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List Of Tales Of The Unexpected Episodes
'' Tales of the Unexpected'' is a British anthology series, which was broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1988. Each episode features a dramatised story that has been adapted from the works of several well-known writers, most notably, Roald Dahl. Series overview Episodes Series 1 (1979) Nine episodes. First broadcast: Saturdays on ITV – 24 March to 19 May 1979 Series 2 (1980) Sixteen episodes. First broadcast: ITV – Saturdays 1 March to 14 June 1980 Series 3 (1980) Nine episodes. First broadcast: Saturdays, Sundays and a Friday on ITV – 9 to 30 August and 9 November to 19 December 1980 Series 4 (1981) Seventeen episodes. First broadcast: Sundays and a Saturday on ITV – 5 April to 26 July and 26 December 1981. Series 5 (1982–1983) Eighteen episodes. First broadcast: Sundays on ITV – 25 April 1982 to 2 January 1983 Series 6 (1983) Fourteen episodes. Series 7 (1984) Fifteen episodes. First broadcast: Saturdays and Sundays on ITV – 12 May to 21 O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales Of The Unexpected (TV Series)
''Tales of the Unexpected'' (known as ''Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected'' for the first two series) is a British television series that aired between 1979 and 1988. Each episode told a story, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, with an unexpected twist ending. Every episode of series one, 12 episodes of series two, two episodes of series three, two episodes of series four, and one episode of series nine were based on short stories by Roald Dahl collected in the books '' Tales of the Unexpected'', ''Kiss Kiss'', and '' Someone Like You''. The series was made by Anglia Television for ITV with interior scenes recorded at its Norwich studios, whilst location filming mainly occurred across East Anglia. The theme music for the series was written by composer Ron Grainer. The dancer in the opening titles was Karen Standley. The series has been repeated on Granada Plus, ITV3 and Sky Arts. Format The series originally adapted various stories from Roald Dahl's a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Payne (actress)
Sandra Payne (born 24 September 1944, Royston, Hertfordshire) is an English actress best known for her roles as Miss Mckenzie in Only Fools and Horses, Christine Harris in the British television series ''Triangle'' and as Marion Ballard in '' Waiting for God''. Career Payne attended Selhurst Grammar School and the Italia Conti Academy. She then acted in repertory theatre before appearing on television in the 1960s in the soap operas ''Compact'', '' The Newcomers'' and ''Z-Cars''. In 1978, she appeared as Phillipa in '' The Professionals'' episode "Blind Run". Payne appeared as a character called "Penny" in the 1979 Christmas special and final episode of '' George and Mildred''. She also appeared as Mrs. Quilp in ''The Old Curiosity Shop'', as Miss Taylor in ''The Wildcats of St Trinian's'' (1980), as Eryl Griffith in the 1985 television movie ''Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Moving Finger'', as Mrs Micawber in ''David Copperfield'' (1986) and as Miss Mackenzie (Counci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Landlady (Roald Dahl)
"The Landlady" is a short horror story by Roald Dahl. It initially appeared in ''The New Yorker'', as did other short stories that would later be reprinted in the 1960 anthology, ''Kiss Kiss''. Plot Billy Weaver is a seventeen-year-old youth who has travelled by train from London to Bath to start a new job. Looking for lodgings, he comes across a boarding-house and feels strangely compelled by its sign saying "Bed and Breakfast". Through the window, he notices a parrot in a cage and a sleeping dachshund on the floor, which he finds comforting. When he rings the doorbell, it is instantly answered by a middle-aged landlady. Billy discovers that her boarding house is extremely cheap, and finds the woman somewhat eccentric and absent-minded, but very kind. When Billy signs her guest-book, he finds only two names, both dated more than two years ago: Christopher Mulholland and Gregory W. Temple – names which seem curiously familiar to Billy. The landlady invites Billy for some t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Cross
