Lamb to the Slaughter"
"Neck"
"Edward the Conquerer"
"The Way Up to Heaven"
"Royal Jelly"
"Skin"
"The Hitch–Hiker"
"Poison"
"Georgy Porgy"
"The Umbrella Man"
"Genesis and Catastrophe"
"Galloping Foxley"
"Mr. Botibol's First Love"
"The Boy Who Talked With Animals"

General Details:

• First episode: March 24, 1979
• Runtime: 30 minutes (UK)
• Production Company: Anglia Television Ltd.
• Special Effects: Effects Associate Ltd

Crew:

• Produced by: John Rosenberg and John Woolf (executive)
• Original music by: Ron Grainer (1979)
• Dancer in opening credits: Karen Standley
• Film Editing by: Giles Tuffield
• Casting by: Pat Jarvis and Joe Scully
• Production Design by: Allan Anson and Spencer Chapman
• Costume Design by: Reg Samuel
• Make–up Department
  • Jane Atkinson – make–up artist
• Special Effects
  • Ricky Farns – special effects
  • Ted Grumbt – special effects
  • Garth Inns – special effects

"Man From the South"

• First aired 3–24–79
• Cast:
  • José Ferrer
  • Michael Ontkean
  • Pamela Stephenson as Cathy

"Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat"

• First aired 3–31–79
• Directed by Simon Langton
• Teleplay written by Ronald Harwood
• Cast:
  • Richard Greene as The Colonel
  • Sir Michael Hordern as Cyril Bixby
  • Julie Harris as Mrs. Bixby

"William and Mary"

• First aired 4–7–79
• Cast:
  • Marius Goring as Doctor
  • Elaine Stritch as Mary

"Lamb to the Slaughter"

• First aired 4–14–79
• Cast:
  • Brian Blessed as Det. Sergeant Jack Nolan
  • Susan George as Mary Maloney
  • Mark Jones as Det. Sergeant Jameson

"Neck"

• First aired 4–28–79
• Directed by Christopher Miles
• Teleplay adapted by Robin Chapman
• Cast:
  • Michael Aldridge as Sir Basil Turton
  • Joan Collins as Lady Natalia Turton
  • Sir John Gielgud as Jelks
  • Peter Bowles as Major Jack Haddock
  • Paul Herzberg as John Bannister
  • Carmen Silvera as Carmen La Rosa

"Edward the Conquerer"

• First aired 5–5–79
• Cast:
  • Joseph Cotten
  • Wendy Hiller

"The Way Up to Heaven"

• First aired 5–19–79
• Cast:
  • Julie Harris as Mrs Foster

"Royal Jelly"

• First aired 3–1–80
• Cast:
  • Susan George
  • Timothy West

"Skin"

• First aired 3–8–80
• Cast:
  • Lucy Gutteridge
  • Derek Jacobi

"The Hitch–Hiker"

• First aired 3–22–80
• Cast:
  • Cyril Cusack as Michael Fish
  • Rod Taylor

"Poison"

• First aired 3–29–80
• Cast:
  • Judy Geeson
  • Saeed Jaffrey
  • Anthony Steel .... 'Timber'

"Georgy Porgy"

• First aired 4–26–80
• Cast:
  • John Alderton as George
  • Joan Collins as Julia/Mother

"The Umbrella Man"

• First aired 5–10–80
• Cast:
  • Michael Gambon as Andrew
  • John Mills as The Man
  • Michael Sheard

"Genesis and Catastrophe"

• First aired 5–17–80
• Cast:
  • Helmut Griem

"Galloping Foxley"

• Cast:
  • John Mills as Parker
  • Anthony Steel as Bruce Foxley
  • Anthony Woodruff as Headmaster

"Mr. Botibol's First Love"

• Cast:
  • Paul Greenhalgh as Simpson
  • Anna Massey
  • Jack Weston as William Botibol

"The Boy Who Talked With Animals"

• Directed by Alan Gibson
• Teleplay adapted by Robin Chapman
• Cast:
  • Stuart Whitman as Sam Jenner
  • David Buck as Father
  • John Nettleton as Hotel Manager