Tales Of The Unexpected Series 5

1981 · Anglia Television

Tales of the Unexpected ( Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected ) is a British television series which aired between 1979 and 1988. Each episode told a story, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, with an unexpected twist ending . Every episode of Series 1, eight episodes of Series 2 and one episode of Series 3 were based on short stories by Roald Dahl collected in the books Tales of the Unexpected , Kiss Kiss and Someone Like You . The series was made by Anglia Television for ITV with interior scenes recorded at their Norwich studios whilst location filming mainly occurred across East Anglia . The theme music for the series was written by composer Ron Grainer .