Tales Of The Unexpected

Jane Fisher comes to town to do some detective work. Businessman Robert Smythe has a secret to keep hidden.

Colonel George Peregrine's comfortable life is disturbed when his wife writes a bestselling raunchy novel. When he finally reads it, he becomes convinced that she has been having an affair.

Wealthy Prince Zawi gives surgeon Robert Sandy a valuable diamond for saving his life. To keep it safe, Robert hides it securely. However, while he and his wife are out, the house is robbed and the diamond is stolen. The next day, a colleague operates on a woman who has swallowed something unusual - Robert's diamond. How did it end up inside her?

Albert Dobson, a dedicated verger, is forced to resign when the new vicar discovers he can't read or write. Facing an unwanted and impoverished retirement, Albert and his wife Milly decide to open a quality tea shop. Can they succeed with their old-fashioned approach in a modern world that seems to have little patience for it?

Young Nicholas Lillie, after excelling in a county fencing competition, is selected for the London championships, against his narrow-minded father's wishes. In the city, he loses to champion James Barron-Irvine, who, impressed, takes him out. Nicholas meets the lovely Zoe, who sees him as naive and easy prey, but Nicholas proves to be more than just a country innocent.

Ten years ago, wealthy but awkward Babs Colport was convinced by her friend Holly to meet gigolo Dominic in a hotel room. Simultaneously, shy solicitor Jeremy Tyler was set up at the same hotel by his old schoolmate Giles. A series of comical mix-ups ensued, leading to a happy outcome: ten years later, a married couple returns to the hotel where they first met.

Married Ken Johnson runs a charter plane service with his lover, Lilian, who smuggles on his behalf. Disaster strikes when his wife discovers the affair, and Lilian leaves him for another man, ending the smuggling. In a rage, Ken kills her and hides the body. To his shock, Lilian seems to return from the dead, ensuring justice catches up with him.

American Stephen Baker, a former safecracker, now lives peacefully with his Arab wife Soroya in her homeland. Suddenly, local police arrest him for a crime he insists he didn't commit and bring him to two Scotland Yard detectives for extradition. Soroya must quickly devise a plan to prove her husband's innocence and convince the police to release him.

Yves Drouard is a wealthy man but his marriage has gone stale. His wife Marthe has been unable to have children and she, like him, is being unfaithful. Yves' mistress Violette is younger and has just announced that she is pregnant. Yves decides he will kill his wife by rigging up an explosive device which will go off if she tries to leave the building. But then he changes his mind. . .fatally.

Elly Somerton is working for the summer as a hotel receptionist. She is intrigued by Max Kelada, a roguish archeology professor who is disarmingly honest with her about the tricks he uses to get women into bed. But when a rival of Kelada attempts to humiliate him, it turns out that Mr Know-All may not he the heartless seducer he professes to be.