Tales of the Unexpected Roald Dahl 'The Eavesdropper' Michael Craig Dorothy Tutin Sheila Ruskin

[@FerenswayRecords]

I hadn't watched Tales of the Unexpected since I was a little kid. This is so good!

[@rebeccarose2537]

Me too! 😊

[@kieronsimpson777]

The music still gives me chills

[@domformula1]

Remember these fondly from being very young in the 1980s, still an entertaining watch nowadays, bless you for uploading

[@TheClockStruckThirteen]

Lovely to have you here 😀

[@evelynrange7764]

Covid...bored insomnia nights. Thanks for uploading x

[@eg1197]

Please upload more. Thank you. I'm hopelesssly addicted.

[@davidcoleman6032]

I'll second that!😃👍

[@tonybilco1317]

Il third that 😊👍

[@AdamSmith75th]

Being totally honest, I’d never heard of this show until I heard Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant talking about it on an old XFM show. Been addicted to these ever since 👍

[@hymatwat9412]

It was my favourite programme. I think Thursdays at 9

[@TheCheshireCat2190]

yeah i listen to their podcasts a lot ad n they recently mentioned some really good ones like the 2 friends who have a car accident n one of them gets decapitated, i won't say anything else as i don't want to give anything away to others lol , but yeah, i wish i could find certain episodes.

[@ajs41]

They show them on ITV4 quite often.

[@thegirlinquestion]

play a record

[@Confusediam2]

Watched it as a kid in the 70s

[@DeborahWhite-l3t]

😂at school we read the kiss kiss book (,by Rold Dahl and watched the tales ,always loved tales well done roald rip xx

[@StevenHeapRecipes]

Filmed in Norwich in 1982. That jewellers is still open.

[@hatednyc]

This… wow. So incredibly dark and played MASTERFULLY by Dorothy Tutin!

[@heeeeeresrossy]

Strangely though, this appearance isn’t mentioned on her Wiki page 😢

[@PaulJohn01]

@@heeeeeresrossy Someone needs to update it ASAP.

[@dianekeane7740]

Exceptional story, performances and directorial pacing. A sublime tale that tours the darker recesses of the psyche, taking one's most vulnerable insecurities about growing older/becoming obsolete and building the resulting paranoia from a resigned whimper to a deadly, impulsive resolve.

[@jonathanwalker8730]

When I was a kid my favourite programmes were this and The Hammer House of Horror. I still love both of them.

[@willhay6148]

Me Too. The opening credits for 'House of Horror' creeped me out.

[@jonathanwalker8730]

@@willhay6148 House of Horror: a spooky and mesmerizingly atmospheric opening even when viewed to this day, and actually really quite beautiful music. In middle-age I find this comfort-viewing though, as a kid I had no idea how genuinely creepy and horrific adult life would turn out to be! : )

[@willhay6148]

@@jonathanwalker8730 Yeah the music was strange and memorable but I always wondered what was going on inside that house; the movement in the window.

[@beautyaddict08]

Me too!

[@nicolataylor6011]

Oh! Hammer House of Horror! I'd forgotten that!

[@elizabethbower2168]

You can always date these programs by the sound the telephone makes

[@MariaSolomita-hc4we]

Everything looked so lovely years ago,people dressed nice and it looked so peaceful.Wish them days would come back.Lovely days with no horrible mobile phones,

[@MassiveChetBakerFan]

Yes, I agree, but the interiors were quite horrible.

[@kitkat88816]

Yes everyone was dressed so wonderful and classy looking

[@troywright359]

Smoking in the resturant, lovely??

[@noka79]

our society was getting better and better, our pigs in government with their global agenda have decided that we have lived a privileged life for to long, so they are destroying society now with mass uncontrolled immigration, criminals and rapists and disease ridden foreign men, no women no children,,

[@PaulJohn01]

That iconic theme tune 😁😁 followed by a great pisode every time.

[@heeeeeresrossy]

Michael Craig is still kicking it at 95 years young! 😮❤

[@donnyjay9046]

A trip down memory lane. Used to watch this when I was a little boy, with my grandmother.

[@matthewmeakins6474]

I was allowed to watch this with nan Maybe it was even on late and I was aloud to stay up

[@christinemurphy8576]

I lived with my gran and she loved mystery stories and horror tales. I inherited that from her and she always let me stay up,late with her to watch Tales of the Unexpected!

[@MacStoker]

her voice gets right inside your head lol nice one cheers mate

[@TheClockStruckThirteen]

😀

[@nigelh3253]

Brilliant! The 'narrated cinema' approach by Moira (the wife) allows you get right inside her thoughts and feelings - really effective!

