Tales Of The Unexpected Episode Guide

49. A glowing Future

Betsy's long term partner, Jack, wants to get married, not to her but to his girlfriend who lives in Australia. Betsy becomes enraged as he packs his possessions.

Main Cast: John Beck, Joanna Pettet

50. The Way to Do It

Roger Carson wants to get away from his domineering Aunt May. He takes up gambling, and while he is at the casino, he falls for a hostess, Suzie. The casino manager has a score to settle with the Carson's and gets Suzie to help him out.

Main Cast: Andrew Ray, Elaine Paige, Elizabeth Spriggs, Sarah Webb, Martin Benson

51. Hijack

An aeroplane bound for Edinburgh, laden with a party of surgeons, is taken over by a hi-jacker. He has taken a stewardess prisoner and threatens to shoot her if his demands are not met. He wants two parachutes and a million pounds.

Main Cast: Simon Cadell, Michael Craig, Suzanne Danielle, Denis Quilley, Sean Barrett, Peter Tuddenham

52. Blue Marigold

Supermodel Marigold is dropped from her company for her diva-like behaviour. She has a nervous breakdown and has to spend time in a mental institution. Years later she plans a comeback.

Main Cast: Toyah Wilcox, Ralph Bates, Sharon Duce, Helen Fraser

53. The Eavesdropper

Married couple Donald and Moira are out on a shopping trip, and Moira overhears a conversation between two women about a married man one of them is seeing. Moira realises that they could be talking about Donald.

Main Cast: Michael Craig, Dorothy Tutin, Sheila Ruskin

54. Operation Safecrack

A company that designs safes wants to show that their safes are uncrackable. They hire ex-safecracker Sam Morrissey to break into one of their safes for a prize of 25,000 pounds.

Main Cast: John Mills, June Ritchie, David Healy, Edward Burnham

55. Run Rabbit Run

After the war, a US army interpreter stayed at the home of the domineering Hector and submissive wife Nathalie. Ten years later, he returns to the house to meet Nathalie, but there is no sight of Hector.

Main Cast: Leslie Caron, James Aubrey, Constantine Gregory

56. Stranger in Town

A man calling himself Sir Columbus arrives in town and endears himself to the community. Later, he enters a company's premises and introduces himself to the boss.

Main Cast: Derek Jacobi, Clive Swift, Jennifer Connelly

57. The Moles

Two businessmen, who are on the verge of bankruptcy, come up with a plan to rob a bank. They join forces with a professional criminal to help them dig a tunnel under the bank's vaults. A flaw in their plan soon becomes apparent.

Main Cast: Fulton Mackay, Bill Owen, Harry H Corbett, Joe Gladwin

58. Decoy

A serial killer is at large about the city, and police officer Mary Bryan plans to act as a decoy to draw the man out of hiding. She dresses provocatively to try to ambush him, but something goes wrong.

Main Cast: Susan Penhaligon, Tim Woodward, Ian Redford, Tom Cotcher

59. Pattern of Guilt

Keith Briscoe is fed up of his selfish wife, Elaine, and wants to go back to his first wife, Faye. Keith works for the police as a pathologist, and at the moment is working on a case to catch a serial killer who is posing as a door-to-door salesman. Faye agrees to act as a decoy to trap the man.

Main Cast: Peter Egan, Suzanne Danielle, Jennie Linden

60. A Harmless Vanity

A woman is told by her friend that her husband is having an affair. She decides to meet the woman at a beach party.

Main Cast: Keith Barron, Sheila Gish, Phoebe Nicholls, Suzanne Worsley