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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 Full episode list »
Release Date:
24 March 1979 (UK) See more »
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Plot:
Dramatizations of many Roald Dahl short stories. Full summary »
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination See more »
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Some brilliant some boring See more (11 total) »

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Roald Dahl ... Himself - Introduced by (30 episodes, 1979-1981)
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25 min
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5 out of 14 people found the following review useful.
Some brilliant some boring, 17 January 2004
Author: wayne138-1 from London, England

I'm in my 30s and loved watching this show in the early 80s before it lost the plot(s) ,literally, in the mid-80s. My favourite epsiode was one I saw in the early 80s starring Derek Jacobi as a Jester type character called Columbus. A couple of years ago I bought two, three tape sets of eighteen Tales of the Unexpected and they were the most boring episodes, so be warned!

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