Hugh Cross (24 September 1925 – 14 May 1989) was a British television and film actor. Selected filmography * '' Just William's Luck'' (1947) * '' William Comes to Town'' (1948) * '' Warning to Wantons'' (1949) * ''Seven Days to Noon'' (1950) * ''Svengali'' (1954) * '' The Court Martial of Major Keller'' (1961) * '' Highway to Battle'' (1961) Television *''The Gaffer (TV series)'' Colonel Cross ('Moonlight and Ruses ', episode, series 3) *''The Flaxton Boys ''The Flaxton Boys'' is a British historical children's television series set in the West Riding of Yorkshire and covering a timespan of almost a century. The series was made by Yorkshire Television and was broadcast on ITV between 1969 and ...'' Archie Weekes (Series 2) References External links * 1925 births 1989 deaths English male film actors English male television actors Male actors from London 20th-century English male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Jones (actor)
Mark Jones (22 April 1939 – 14 January 2010) was a British actor, who appeared frequently in various films and television series. Credits include: ''A Family at War'', ''Z-Cars'', '' Van der Valk'', ''Doctor Who'' (in the serial ''The Seeds of Doom''), '' The New Avengers'', ''The Onedin Line'', ''Target'', '' Secret Army'', '' Tales of the Unexpected'', ''Buccaneer'', '' Blott on the Landscape'', ''Casualty'', '' Call Me Mister'' and ''Dempsey and Makepeace''. He also appeared in the films ''Tell Me Lies'' (1968), '' Connecting Rooms'' (1970), ''Under Milk Wood'' (1972), '' Layout for 5 Models'' (1972), '' Keep It Up, Jack'' (1973, title role), '' The Sexplorer'' (1975), '' Secrets of a Superstud'' (1976), '' The Medusa Touch'' (1978), ''Can I Come Too?'' (1979), '' Bear Island'' (1979), '' Don't Open till Christmas'' (1984), and the ''Star Wars'' saga film ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980). On stage he worked with the RSC several times, including in Peter Brook's produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan George (actress)
Susan Melody George (born 26 July 1950) is an English film and television actress. She is best known for appearing in films such as '' Straw Dogs'' (1971) with Dustin Hoffman, '' Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry'' (1974) with Peter Fonda, and '' Mandingo'' (1975) with Ken Norton. In the early 1970s, George came to be associated with rather provocative, sometimes (as in ''Straw Dogs'') controversial roles and became typecast. Cinema writer Leslie Halliwell's rather terse summary of her career was: "British leading lady, former child actress; usually typed as sexpot". Her lighter side was apparent in some of her TV appearances, such as in an episode ("The Gold Napoleon") of ''The Persuaders'' (1971) with Roger Moore and Tony Curtis. In 1988, George marked her film-producing debut with '' Stealing Heaven''. Early life She was born in Surbiton, Surrey, to Billie and Norman George, with sister, Pamela Anne George. She has recalled many holidays at the caravan park in Font-y-Gary in South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Blessed
Brian Blessed ( ; born 9 October 1936) is an English actor. He is known for his distinctive bushy beard, booming voice, and exuberant personality and performances. He portrayed PC "Fancy" Smith in ''Z-Cars''; Augustus in the 1976 BBC television production of ''I, Claudius (TV series), I, Claudius''; List of Blackadder characters#King Richard IV of England, King Richard IV in the The Black Adder, first series of ''Blackadder''; Prince Vultan in ''Flash Gordon (film), Flash Gordon''; Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, Bustopher Jones and Old Deuteronomy in the 1981 original London production of ''Cats (musical), Cats'' at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, New London Theatre; Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, in ''Henry V (1989 film), Henry V''; Boss Nass in ''Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace''; and the voice of Clayton and the Tarzan yell in Disney's ''Tarzan (1999 film), Tarzan''. In 2016, Blessed was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Byrne (actor)
Michael Byrne (born 7 November 1943) is a British actor known for his roles in the Royal National Theatre, National Theatre, Cinema of the United States, Hollywood films, and television shows. During his career he has performed a wide variety of roles, that include several films in which he has played German military roles. Early life Byrne was born 7 November 1943 in London, England, to Helen Byrne of Kilkenny, Ireland, a single parent. Life and career Byrne began appearing in films in the 1960s but rose to prominence from the 1970s onwards. In 1972, he played Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset in the historical drama film Henry VIII and His Six Wives. In 1976 he played the German NCO Feldwebel Karl Hofer in the film ''The Eagle Has Landed (film), The Eagle Has Landed''. Byrne appeared in the role of Lieutenant-Colonel Giles Vandeleur in the 1977 film ''A Bridge Too Far (1977 film), A Bridge Too Far''. In 1978, he played Major Schroeder in ''Force 10 from Navarone (film), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Chapman