[@Vesnicie]

She was really top-notch. Was absolutely electrifying as the doomed Anne Boleyn in the trial scenes from The Six Wives of Henry the 8th.

[@rosabellelopez9115]

Love to watch again and again all these episodes they're so addicted seen years ago thanks Steve🥰

[@TheClockStruckThirteen]

Hi Rosabelle. Thanks for joining us! Ration the episodes.. 🤣

[@rosabellelopez9115]

@@TheClockStruckThirteen ❤

[@michaelwertzy9808]

@@TheClockStruckThirteen, to me this series should individually savored and not "binged"! Roald Dahl was one cool cat! 10-Q Steve and peace

[@boriskarloff598]

Loved this show as a kid, thanks for uploading.

[@sprobablycancr4457]

Hi Mr Karloff. Glad to see you beat that whole death thing. Terrible bloody business.

[@memoir4you]

Dorothy Tutin is a masterclass in this of restrained paranoia.

[@girlfriendofnone]

Roald Dahl was the masterclass. Long before PTSD and Asperger's. Another twisted mind before his time.

[@marymary5494]

Oh the nostalgia. 👌💕

[@CoffeeBeanWitch]

This is the epitome of 'the drama only exists in one's head'.

[@CS-mo7xp]

spoilerz brah

[@SistorCarrera]

omg such great acting its very hard to do what she did 10/10 ty x

[@kuimwangi1022]

I discovered this series by accident (on Sky Arts) and I must say, I love it! Thanks for uploading them, Steve Hume.

[@raffiecowie-stewart9720]

This was the first episode I ever saw of these, with my Nan. I lived in Norwich then and remember thinking that Moira didn’t half take some funny old routes to get to where she was going.

[@TheClockStruckThirteen]

Love this

[@Trecesolotienesdos]

i remember the theme tune as a kid, but then only now as an adult do i understand the storylines.

[@TheClockStruckThirteen]

Welcome back lol !

[@imanihekima1659]

Great episode. Shadows of Fear is also well worth watching for similar tales.

[@ozzielee9058]

I discovered by chance. Never heard of this. Well written, acted anthology-like series. Thx for the upload.

[@TheClockStruckThirteen]

Glad you stopped by Ozzie.

[@passtheparcel2007]

Jealousy can be a killer, along with paranoia....

[@muhammaduddin9268]

Ronald Dahl is superb.

[@georgelebreton3177]

Thank you, dear Steve Hume, for uploading (part of) this wonderful series onto KZbin; I'd actually only heard of these, before. Since I was born in 1978, I fortunately grew up listening to great 70s and 80s pop/rock/disco music and also watching lots of television programmes, series and movies (esp. 're-runs' I guess) at the time; I'm especially very fond of the mystery/detective (eg. Agatha Christie) ánd thriller/horror genres (eg. Hammer Studio productions); but somehow strangely, I never got to see this well-made 'classic' series (for myself); yet I am now truely delighted to get the chance ánd pleasure to watch it for myself - first hand; all thanks to you, Steve! I'm sincerely grateful to you, for giving the 'younger' generations ánd me as well, the opportunity to be slightly 'mesmerized' - for a while at least! - by these marvelous, somehow 'enigmatic' psychological thriller - stories!... So much obliged, dear friend!👌 Greetings from 🇳🇦!

[@TheClockStruckThirteen]

Hello George. Thank you for such a kind and thoughtful message. Great to meet you. I’m happy that you’ve enjoyed these stories.

[@simonba9944]

Thanks for the upload Steve, these are great. 👍🏻

[@Allison_Wonderland.]

Ooh, a new favorite!

[@hatednyc]

Thanks Steve for posting these! I’ve subbed to your channel. Being American i don’t always know all the hidden gems from your side of the pond.

[@nicolawallace7255]

Thank you Steve 🙏🏼💜

[@bigmofarah9084]

I'm three months out of a relationship that was killed by this sort of overthinking and jealousy so at this time it's an episode that really resonated with me. Would love to tell my ex to watch this! Fortunately she hasn't killed anyone...yet.

[@TheClockStruckThirteen]

I’m sorry to hear this. Mr Dahl’s stories seem to resonate with so many. He was so talented to be able to pick up on human emotions, both male and female.

[@bigmofarah9084]

@@TheClockStruckThirteen Thanks and I really appreciate the kind words. I should also have expressed my gratitude to you for uploading. Regardless of any personal matters it's amazing to have this great programme on KZbin for people to enjoy and I couldn't agree more about the astute observations of the writers.

