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Tales of the Unexpected

The Landlady (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV-14
TV Episode | 24 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Arriving in Bath to take up his first job away from home young Billy Weaver decides to take a room with a charmingly maternal if eccentric landlady. Her dog and cat are both stuffed and the only other names in her guest-book seem vaguely ...See moreArriving in Bath to take up his first job away from home young Billy Weaver decides to take a room with a charmingly maternal if eccentric landlady. Her dog and cat are both stuffed and the only other names in her guest-book seem vaguely familiar to him from the newspaper but he cannot think why. Sadly he will never find out as he drinks the landlady's poisoned tea and dies as the landlady plans to add him to her collection of stuffed creatures! Written by don @ minifie-1 See less
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Director
Herbert Wise
Writers
Roald Dahl | Robin Chapman (dramatisation)
Producer
John Rosenberg
Composer
Ron Grainer (music by)
Production Designer
Jane Martin (designed by)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Apr 21, 1979
Release date
Apr 21, 1979 (United Kingdom)
Awards
Series awards
2 wins & 1 nomination

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6 cast members
Name Known for
Roald Dahl
Self - Introduced by Self - Introduced by   See fewer
The Witches (1990)
Siobhan McKenna
The Landlady (as Siobhán McKenna) The Landlady (as Siobhán McKenna)   See fewer
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Leonard Preston
Billy Weaver Billy Weaver   See fewer
The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist (1980)
Anthony Dawes
Clergyman Clergyman   See fewer
Barry Lyndon (1975)
John Bryant
Christopher Mulholland Christopher Mulholland   See fewer
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Jess Davies
Gregory Temple Gregory Temple   See fewer
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
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