A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Man from the South | 1979-03-24 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat | 1979-03-31 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | William and Mary | 1979-04-07 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Lamb to the Slaughter | 1979-04-14 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | The Landlady | 1979-04-21 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Neck | 1979-04-28 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Edward the Conqueror | 1979-05-05 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | A Dip in the Pool | 1979-05-12 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | The Way Up to Heaven | 1979-05-19 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Royal Jelly | 1980-03-01 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Skin | 1980-03-08 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | Galloping Foxley | 1980-03-15 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | The Hitch-hiker | 1980-03-22 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Poison | 1980-03-29 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | Fat Chance | 1980-04-05 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | Taste | 1980-04-12 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | My Lady Love, My Dove | 1980-04-19 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Georgy Porgy | 1980-04-26 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | Depart in Peace | 1980-05-03 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | The Umbrella Man | 1980-05-10 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | Genesis and Catastrophe | 1980-05-17 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | Mr. Botibol's First Love | 1980-05-24 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 14 | Back for Christmas | 1980-05-31 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 15 | The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby | 1980-06-07 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 16 | The Man at the Top | 1980-06-14 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | The Flypaper | 1980-08-09 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | A Picture of a Place | 1980-08-16 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | Proof of Guilt | 1980-08-23 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | Vengeance is Mine Inc. | 1980-08-30 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | A Girl Can't Always Have Everything | 1980-11-09 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | Parson's Pleasure | 1980-11-30 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | The Stinker | 1980-12-07 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | I'll Be Seeing You | 1980-12-14 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | The Party | 1980-12-19 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | Would You Believe it? | 1981-04-05 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | Vicious Circle | 1981-04-12 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | The Boy Who Talked with Animals | 1981-04-19 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | The Best of Everything | 1981-04-26 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | A Woman's Help | 1981-05-03 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | Shatterproof | 1981-05-10 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | The Sound Machine | 1981-05-17 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | Never Speak Ill of the Dead | 1981-05-24 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | The Best Policy | 1981-05-31 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | The Last Bottle in the World | 1981-06-07 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 11 | Kindly Dig Your Grave | 1981-06-14 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 12 | Completely Foolproof | 1981-06-21 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 13 | There's One Born Every Minute | 1981-06-05 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 14 | Bosom Friends | 1981-06-12 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 15 | A Glowing Future | 1981-07-19 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 16 | The Way to Do It | 1981-07-26 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 17 | Hijack | 1981-12-26 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 1 | Blue Marigold | 1982-04-25 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 2 | The Eavesdropper | 1982-05-02 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 3 | Operation Safecrack | 1982-05-09 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 4 | Run, Rabbit, Run | 1982-05-16 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 5 | Stranger in Town | 1982-05-23 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 6 | The Moles | 1982-05-30 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 7 | Decoy | 1982-06-06 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 8 | Pattern of Guilt | 1982-06-13 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 9 | A Harmless Vanity | 1982-06-20 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 10 | Death Can Add | 1982-06-27 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 11 | Light Fingers | 1982-07-04 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 12 | Death in the Morning | 1982-07-11 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 13 | What Have You Been Up to Lately? | 1982-07-18 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 14 | The Absence of Emily | 1982-07-25 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 15 | In the Bag | 1982-08-01 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 16 | A Man with a Fortune | 1982-08-08 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 17 | Who's Got the Lady? | 1982-08-15 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 18 | The Skeleton Key | 1982-08-22 | 25 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 1 | A Passing Opportunity | 1983-04-09 | 25 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 2 | The Memory Man | 1983-04-16 | 25 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 3 | A Sad Loss | 1983-04-23 | 25 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 4 | Clerical Error | 1983-03-30 | 25 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 5 | Heir Presumptuous | 1983-05-07 | 25 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 6 | Where's Your Sense of Humour? | 1983-04-14 | 25 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 7 | Down Among the Sheltering Palms | 1983-05-21 | 25 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 8 | The Vorpal Blade | 1983-05-28 | 25 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 9 | The Wrong 'Un | 1983-06-11 | 25 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 10 | The Luncheon | 1983-06-19 | 25 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 11 | The Tribute | 1983-06-25 | 25 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 12 | Hit and Run | 1983-05-10 | 25 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 13 | Youth from Vienna | 1983-07-02 | 25 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 14 | Turn of the Tide | 1983-09-03 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 1 | The Dirty Detail | 1984-05-12 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 2 | The Best Chess Player in the World | 1984-05-19 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 3 | Proxy | 1984-05-26 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 4 | Have a Nice Death | 1984-06-02 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 5 | Number Eight | 1984-06-09 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 6 | The Last of the Midnight Gardeners | 1984-06-16 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 7 | The Gift of Beauty | 1984-06-30 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 8 | Wet Saturday | 1984-07-07 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 9 | Sauce for the Goose | 1984-07-21 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 10 | Bird of Prey | 1984-08-04 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 11 | I Like It Here in Wilmington | 1984-11-08 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 12 | Accidental Death | 1984-08-19 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 13 | The Reconciliation | 1984-09-16 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 14 | The Mugger | 1984-10-14 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 15 | The Open Window | 1984-10-21 | 25 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 1 | People Don't Do Such Things | 1985-03-30 | 25 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 2 | In the Cards | 1985-07-14 | 25 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 3 | Nothin' Short of Highway Robbery | 1985-07-21 | 25 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 4 | Scrimshaw | 1985-07-28 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 1 | Skeleton in the Cupboard | 1987-12-18 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 2 | The Colonel's Lady | 1988-01-08 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 3 | The Surgeon | 1988-01-15 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 4 | The Verger | 1988-01-22 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 5 | The Facts of Life | 1988-01-29 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 6 | Wink Three Times | 1988-04-15 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 7 | The Dead Don't Steal | 1988-04-22 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 8 | The Finger of Suspicion | 1988-04-29 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 9 | A Time to Die | 1988-05-06 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 10 | Mr. Know-All | 1988-05-13 | 25 min |
