The Landlady
Tales of the Unexpected - S1 - E5
When a young man arrives in Bath, he is shocked to find his seemingly charming landlady has a dark side.
Tales of the Unexpected: Season 1 - 9 Episode s
1x1 - The Man From the South
March 24, 1979
A young American couple on holiday meet a mysterious old gentleman who makes them a macabre wager.
1x2 - Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
March 31, 1979
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.
1x3 - William and Mary
April 7, 1979
When her husband William dies, Mary Pearl is shocked that his will stipulates that his brain should be kept alive.
1x4 - Lamb to the Slaughter
April 14, 1979
An enraged detective's wife kills her husband by smashing in his skull with a heavy blunt instrument - but no murder weapon can be found, and the police are baffled.
1x5 - The Landlady
April 21, 1979
When a young man arrives in Bath, he is shocked to find his seemingly charming landlady has a dark side.
1x6 - Neck
April 28, 1979
A lady is cut down to size by her husband’s loyal butler when it is discovered she is having an affair.
1x7 - Edward the Conqueror
May 5, 1979
When Edward grows tired of Louisa’s obsession with a stray cat and decides to get rid of it, she exacts her revenge.
1x8 - A Dip in the Pool
May 12, 1979
An American gambler must come up with a cunning plan to slow down a ship at sea in order to win a bet.
1x9 - The Way Up to Heaven
May 19, 1979
Mrs Foster exacts an intriguing revenge on her husband after his dawdling causes her to miss a flight.