tales of the unexpected - complete tv series torrent

And she really cares about her son's happiness. But Elizabeth finds out and fires the hot nurse, deciding she'll pick the replacement. Be Careful What You Wish For: 'A Woman's Help' - Wealthy invalid Elizabeth Bourdon makes her husband Richard's life a misery - so and addition to having an affair with his wife's attractive nurse, the two are plotting to slowly kill Mrs.

An Aesop: The end of 'Where's Your Sense of Humour?' is a clear warning about what can happen when Joking Goes Too Far.Affably Evil: Gerry Williams from 'Shatterproof', a wealthy, mild mannered and charismatic tycoon (played by Eli Wallach) who finds out that an assassin is sent by his cheating wife Ellen to kill him, only to blackmail the assassin into going over to kill Ellen.Adults Are Useless: The adults who aren't downright dangerous in 'The Flypaper' are either ineffectual or uncaring.Miller in ' She Fell Among Thieves' is fine with the theft and specifically teamed up with Tanner to learn about smuggling. Adaptational Nice Guy: Miller in 'Would You Believe It?' morally protests Tanner's plan to steal the statue several times.Foster in 'All The Way to Heaven' becomes a Brit. In the TV episode they live in London, and Mrs. Adaptational Location Change: 'All The Way to Heaven' in the original story the Fosters live in New York City with Mrs.The episode ends with the very strong implication that the lonely schoolgirl whom the story revolves around is about to be the next victim of a loving couple of pension-age murderous paedophiles. The short story never names a specific threat, going for all-around paranoia. Adaptation Expansion: 'Flypaper' is based on a very short story by Elizabeth Taylor (not THAT one).The show had a low budget but the writing lead to an amazing list of Guest Stars including: Cyril Cusack, Anna Neagle, BRIAN BLESSED, Timothy West, John Gielgud, Richard Johnson, Elaine Stritch, Gloria Grahame, Peter Cushing, John Mills, Julie Harris, Wendy Hiller, Joseph Cotten, Derek Jacobi, Janet Leigh and Siobhan McKenna. The tone varied from story to story but on the whole it has been described as like The Twilight Zone (1959), but with a darkly humorous slant, especially in the Roald Dahl stories. Dahl did an introduction for every story for the first two seasons, but severed ties with the project before series 3. 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. The series began as an adaptation of Roald Dahl's series of short stories by the same name. It was produced by Anglia Television, and it proved a big success for them. Tales of the Unexpected was aired between 19 by ITV.

Tales of the unexpected - complete tv series torrent