[@SistorCarrera]

at last one I havnt seen such a treat danke Steve x

[@rebeccaselley]

Wahay, you're back, Thank you so much ☮️

[@lameduck9]

Thank you for uploading, I've found a new favourite channel for my insomniac nights. Also just watched Visitors, give really stoked some memories 👍

[@TheClockStruckThirteen]

Welcome aboard! Visitors is a bit of a trip isn’t it ! 🤪

[@DeborahPearson-v6z]

Watched all Tales of the Unexpected as a kid

[@13699111]

Thank you for posting this great series .

[@MsElaine0035]

Wow! Good one.

[@charlesramos4294]

Another good episode! I remember Dorothy Tutin 🌹who plays the suspicious wife earlier in the film The Importance of Being Earnest. And Sheila Ruskin 🌹in the later episodes of the 1974 series The Pallisers.

[@aprilblossom9268]

Such a great series .. Saw one recently with Alfred Burke in, who ALWAYS played the goodie so it was a real twist at the end.. Saying no more. Dorothy Tutin such a classy clever actress x

[@nicadair7700]

The episode with Alfred Burke was called "The Flypaper" probably the best episode of the entire series, really disturbing.

[@aprilblossom9268]

Oh yes - it really was disturbing!

[@stevenford727]

I remember crying in the corner wetting my pants when this came on tv because i was only 33 at the time, but im a big boy now and dont need to cry in the corner,i just wish the wetting of my pants would stop. Great show for the era.

[@ep1929]

I was shit scared of it too lol.

[@lt7378]

What a lovely house they live in. It certainly looks 21st century with the midcentury vibe .

[@KuchiKopi179]

Looks kinda modern, art deco or whatever they call it with that glass orangery.

[@dianewebb5772]

They usually do live in grand houses on here. Also childless

[@ManCave1972]

Thanks for uploading- love watching these. I enjoy the old locations and set as much as the stories, such an iconic show of its time.

[@Laura-tp8wz]

Good episode. Thank you for uploading! 😄

[@eboneyarmstrong4537]

One of my favourites 😜

[@gilesglossop5071]

Surely the best ever episode

[@josephbellvietnam]

Always good stories with a twist. Thankyou

[@Martin-rh7mf]

Oh my god, what a twist at the end 😳... I loved this... perfect to take my mind off of food (intermittent fasting 🍽)

[@stewartmcrae8007]

Thank you so much for uploading this i was looking for it on sky arts yesterday but they are showing episodes from the fifth series

[@denisesaunders3067]

Never ever jump to conclutions.

[@yudiwirajuda]

I didn't expect the ending.

[@joconnor9256]

That was a good one , loved it

[@ellenigma2099]

I'm a huge fan of Inside No 9. If you like Tales of the the Unexpected, you'll love IN9 too, currently on the air is series 6. I have a feeling the third episode called 'Lip Service' will be similar or inspired by this episode.. 🤔

[@zowieembun1940]

LIKE ALL THE EPISODE EXCEPT 3 0F THEM

[@marychristmas4911]

This theme tune is a classic 😊

[@suelamont6573]

Was and is always a marvelous series carry on watching it ❤❤❤❤❤❤sue lamont ❤❤❤

[@santi7616]

Dorothy Tutin!!! ♥️🥇😉

[@redlightspellsdanger7177]

The shopkeeper in the opening sequence was in many films including with Norman Wisdom in “On the Beat” as hairdressing assistant ‘Oberon’…

[@CS-mo7xp]

thanks for uploading... for some reason I have zero recollection of this episode despite the fact I owned the first 6 series on dvd at one point. some episodes were kinda forgettable, but surely not this one?!

[@Shamimsie797]

i used to love watching this show

[@poshnosh1143]

Great episode

[@tanyarozier4404]

It was a Zebra Crossing. The driver killed her - not Moira!

[@jameswalker7459]

2022 who's still watching?

[@dontcomply5008]

Been looking for this fora while now. I'm American and last time I seen this, I stumbled upon it in heroin withdawal. Brought hope for me.

[@arbataxiansoul]

19:10 that Sony alarm clock must have looked like some futuristic alien technology!

[@zenalevay2541]

Plot twist: the two ladies WERE talking about her, the watch in the suitcase is one of two. She saved her won life by pushing the girl in front of the car.

