Tales Of The Unexpected - Complete Series 3

Sinister and with a touch of the macabre, Tales of the Unexpected has, at its heart, a core of black humour that makes each story compelling, with a twist in each tale that delighted audiences throughout the country.

This complete third series, first transmitted to great critical acclaim in 1980, features nine top-notch episodes with griping performances from the likes of Alfred Burke (Public Eye, Manhunt), Bill Maynard (Selwyn Froggit, Heartbeat), Roy Marsden (Sandbaggers, PD James Mysteries), Joan Collins (The Stud, The Bitch), Pauline Collins (Upstairs DownStairs, Shirley Valentine), Sir John Gielgud (Brideshead Revisted, Gandhi), Denholm Elliott (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Voyage of the Damned) and Anthony Valentine (Callan, The Knock).

Disc One:
The Flypaper:
A lonely schoolgirl is threatened by a strange man.

A Picture of a Place:
Greedy antiques collector Merv thinks he has stuck gold when he meets a widow whose farmhouse is crammed with rare items.

Proof of Gulit:
Two men are in a locked room and one is shot dead. But is the case as clear as it seems?

Vengeance is Mine Inc:
A pair of unemployed graduates plan revenge on a newspaper columnist and in doing so, stumble upon a new business idea.

A Girl Can't Always Have Everything:
Suzi and Pat are performers with a touring theatre. Money is always tight until the company gets a wealthier new backer...

Parson's Pleasure:
A crooked antiques dealer poses as a man of the cloth to hunt for bargains.

Disc Two:
The Stinker:
Harold Tinker has spent his whole life tormented by the arrogant Jack Cutler.

I'll Be Seeing You:
Roland Trent is desperate to leave his bitchy wife for his-near blind mistress.

The Party:
This Christmas could turn out to the blackest yet for toy firm manager Henry Knox.