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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} ''Tales of the Unexpected'' was aired between 1979 and 1988 by [[ITV]]. The series began as an adaptation of [[Roald Dahl]]'s series of short stories by the same name. They ran out of adaptable stories (there were a few more they could have done but they did not lend themselves to a TV adaptation) after about one and a half seasons and started using other works. Dahl did an introduction for every story for the first two seasons, but severed ties with the project before series 3. [[Franchise Zombie\|They then ran up until series 9.]] The tone varied from story to story but on the whole it has been described as like ''[[~~The Twilight Zone (TV)\|~~The Twilight Zone]]'', but with a [[Black Comedy\|darkly humorous]] slant, especially in the Roald Dahl stories. The show had a low budget but the writing lead to an amazing list of Guest Stars including: Anna Neagle, [[Brian Blessed]], Timothy West, John Gielgud, Elaine Stritch, John Mills, Julie Harris, Wendy Hiller, Joseph Cotten, [[Derek Jacobi]], Janet Leigh and Siobhan McKenna. Examples of the more famous Dahl stories are ''William and Mary'', in which Mary learns that her husband has cheated death via a [[Brain In Aa Jar\|brain transplant]]; ''The Landlady'', in which a seemingly charming old lady is really murdering and stuffing her tenants; ''The Way Up to Heaven'', in which an abusive husband is trapped in a lift, and his long-suffering wife deliberately leaves him there to die, and ''Lamb to the Slaughter'', in which a wronged wife batters her husband to death with a frozen leg of lamb and then gets away with it by getting the detectives (including [[Brian Blessed]]) to [[Eat the Evidence]]. Several episodes are [[~~R Emake~~Remake\|remakes]] of stories that had already been adapted for other series, such as ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' ("Lamb to the Slaughter", "The Man from the South") and ''[[Way Out]]'' ("William and Mary"). ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== Tropes: ===~~ * [[Brain In Aa Jar]]: "William and Mary" * [[Cruel Twist Ending]] and [[Karmic Twist Ending]] * [[Cultural Translation]]: The opening narration was replaced in the American version. Line 21: {{reflist}} [[Category:British Series]] [[Category:Tales Ofof ~~The~~the Unexpected]] [[Category:~~Trope~~TV Series]]