Robin John Chapman (18 January 1933 – 29 July 2020) was an English novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Early life Chapman was born in Croydon, Surrey. He was educated at Selhurst Grammar School (later Selhurst High School) and Christ's College, Cambridge, where he read English. He began his career as an actor at Cambridge, playing Hamlet in the ADC's centenary production and assuming the presidency of the Marlowe Society, before acting at Stratford-upon-Avon and working in repertory. He then joined Joan Littlewood's revolutionary Theatre Workshop, where he turned to writing. Plays and screenwriting Among Chapman's stage plays are ''High Street China'', ''Guests'' and ''One of Us''. He enjoyed a long career in television, favoured by Granada TV during its early days. His best-known work includes ''Spindoe'' (1968), the controversial ''Big Breadwinner Hog'' (1969), and many adaptations, including M. R. James' '' Lost Hearts'', ''Jane Eyre'', '' Eyeless in Gaza'', and a cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamb To The Slaughter
"Lamb to the Slaughter" is a 1953 short story by Roald Dahl. It was originally rejected, along with four other stories, by ''The New Yorker'', but was published in ''Harper's Magazine'' in September 1953. The story was illustrated by Adolf Hallman. It was adapted for an episode of ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (AHP) that starred Barbara Bel Geddes and Harold J. Stone. Originally broadcast on April 13, 1958, this was one of only 17 ''AHP'' episodes directed by Hitchcock. The episode was ranked #59 of the Top 100 Episodes by ''TV Guide'' in 2009. The story was adapted for Dahl's British TV series '' Tales of the Unexpected''. Dahl included it in his short story collection '' Someone Like You''. The narrative element of the housewife killing her husband and letting the policemen eat the evidence was used by Pedro Almodóvar in his 1984 movie '' What Have I Done to Deserve This?'', with a leg of mutton. According to Jason Hool, "Lamb to the Slaughter" demonstrates Dahl's fascinat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Mac (actor)
Jimmy Mac (26 August 1902 – 18 May 1984) was a Scottish actor. He played Warwick in the long running department store sitcom ''Are You Being Served?''. He also appeared in ''Dad's Army'', ''The Invisible Man'', ''Nutcracker'', ''Keep off the Grass'', '' Jane'', ''Hi-de-Hi!'', ''Grange Hill'', '' Thomas and Sarah'', ''Moll Flanders'', ''Churchill's People ''Churchill's People'' is a series of 26 historical dramas produced by the BBC, based on Winston Churchill's '' A History of the English-Speaking Peoples''. They were first broadcast on BBC1 in 1974 and 1975. It was produced to mark the centena ...'' and many other television shows. Prior to television, Jimmy was a stand-up comedian in the early 1950s and 1960s at Jackson Earle's Melody Inn Review at the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton, Wirral. He died on 18 May 1984, at the age of 81. References External links * 1902 births 1984 deaths 20th-century English male actors English male television actors English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch (February 2, 1925 – July 17, 2014) was an American actress, singer, and comedienne, known for her work on Broadway and later, television. She made her professional stage debut in 1944 and appeared in numerous stage plays, musicals, feature films and television series. Stritch was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1995. Stritch made her Broadway debut in the 1946 comedy ''Loco'' and went on to receive four Tony Award nominations: for the William Inge play ''Bus Stop'' (1956); the Noël Coward musical '' Sail Away'' (1962); the Stephen Sondheim musical ''Company'' (1970), which included her performance of the song " The Ladies Who Lunch"; and for the revival of the Edward Albee play '' A Delicate Balance'' (1996). Her one-woman show '' Elaine Stritch at Liberty'' won the 2002 Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event. Stritch relocated to London in the 1970s and starred in several West End productions, including Tennessee Williams' '' Small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
