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The series was an anthology of different tales, initially based on short stories by author Roald Dahl, that were sometimes sinister, sometimes wryly comedic and usually had a twist ending. An anthology, literally a garland or collection of flowers, is a collection of literary works, originally of poems. ... Authorship redirects here. ... Roald Dahl (IPA: ) (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a Welsh novelist, short story author and screenwriter of Norwegian parentage, famous as a writer for both children and adults. ...

Format

The series originally adapted various stories from Dahl's anthologies such as Kiss Kiss and Someone Like You. Despite the low budget the series attracted guest stars of the highest calibre, such as Timothy West, John Gielgud, Elaine Stritch, John Mills, Derek Jacobi, Janet Leigh and Siobhán McKenna. Kiss Kiss can refer to either: Roald Dahls Kiss Kiss Holly Valances Kiss Kiss This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Someone Like You bookcover Someone Like You is a collection of short stories by Roald Dahl. ... Timothy West CBE (born October 20, 1934) is a British film, stage and television actor. ... Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000), known as Sir John Gielgud, was an Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning British theatre and film actor. ... Elaine Stritch (born on February 2, 1925) is an Irish-American actress and singer. ... John Mills as Professor Bernard Quatermass in the Thames Television science-fiction serial Quatermass (1979). ... Sir Derek George Jacobi, CBE (IPA: ) (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor and director, knighted in 1994 for his services to the theatre. ... Janet Leigh (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), born Jeanette Helen Morrison, was an American actress. ... Siobhán McKenna (May 24, 1922 - November 16, 1986), was a Irish stage and screen actress. ...

Episodes include William and Mary in which Elaine Stritch learns that her husband has cheated death via a brain transplant, The Landlady in which a seemingly charming old lady is really murdering and stuffing her tenants, and 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. the conquerer? ... The Landlady is a short story by Roald Dahl, included in his 1960 collection Kiss Kiss. ... A mounted snow leopard. ...

Dahl introduced all of his own stories himself. These were short monologues which Dahl explains what inspired him to write the story; when he introduced the story Lamb To The Slaughter, in which a wronged wife batters her husband to death with a leg of lamb, Dahl explained he got the idea from Ian Fleming (who he refers to in the introduction as "the James Bond Man.") Having been served a tough and under cooked leg of lamb, Fleming said the cook should be shot - Dahl replied that he had a better idea. Lamb to the Slaughter is a short story by Roald Dahl, first published in Harpers in 1953. ... Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, journalist and Second World War Navy Commander. ...

Later Series

Once Dahl's (small) output of short stories had been adapted, the series started to adapt other author's stories, and the title reflected this when it became Tales of the Unexpected - Introduced by Roald Dahl.

External links

• Tales of the Unexpected at the Internet Movie Database
• Episode guide at TV.com