Tales Of The Unexpected Episode Guide

85. The Best Chess Player in the World

George Shaw, a rich newspaper proprieter, finds out that his wife Paula is having an affair. Using his cool, calculating mind, he sets out to deal with the problem as if he were playing a game of chess.

Main Cast: Michael Jayston, Lynette Davies, Andrew Ray, Christopher Reich, Clifford Parrish

86. Proxy

Three men are being blackmailed by a woman. When the woman is found dead, the three men are worried that the police enquiries will lead to them. Then the chauffer dreams up a plan to save the situation.

Main Cast: Barbara Bolton, Lois Smith, Tom Smothers, Patrick O'Neal, Malachy McCourt, Joanne Lara, Larry Keith

87. Have a Nice Death

Sam Smith is a writer of books which proclaim that women are the weaker sex, and he is being hounded by the feminist movement for this view. Having difficulty dealing with this, he returns to his wife, but he now has to deal with death threats.

Main Cast: Simon Cadell, Susannah Fellows, Sue Vanner

88. Number Eight

After a smartly-dressed driver picks up a dishevelled hitch-hiker, they hear warnings on the radio that a serial killer, nick-named the Will-o-the wisp murderer, is at large. The driver realises that the description given matches that of his passenger. The driver formulates a plan.

Main Cast: Dennis Christopher, Brad Dourif, Kathleen Doyle, Will Hare

89. The Last of the Midnight Gardeners

A magazine editor is having an affair. He launches a competition for writers to devise a story for executing the perfect murder. His wife enourages him to write a story and enter the competition.

Main Cast: Patrick Mower, Jane Asher, Forbes Collins, Celia Gregory, Jim Norton

90. The Gift of Beauty

Elizabeth gets her lover, Ray, to murder her husband. To reduce the age gap between her and Ray, she undergoes a face-lift. Later, she hears of a new anti-aging process.

Main Cast: Mackenzie Allen, Carol Lynley, Randall Edwards

91. Wet saturday

George Princey is an upstanding member of the community. When his daughter kills her lover with a croquet mallet, he tries to cover it up so not to have any scandal. He must simply persuade the police that the man's death was the result of a tragic accident.

Main Cast: Ed Begley, Jr., Fritz Weaver, Mary Sinclair, Charles Hallahan

92. Sauce for the Goose

Having killed her husband for his fortune, Olivia starts a new relationship with a younger man. He sees himself as a ladies' man and begins an affair with another woman.

Main Cast: Gloria Grahame, Robert Morse, Lisa Dunsheath

93. Bird of Prey

Jack and Edna care for their deceased parrot's oversized egg. When it hatches, an aggressive black bird emerges. Edna becomes very concerned about the evil-looking bird.

Main Cast: Sondra Locke, Frank Converse, Charles Hallahan

94. I Like it Here in Wilmington

Harry is a clothing manufacturer on the edge of bankruptcy. Used to a luxurious life, he starts to think about killing his wife to collect the insurance money.

Main Cast: Robert Loggia, Janet Leigh, Susan Strasberg, Tom Smothers

95. Accidental Death

Con artists Steve and Jane gain entry to people's homes by claiming that they are researching polish. They do this to assess the amount of valuables that their future victims own. They hear that one scruffy man is very rich. They greatly overestimate him.

Main Cast: Steve Jeffries, Lynsey Baxter, Cyril Cusack

96. The Reconciliation

James leaves his wife, but his lawyer advises him that he cannot divorce her unless he has some evidence of her infidelity. He hires a private detective.

Main Cast: Roger Rees, Meg Davies