Tales of the Unexpected — Series 9
01 Skeleton in the Cupboard
Dec 18, 198727m★ 7.0
Robert Smythe is a ruthless executive with a dangerous twenty year old secret. An echo from the past prompts him into a new cover up of the truth, but his wife becomes suspicious.
02 The Colonel's Lady
Jan 8, 198827m★ 6.5
A colonel's comfortable life is disturbed when his wife writes a bestselling book of poetry. Is this evidence that she's having an affair?
03 The Surgeon
Jan 15, 198824m★ 5.5
When wealthy Prince Zawi gives surgeon Robert Sandy a diamond for saving his life, the doctor finds that his new jewel is really more of a liability than an asset.
04 The Verger
Jan 22, 198827m★ 6.5
When devoted verger Albert is forced to resign, he sets out to build a new life. But can he succeed in a modern world that has little time for his old-fashioned ways?
05 The Facts of Life
Jan 29, 198824m★ 5.5
When sheltered young son Nicholas travels to London to complete in a fencing competition, he gets caught up in a very strange adventure.
06 Wink Three Times
Apr 15, 198827m★ 6.0
A timid provincial solicitor visits a smart London hotel on a business trip, and becomes embroiled in a curious case of mistaken identity.
07 The Dead Don't Steal
Apr 22, 198826m★ 7.3
Ken Johnson runs a charter plane service with his lover and air stewardess Lilian, who indulges in a little smuggling on his behalf. Then disaster strikes for him when his wife discovers his affair.
08 The Finger of Suspicion
Apr 29, 198824m★ 5.7
Happily married and living in the Middle East, American safe-cracker Steve is suddenly threatened with extradition for a crime he says he didn't commit.
09 A Time to Die
May 6, 198827m★ 5.5
Yves's marriage has gone stale and his young mistress has announced that she is pregnant. But he then makes a decision which changes everyone's lives.
10 Mr Know-All
May 13, 198827m★ 7.0
When pretty hotel worker Elly is charmed by a guest, archaeologist Max Kelada, it seems that he might not be the man he claims to be.