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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play  Sinister and with a touch of the macabre Tales of the Unexpected holds at its heart a core of black humour that makes each story both compelling and surprising with a twist in each tale that delighted audiences throughout the country Although Roald Dahl is best known for his children&39;s books his most famous and sinister adult creation was Tales of the Unexpected Adapting works from Dahl himself Patricia Highsmith Ruth Rendell and a host of other celebrated writers this highly acclaimed series ran for an impressive nine years from its first transmission on ITV in 1979 Its iconic title sequence and haunting theme tune (from prolific TV composer Ron Grainer) ensured that Tales of the Unexpected was memorable viewing The series attracted an astonishing array of guest stars Oscar winners Sir John Gielgud and José Ferrer Ian Holm Joan Collins Sir John Mills Peter Bowles Derek Jacobi Sian Phillips Denholm Elliott Zoe Wanamaker Joss Ackland and Brian Blessed are just a few of the names to feature in its illustrious cast Sometimes gory but always surprising the stories all have a twist to entertain and more often than not shock the viewer This set contains every episode of Tales of the Unexpected originally transmitted between 1979 and 1988 Actors John Houseman Susan George Timothy West Andrew Ray George Peppard Simon Cadell Brad Dourif Patrick Mower Jane Asher Charles Dance & Zoe Wanamaker Certificate 12 years and over Year 1979-1988 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English - Dolby (10) Mono Duration 47 hours and 5 minutes (approx)

Every episode from Series 1-9 of Roald Dahl's chillingly twisted drama series. Sinister and with a more than a touch of the macabre, every episode has a core of black humour and a delicious twist to its tale. Episodes comprise: 'Man from the South', 'Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat', 'William and Mary', 'Lamb to the Slaughter', 'The Landlady', 'Neck', 'Edward the Conqueror', 'A Dip in the Pool', 'The Way Up to Heaven', 'Royal Jelly', 'Skin', 'Galloping Foxley', 'The Hitch-hiker', 'Poison', 'Fat Chance', 'Taste', 'My Lady Love, My Dove', 'Georgy Porgy', 'Depart in Peace', 'The Umbrella Man', 'Genesis and Catastrophe', 'Mr Botibol's First Love', 'Back for Christmas', 'The Orderly World of Mr Appleby', 'The Man at the Top', 'The Flypaper', 'A Picture of a Place', 'Proof of Guilt', 'Vengeance Is Mine Inc.', 'A Girl Can't Always Have Everything', 'Parson's Pleasure', 'The Stinker', 'I'll Be Seeing You', 'The Party', 'Would You Believe It?', 'Vicious Circle', 'The Boy Who Talked With Animals', 'The Best of Everything', 'A Woman's Help', 'Shatterproof', 'The Sound Machine', 'Never Speak Ill of the Dead', 'The Best Policy', 'The Last Bottle in the World', 'Kindly Dig Your Grave', 'Completely Foolproof', 'There's One Born Every Minute', 'Bosom Friends', 'A Glowing Future', 'The Way to Do it', 'Hijack', 'Blue Marigold', 'The Eavesdropper', 'Operation Safecrack', 'Run, Rabbit, Run', 'Stranger in Town', 'The Moles', 'Decoy', 'Pattern of Guilt', 'A Harmless Vanity', 'Death Can Add', 'Light Fingers', 'Death in the Morning', 'What Have You Been Up to Lately?', 'The Absence of Emily', 'In the Bag', 'A Man With a Fortune', 'Who's Got the Lady?', 'The Skeleton Key', 'A Passing Opportunity', 'The Memory Man', 'A Sad Loss', 'Clerical Error', 'Heir Presumptuous', 'Where's Your Sense of Humour?', 'Down Among the Sheltering Palms', 'The Vorpal Blade', 'The Wrong 'Un', 'The Luncheon', 'The Tribute', 'Hit and Run', 'Youth from Vienna', 'Turn of the Tide', 'The Dirty Detail', 'The Best Chess Player in the World', 'Proxy', 'Have a Nice Death', 'Number Eight', 'The Last of the Midnight Gardeners', 'The Gift of Beauty', 'Wet Saturday', 'Sauce for the Goose', 'Bird of Prey', 'I Like It Here in Wilmington', 'Accidental Death', 'The Reconciliation', 'The Mugger', 'The Open Window', 'People Don't Do Such Things', 'In the Cards', 'Nothin' Short of Highway Robbery', 'Scrimshaw', 'Skeleton in the Cupboard', 'The Colonel's Lady', 'The Surgeon', 'The Verger', 'The Facts of Life', 'Wink Three Times', 'The Dead Don't Steal', 'The Finger of Suspicion', 'A Time to Die' and 'Mr Know-All'.