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Tales of the Unexpected Season 9 Episodes
Season 9 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 1987 - 1988
Episode 1
Skeleton in the Cupboard
Fri, Dec 18, 1987 30 mins
Robert Smythe is a ruthless executive with a dangerous twenty year old secret. An echo from the past prompts him into a new cover up of the truth, but his wife becomes suspicious.
Episode 2
The Colonel's Lady
Fri, Jan 8, 1988 30 mins
A colonel's comfortable life is disturbed when his wife writes a bestselling book of poetry. Is this evidence that she's having an affair?
Episode 3
The Surgeon
Fri, Jan 15, 1988 30 mins
When wealthy Prince Zawi gives surgeon Robert Sandy a diamond for saving his life, the doctor finds that his new jewel is really more of a liability than an asset.
Episode 4
The Verger
Fri, Jan 22, 1988 30 mins
When devoted verger Albert is forced to resign, he sets out to build a new life. But can he succeed in a modern world that has little time for his old-fashioned ways?
Episode 5
The Facts of Life
Fri, Jan 29, 1988 30 mins
When sheltered young son Nicholas travels to London to complete in a fencing competition, he gets caught up in a very strange adventure.
Episode 6
Wink Three Times
Fri, Apr 15, 1988 30 mins
A timid provincial solicitor visits a smart London hotel on a business trip, and becomes embroiled in a curious case of mistaken identity.
Episode 7
The Dead Don't Steal
Fri, Apr 22, 1988 30 mins
Ken Johnson runs a charter plane service with his lover and air stewardess Lilian, who indulges in a little smuggling on his behalf. Then disaster strikes for him when his wife discovers his affair.
Episode 8
The Finger of Suspicion
Fri, Apr 29, 1988 25 mins
Happily married and living in the Middle East, American safe-cracker Steve is suddenly threatened with extradition for a crime he says he didn't commit.
Episode 9
A Time to Die
Fri, May 6, 1988 30 mins
Yves's marriage has gone stale and his young mistress has announced that she is pregnant. But he then makes a decision which changes everyone's lives.
Episode 10
Mr. Know-All
Fri, May 13, 1988 30 mins
When pretty hotel worker Elly is charmed by a guest, archaeologist Max Kelada, it seems that he might not be the man he claims to be.
