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This collection of bizarre, macabre, sinister and amusing stories, each with a twist in the tail, showcases the wit and skill of writers such as Ruth Rendell, Jeffrey Archer, C S Forester, W Somerset Maugham and the master storyteller himself, Roald Dahl.

Horror · 1979 · 24 min

EPISODE 1

The Man from the South

The flamboyant stranger (JOSE FERRER) goads a young sailor (MICHAEL ONTKEAN) into taking a frightening bet while on holiday in Jamaica. The stakes are high. He could win an expensive car or lose a finger. What will be the outcome of this gruesome gamble, and who is the mysterious woman (KATY JURADO) with a macabre secret?

23 min · Mar 24, 1979
EPISODE 2

Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat

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. She gives it to Cyril to redeem on her behalf but is taught that two can play at her game when he comes home with rather less than she expected, and she sees that his dental assistant will be warm for the winter.

23 min · Mar 31, 1979
EPISODE 3

William and Mary

Mary (ELAINE STRITCH) is the bossed and bullied wife of William (JIMMY MAC), a brilliant but dominating academic. Even after his death he plans to dominate her life by persuading an eminent neurosurgeon (MARIUS GORING) to perform a macabre and sensational experiment. But Mary is determined to hold on to her freedom.

24 min · Apr 7, 1979
EPISODE 4

Lamb to the Slaughter

A distraught pregnant wife (SUSAN GEORGE) arrives home to find her policeman husband strangely murdered. A colleague (BRIAN BLESSED) called in to investigate the killing is baffled. What mysterious weapon did the killer use to batter in the dead man's skull? And why can't it be found?

24 min · Apr 14, 1979
EPISODE 5

The Landlady

Arriving in Bath to take up his first job away from home young Billy Weaver decides to take a room with a charmingly maternal if eccentric landlady.

24 min · Apr 21, 1979
EPISODE 6

Neck

Invited to a weekend house party by Sir Basil Turton and his younger wife Natalia, John Bannister is struck by the lady's infidelity. She tries to undo his pyjamas and is plainly having an affair with another guest Major Haddock. Jelks, Sir Basil's loyal butler, has also noticed and when Natalia gets her head stuck in an abstract sculpture he knows precisely how to cut her down to size.

23 min · Apr 28, 1979

Ron Grainer

Music
Roald Dahl

Creator