Tales of the Unexpected

Unable to show her dentist husband, Cyril, the fur coat her lover has given her, Mrs Bixby pawns it and pretends that she found the ticket.

An enraged detectives wife kills her husband by smashing in his skull with a heavy blunt instrument - but no murder weapon can be found, and the police are baffled.

A lady is cut down to size by her husband’s loyal butler when it is discovered she is having an affair.

An American gambler must come up with a cunning plan to slow down a ship at sea in order to win a bet.

Mabel’s baby is sick and her bee obsessed husband thinks he has found a remedy. Will he get the baby buzzing back to health?

A man starts to suffer when he becomes haunted by the memory of the brutal treatment he received in his childhood.

A poisonous snake keeps a teacher prisoner in India. How can he escape from its evil glare?

A dinner party takes a surprising turn when one pretentious guest is challenged to a wine tasting contest.

George has problems with female attention, but when a beautiful woman joins his congregation things are set to change.

A con man arrives in town and starts his scam.

A jaded businessman sells his company and attempts to change his life for the better by buying a strange piano.

A man married three times might be lucky for the fourth time when he meets a new interest.

Two archaeologists working in Jordan get more than they bargained for when they decide to smuggle the statue of a mysterious woman over the border to Israel.

When David rescues a giant turtle, it looks as though hes found a new friend, but there could be more to his pet than meets the eye.

Henpecked Arthur decides to get rid of his demanding wife once and for all, so long as he gets her money. Unfortunately, his wife has a few secrets of her own.

A botanist has invented a machine that translates the sound of plants into speech. What he hears gives him a shock.

Harry Flock has had a temporary promotion as acting manager of a branch bank. He is honest and meticulous to a fault, but in danger of losing his job when head office gets anonymous complaints about alleged embezzlements. His accounts are immaculate - in fact, they seem too good to be true.

Madame Lagrue runs a smart but commercial art gallery in Montmartre, Paris, getting rich at the expense of struggling artists. Then one of her victims falls in love with Fatima, an artists model, and Lagrue is up against someone even more cunning than she is.

Arthur and Margaret are a quiet couple. When she inherits £50,000, he reluctantly agrees to gamble it all on a dubious property deal.

Jack and Betsy are lovers. That is until Jack decides to go halfway across the world to be with his new Australian girlfriend. But Betsy isnt going to make it easy.

A hijacker on an aeroplane takes a stewardess hostage before demanding a million dollars and a parachute. Will the captain give in to his demands?

Moira hears a woman discussing a trip to Paris with her lover Donald. Is her husband, also called Donald, having an affair?

Robert visits a couple who housed him during the war. But in Paris, he discovers that the husband has died, and the hero’s wife has a big secret to tell.

Two cash-strapped business owners tunnel their way into a bank – only to find they missed a crucial notice on the door.

Police doctor Keith Briscoe is desperate to leave his wife for an ex but loses hope when she refuses to divorce him.

An auditor finds out that Oliver is defrauding his firm. But when he demands some hush money, he discovers a nasty surprise.

Karen marries a rich landowner with a huge house in the country. But after moving in, she senses an evil spirit.

Norma owns a big house and lets her sister Emily and her husband live there. But then Emily disappears.

A rich and lonely American ventures to England in search of his long-lost family.

A woman discovers a nasty side to her boyfriends personality when he goes into hospital before a holiday.

Down on his luck, Memory Man Colin agrees to help a shady character remember the number of a station locker. But then he becomes too curious for his own good.

While winding up his late fathers affairs, Paul finds a bill demanding over £1,000 for pornography.

George Forester is a compulsive prankster. His wife and friends have been victims for many years until one day he goes too far.

Elderly Teuton Von Baden recalls two mens duel to the death during his student days in Germany.

Tony eats a pricey meal with Susan Mandeville, the extravagant wife of a filmmaker who wants the rights to his book.

Dr Roger Ashburns beautiful wife tells him their marriage is over. Devastated, he begins a new life.

Criminal lawyer Slade has his reasons for wanting his colleague dead. He meticulously plans the perfect murder.

Shaw, the owner of a newspaper, is controlling and very rich. His wife is content with the money he provides, but is having an affair. When he finds out, he decides to act.

A writer is being hounded by the feminist movement over his books. If only he was at home with his wife everything would be all right. Wouldnt it?

Walter is a vain writer and publisher with a wife and a mistress, based in London, and he likes to show off. He stages a story writing competition, with a £5,000 prize, to find the plot for a perfect murder.

George Princey has a high standing in the community, and when his daughter kills a man, he endeavours to cover it up to prevent a scandal.

Jack and Ednas pet parrot dies after laying an unusually large egg. On hatching, it reveals an aggressive black-feathered bird.

Steve and Jane are con artists who gain access to peoples homes claiming to be doing research into polish. But eventually, they meet their match.

When a married politician falls in love with a woman at a party, things soon go wrong and his entire career and reputation are put in jeopardy.

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.

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.

When sheltered young son Nicholas travels to London to complete in a fencing competition, he gets caught up in a very strange adventure.

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.

Yvess marriage has gone stale and his young mistress has announced that she is pregnant. But he then makes a decision which changes everyones lives.