The BEST episodes of Tales of the Unexpected season 8

Every episode of Tales of the Unexpected season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Tales of the Unexpected season 8!

Tales Of The Unexpected is a British television series originally aired between 1979 and 1988, made by Anglia Television for ITV. The series was an anthology of different tales. Initially episodes were based on the short stories collected in the books Tales of the Unexpected, Kiss Kiss and Someone Like You by Roald Dahl. The stories were sometimes sinister, sometimes wryly comedic, and usually had a twist ending. The upbeat theme music for the series was written by the prolific film and television composer Ron Grainer.

Last Updated: 9/29/2024Network: ITV1Status: Ended
In the Cards
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7.58
12 votes

#1 - In the Cards

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/1985

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?

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Nothin' Short of Highway Robbery
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7.45
11 votes

#2 - Nothin' Short of Highway Robbery

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/1985

A husband and wife, Newt and Marcie, plan to drive home across the desert. They pull into a remote garage to fill their tank, and Harry the mechanic tells them their car urgently needs expensive repairs. He suggests they have a meal in his wife's eating house while he gets on with the work. But are Marcie and Newt being taken for a ride?

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Scrimshaw
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6.92
13 votes

#3 - Scrimshaw

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/1985

Brenda is a lonely drifter living in the island paradise of Key West. She has no friends and drinks a lot to forget her tragic past. Then Brenda runs into Eric, a man she knew long ago in her college days, and suddenly life takes on new meaning...

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People Don't Do Such Things
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6.91
11 votes

#4 - People Don't Do Such Things

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/30/1985

Reeve Baker is a successful young romantic novelist who lives life in the fast lane, while Gwen Carter is the wife of his tax consultant and falls for him in a big way. Her husband, Terence, knows all about Reeve and his ways with women, but his warnings to Gwen go unheeded...

Directors: Gordon Hessler
Writer: Ruth Rendell
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