Seasons(9) / Episodes(112)
Plots(1)
Like his children's books, Roald Dahl's adult stories never fail to surprise, though they take more chilling flights of fancy. Darkly humorous and playfully macabre, each standalone episode in this acclaimed series is a brilliantly acted little gem of creepy delight. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Benedict Taylor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279274_3fc1cb.jpg)
Benedict Taylor
UK
Best series:
Wallander (2008) (series)
Unforgotten (2015) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Nina van Pallandt
Denmark
Best series:
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
Taxi (1978) (series)
Hart to Hart (1979) (series)
![Joan Greenwood](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279527_4024f1.jpg)
Joan Greenwood
UK
Best series:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
Wagner (1983) (series)
![Elizabeth Spriggs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/064/158064349_0e19f6.jpg)
Elizabeth Spriggs
UK
Best series:
Jeeves and Wooster (1990) (series)
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Jeremy Clyde
UK
Best series:
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) (series)
Ashes to Ashes (2008) (series)
![Patrick O'Neal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279726_8e8e34.jpg)
Patrick O'Neal
USA
Best series:
The Twilight Zone (1959) (series)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (series)
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) (series)
![Robert Lang](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280082_f86ba3.jpg)
Robert Lang
UK
Best series:
Our Mutual Friend (1998) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
Devices and Desires (1991) (series)
![James Faulkner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/198/163198232_a21301.jpg)
James Faulkner
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
I, Claudius (1976) (series)
![Christopher Fulford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/532/162532749_8cfc00.jpg)
Christopher Fulford
UK
Best series:
Whitechapel (2009) (series)
Cracker (1993) (series)
Vexed (2010) (series)
Paul Seed
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
Coronation Street (1960) (series)
![Richard Basehart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455672_16653e.jpg)
Richard Basehart
USA
Best series:
The Twilight Zone (1959) (series)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (series)
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) (series)
![Rachel Kempson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280461_a543c6.jpg)
Rachel Kempson
UK
Best series:
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) (series)
The Black Tower (1985) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
![Mary Gross](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/933/162933907_7557ec.jpg)
Mary Gross
USA
Best series:
The What a Cartoon Show (1995) (series)
Six Feet Under (2001) (series)
Californication (2007) (series)
June Ritchie
UK
Best series:
The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
![Michael Kitchen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172512_96f55e.jpg)
Michael Kitchen
UK
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
Chancer (1990) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
![Amanda Redman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/064/158064370_df0cb6.jpg)
Amanda Redman
UK
Best series:
Little Dorrit (2008) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
The Trials of Jimmy Rose (2015) (series)
Johnny Shannon
UK
Best series:
Fawlty Towers (1975) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
Helen Fraser
UK
Best series:
Doctor in the House (1969) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
One Foot in the Grave (1990) (series)
![Jenny O'Hara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394642_c49680.jpg)
Jenny O'Hara
USA
Best series:
House M.D. (2004) (series)
Six Feet Under (2001) (series)
The Good Doctor (2017) (series)
![Tony Osoba](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319161_23faa5.jpg)
Tony Osoba
UK
Best series:
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1986) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)