Tales of the Unexpected

A young American couple on holiday meet a mysterious old gentleman who makes them a macabre wager.

Unable to show her dentist husband, Cyril, the fur coat her lover has given her, Mrs Bixby pawns it and pretends that she found the ticket.

When her husband William dies, Mary Pearl is shocked that his will stipulates that his brain should be kept alive.

Mabel’s baby is sick and her bee obsessed husband thinks he has found a remedy. Will he get the baby buzzing back to health?

An old street beggar, a former tattooist, was a friend of the famous artist, Soutine. On his back, he has a tattoo by the artist, which is now priceless.

A man starts to suffer when he becomes haunted by the memory of the brutal treatment he received in his childhood.

With a 12-year-old found dead and a killer perhaps on the loose, a young girl becomes paranoid.

Hazel is a gullible, old widow whose farmhouse is full of antiques, and Merv is a charming conman who buys a valuable picture from her for a knockdown price. But all is not quite as it seems.

Hard-bitten police inspector Walters has a murder on his hands that he can't crack. The prime suspect is George Stamford, who was alone in a locked room with the dead man when he was shot - but he is admitting nothing, and there is no evidence against him.

Two archaeologists working in Jordan get more than they bargained for when they decide to smuggle the statue of a mysterious woman over the border to Israel.

An old lady catches Rex Tobin, a young burglar who was planning to rob her, and makes friends with him. But what is she really up to?

When David rescues a giant turtle, it looks as though he's found a new friend, but there could be more to his pet than meets the eye.

Dropped by her agency for her diva-like behaviour, supermodel Marigold's mental health deteriorates. Years later, she plots a comeback.

Moira hears a woman discussing a trip to Paris with her lover Donald. Is her husband, also called Donald, having an affair?

In an attempt to prove their safes are impregnable, a company challenges ex-safebreaker Sam to crack one for a cash prize. But are his skills sharp enough?

Frank is struggling financially and will do anything for money. Even murder.

Down on his luck, 'Memory Man' Colin agrees to help a shady character remember the number of a station locker. But then he becomes too curious for his own good.

Claire and her boyfriend have always counted on inheriting her wealthy aunt's fortune - but they are forced to act fast.

Fred Pearson, a Vietnam veteran, is a broken man after years of punishment from his sergeant. One day, he walks into a bar and sees the sergeant, still very much the arrogant bully he always was.

Shaw, the owner of a newspaper, is controlling and very rich. His wife is content with the money he provides, but is having an affair. When he finds out, he decides to act.

Three men are being blackmailed by a woman for money. One day she is found murdered and the three worry that they will be suspected.

Trouble looms when married woman Gwen falls for a successful romantic novelist.

Madame Myra is a third-rate fortune teller who foresees a dim future for herself. And then she meets a stranger in town who shows her a way to do a whole lot better. What, though, is in it for him?

On a long drive through the desert, a couple get their car serviced and are handed an extortionate bill. But they plan on turning the tables.

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.

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?

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.