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Tales of the Unexpected: The Complete Series

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Released: 9th July 2018. 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'.

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  • Details

    Released:
    9th July 2018
    Category:
    Television, Fantasy
    Studio:
    Network
    Format:
    DVD Box Set
    Certification:
    12 – Suitable for 12 years and over
    Barcode:
    5027626493943
  • Description

    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'.
    Region Code:
    Region 2
    Duration:
    2800 minutes
    Extras:
    Language(s): English, Interactive Menu
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