Tales of the Unexpected
Series 9
198710 episodes
Episodes
E1Skeleton in the Cupboard
7.01987-12-18 · 27m
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.
E2The Colonel's Lady
6.51988-01-08 · 27m
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?
E3The Surgeon
5.51988-01-15 · 24m
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.
E4The Verger
6.51988-01-22 · 27m
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?
E5The Facts of Life
5.51988-01-29 · 24m
When sheltered young son Nicholas travels to London to complete in a fencing competition, he gets caught up in a very strange adventure.
E6Wink Three Times
6.01988-04-15 · 27m
A timid provincial solicitor visits a smart London hotel on a business trip, and becomes embroiled in a curious case of mistaken identity.
E7The Dead Don't Steal
7.31988-04-22 · 26m
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.
E8The Finger of Suspicion
5.71988-04-29 · 24m
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.
E9A Time to Die
5.51988-05-06 · 27m
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.
E10Mr Know-All
7.01988-05-13 · 27m
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.