[@Matt_G824]

21:37 "She's dead!" "Someone better call an ambulance!" *Me: How do you think ambulances work...*

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

I assume you've never been unsettled by anything going by your clever remarks :)

[@NalaRichenbach]

This was a pretty good episode.

[@katatarot597]

Super👌

[@nonnayoubuzinnes1669]

Sky Arts show this every day and long may that continue. I also watch the Hitchcock half hour ones which I always remember being good, but I much prefer this. 80% of this series was outstanding with great acting from both UK and US actors.

[@carmensaify]

to be both that neurotic and that timid... whew! the actress did a great job here.

[@dianewebb5772]

Both factors can be in a person.

[@MichaelJones-nn7my]

Back in the day when you could smoke indoors

[@bernicerogers2383]

As an asthmatic I'm glad those days are over. 😁

[@sandeepk4093]

As someone who hated second hand smoke I'm glad it's now illegal.

[@memoir4you]

I miss it in pubs

[@aprilblossom9268]

Haha yes! You could smoke almost anywhere even upstairs in the bus or at cinema etc.. Will probably go same way as snuff - obsolete

[@KuchiKopi179]

This happens when you don't give the wife some kids XD also the separate beds, I am gone x_x

[@Hirsute63]

Back when only actresses shaved off their eyebrows and painted them back on at ridiculous angles...

[@alanaronald244]

Eyebrows were plucked, not shaved.

[@Hirsute63]

@@alanaronald244 Well pluck me!

[@redd605]

Really enjoying watching these episodes on sky art in the morning ,to the rubbish there are showing in the morning now the frank Sinatra jr, one the dye on the hand of the manager wife to catch who was taking from him, that you can only see a night.what a twist

[@TomRipley7350]

I’m glad people can’t hear my inner monologue out loud in restaurants. I’m always lamenting the fact they never do spaghetti hoops on toast.

[@shughy1]

Everyone has a neurotic girlfriend like that at some point in life, run for the hills if you get one 🤣

[@WaterKatara]

What do you do if you ARE that girlfriend!?

[@shughy1]

@@WaterKatara speak to a doctor 😂

[@tomduggan51]

Steve, Thanks for adding a further two instalments to this series. Tales of put-upon husbands and eavesdropping wives- do you by any chance run a marriage bureau? lol Best wishes and stay safe!

[@TheClockStruckThirteen]

That’s so funny 🤣 Tom

[@nassauguy48]

A good story, though I find it hard to believe that the two women would be speaking that loudly and openly (especially about the hired killer) in a restaurant!

[@dianewebb3343]

No no you have missed the point. They never were discussing hiring a killer! Moira misinterpretted it. They were on about a lawyer or summat. She only heard part of it.

[@dianewebb3343]

Although i agree. They were not exactly talking discretely.

[@shoutyshouty]

19:34 That man is probably the other "Don" as he's not credited in the end credits.

[@sandratogneri9982]

Ohh I can't find my past times ...Necklace & Bracelet ...I looked for it the other day ....I thought I had it in my dressing table ....XXX

[@dianewebb3343]

So it was quite a locally famous bloke whoever it was.

[@dianewebb5772]

Why would he give a second hand watch anyway. Surely he would buy a lover a brand new watch.

[@Sol-Cutta]

Wish someone would do a documentary on these

[@Girlgamssilver]

She's going to talk her way out of a marriage. This is when you hire the private investigator, no awkward questions. Just answers

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

The involvement of private investigators suggest implicit mistrust. If there is no trust _that_ time, what if the would be spouse is accused by a third party in the future? Will his denials be believed by his wife under those circumstances??

[@CG-zi5ku]

hahaha brilliant!

[@troywright359]

I expected some scary twist ending like her thinking the police were coming and striking her husband on the head. Probably end screen of her in frozen shock and being pushed herself by an unknown

[@PS-en7wn]

Love Dahl

[@martinmarkhusband438]

Have watched this before better 2nd time around. I am sure i have seen them all, hope not

[@SajidHussain-lj5mr]

Shiela Ruskin is Gorgeous 😃

[@debx2000]

Where is the part where they are standing in front of Lloyd's bank on Gentlemen's Walk? Was there really a crossing there in 1982?

[@skygazer6898]

oops

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

That's _one_ way of putting it.

[@aprilblossom9268]

So many people at the one zebra crossing too .. Don't see that now as everyone is driving and pedestrians are in a minority. Just as well!

[@T1000-s4j]

Omg 1982 🤗

[@sandratogneri9982]

You know what thought Did...no ....thought he farted ...But he shit himself ...abit like this really ! Facts !!! Must have Facts ....