This is a list of episodes of the British drama series, Tales of the Unexpected.
Contents
Series One
Nine episodes. First broadcast: Saturdays on ITV – 24 March to 19 May 1979
Series Two
16 episodes. First broadcast: ITV – Saturdays 1 March to 14 June 1980
Series Three
9 Episodes. First broadcast: Saturdays, Sundays and a Friday on ITV – 9 to 30 August and 9 November to 19 December 1980
Series Four
17 Episodes. First broadcast: Sundays and a Saturday on ITV – 5 April to 26 July and 26 December 1981
Series Five
18 Episodes. First broadcast: Sundays on ITV – 25 April to 22 August 1982
Series Six
14 Episodes. First broadcast: Saturdays and a Sunday on ITV – 9 April to 16 July 1983
Series Seven
15 Episodes. First broadcast: Saturdays and Sundays on ITV – 12 May to 21 October 1984
Series Eight
4 Episodes. First broadcast: 1 Saturday and 3 Sundays on ITV – 30 March and 14 to 28 July 1985
Series Nine
10 Episodes. First broadcast: Fridays on ITV – 18 December 1987 to 29 January 1988 and 15 April to 13 May 1988
Many of the earlier episodes were preceded by an introduction by Roald Dahl. The dancer in the title sequence was Karen Standley.
These episodes have frequently been repeated on British television, most recently on ITV3. All episodes have been released on DVD in a box-set for each series, except the 1984/85 series which were released together with the first episode of series 8.