Seasons(9) / Episodes(112)
Plots(1)
Like his children's books, Roald Dahl's adult stories never fail to surprise, though they take more chilling flights of fancy. Darkly humorous and playfully macabre, each standalone episode in this acclaimed series is a brilliantly acted little gem of creepy delight. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Heather Sears](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160101_b27b78.jpg)
Heather Sears
UK
Best series:
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
![Max Gail](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058905_9f9767.jpg)
Max Gail
USA
Best series:
Dexter (2006) (series)
Mad Men (2007) (series)
Quantum Leap (1989) (series)
![Charles Kimbrough](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/747/160747101_a4a785.jpg)
Charles Kimbrough
USA
Best series:
Dinosaurs (1991) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
Family Guy (1999) (series)
![Lisa Eichhorn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/785/162785465_657b6f.jpg)
Lisa Eichhorn
USA
Best series:
Mr. Selfridge (2013) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
The Practice (1997) (series)
![Marius Goring](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948875_266d72.jpg)
Marius Goring
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
![Arthur Hill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/003/158003784_436635.jpg)
Arthur Hill
Canada
Best series:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) (series)
Mission: Impossible (1966) (series)
![Belinda Mayne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098851_d8f019.jpg)
Belinda Mayne
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
A Man Called Intrepid (1979) (series)
![John Castle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/187/158187996_b98b6f.gif)
John Castle
UK
Best series:
I, Claudius (1976) (series)
The Prisoner (1967) (series)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) (series)
![Lou Jacobi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188329_cbba32.gif)
Lou Jacobi
Canada
Best series:
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (series)
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
![Tim Bentinck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/354/158354581_ff2c62.jpg)
Tim Bentinck
Australia
![Michael Hordern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527020_25ef13.jpg)
Michael Hordern
UK
Best series:
Shogun (1980) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
The Wind in the Willows (1984) (series)
![Gayle Hunnicutt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/354/158354645_c415f6.jpg)
Gayle Hunnicutt
USA
Best series:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) (series)
Get Smart (1965) (series)
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983) (series)
![Pamela Stephenson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/381/158381775_5fd2c8.jpg)
Pamela Stephenson
New Zealand
Best series:
Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979) (series)
Space: 1999 (1975) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
![Richard Briers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/455/158455182_78e3f1.jpg)
Richard Briers
UK
Best series:
Mr. Bean (1990) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Extras (2005) (series)
![Timothy West](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/191/160191182_b356ad.jpg)
Timothy West
UK
Best series:
Last Tango in Halifax (2012) (series)
Inside No. 9 (2014) (series)
Not Going Out (2006) (series)
![Vivien Heilbron](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/559/158559487_499954.jpg)
Vivien Heilbron
UK
Best series:
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
The House of Eliott (1991) (series)
![George Little](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/633/158633986_6c9f16.gif)
George Little
UK
Best series:
The Storyteller (1987) (series)
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
I, Claudius (1976) (series)
![Tom Chadbon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634004_01f826.jpg)
Tom Chadbon
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
Peep Show (2003) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
![Bernard Cribbins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/674/158674186_5afa96.jpg)
Bernard Cribbins
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
Fawlty Towers (1975) (series)
Space: 1999 (1975) (series)
![Carol MacReady](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634016_b910f7.jpg)
Carol MacReady
UK
Best series:
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987) (series)
The Vicar of Dibley (1994) (series)
Sherlock Holmes (1964) (series)