Some people saying that the girl was a willing victim. This was 1980, there was no internet or cell phone - you trusted adults to help you and you did as you were told.

@derekparker2534

3 жыл бұрын

I nearly got abducted by a couple a man and a woman in a white estate car 🚗..I ran fast as I could Back home 🏡 my mum said I was naughty 😇.life was so different then mainly for the better 🙃

@janetlieb2507

3 жыл бұрын

@@derekparker2534 glad you survived! Not your fault!

@sophielou2929

3 жыл бұрын

Some people gotta be dumb as fuck to say she’s a willing victim like how the fuck can a kid be a willing victim of murder

@angryangora

2 жыл бұрын

She had a choice of going off with the (seemingly) nice woman to call the police or staying put with a clearly creepy man still in the vicinity. I don't see how she can be faulted for being a "willing victim."

@jaydunstan1618

2 жыл бұрын

@@derekparker2534 Hi Del, that is utterly chilling, imagine what would have happened if you did not have the sense of mind to run!

This should be shown to all children between 11-15. Perhaps a bit too scary for young children, but certainly a valuable lesson in life. The sweetness that attracts them, but the stickiness that prevents them from getting away, is a very clever line.

@simonplatts7571

7 жыл бұрын

Dated by public phone box though.

@Jazzie_Jay

7 жыл бұрын

yes i got in to this a few years ago, it amazing! I think i was 10 or 11 and now im in my teens

@heriatm2771

7 жыл бұрын

I had to watch this again. This poor girl's downfall was not having any friends, being alone, and not having the affection of a "motherly figure". That's why she went off with that sociopathic woman who seemed "sweet and caring".

@rocksoliddude1

7 жыл бұрын

agreed, it turned out that they were both the child killers.

@heriatm2771

7 жыл бұрын

Possible composite of child killers Myra Hindley and Ian Brady (?)...

People saying it's predictable. It's nearly 40 years old and it's still one of the most creepiest bits of film making going..The diolouge and score alone are enough to give you nightmares

@phantasmagloria

7 жыл бұрын

I totally agree, this one is terrifying because it's the most realistic. These types of things happen to young women all the time.

@TheDEATHSTARIII

7 жыл бұрын

its not much past 35

@rocksoliddude1

7 жыл бұрын

this episode wasn't predictable at all

@liamwhitcombe1237

6 жыл бұрын

John Mcdonald 123 Not unlike the music & a certain d.j.s dialogue on T.O.T.P. in the 80s

@Genious.

6 жыл бұрын

Not much past 35? So is that disputing the description of 'it's nearly 40 years old'?

Tales of the Unexpected, one of the best series ever produced.

Brilliant episode. Scared the crap out of me as a kid and still think it packs a punch now.

@sadielr17

9 жыл бұрын

Steve Perrin Out of all the Episodes this one always stuck in my mind

@amck72

3 ай бұрын

@@sadielr17 Yes because this one is something that happens in real life.

"I must have everything sweet and fresh"....horrific in retrospect.

@altanautical

4 жыл бұрын

Just as I read this comment... sweet & fresh😂 999 emergency

@bernadettemurray1515

4 жыл бұрын

Luna Vitello Absolutely truly hideous!!!!!!!

@ImranKhan1976

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't notice the first time I watched this but on second viewing I noticed it and when she says: "You won't get far - mark my words" Which seems to the schoolgirl to be about the creepy old man.

I wish they still did programmes like this and Shadows, Armchair Theatre and Sapphire and Steel ... now we just get all these so called Reality TV Shows stuffed with pretty looking but vacuous non - entitites ...

@louwoods9278

4 жыл бұрын

True. My fave was the Royal Jelly one. Creepy when they make buzzy bee noises!!

@pastorflaps6819

4 жыл бұрын

Modern TV is Very low quality product not worth watching at all

@leehellam9719

4 жыл бұрын

Richard Booth ahh Sapphire and Steel - loved that!

@booth2710

4 жыл бұрын

@@louwoods9278 Just watched Royal Jelly again tonight ... watched it a few years ago when hd it on DVD .. loved it ... Then watched The Man at the Top but worked out th ending when he got to the black lady Estelle ..

@booth2710

4 жыл бұрын

@@pastorflaps6819 Agreed.

I remember watching this. Aged 13. Chilling ending. Watching again now, it's a masterclass of writing. Cleverly constructed and beautifully drawn.

This is unbelievably creepy! A fantastic bit of writing. I understand why Dahl had wished he'd penned this himself.

@lewis72

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, he said so in the intro.

That ending is powerful and terrifying...has to be the best episode of this series

@lewis72

3 жыл бұрын

"Best" doesn't seem the right adjective to use but I know what you mean. "Darkest" perhaps ?

@jhibberd6290

3 жыл бұрын

@@lewis72 it certainly left its mark on me when I was a kid. Never forgot it.

@lewis72

3 жыл бұрын

@@jhibberd6290 I did see quite a few when I was younger but am quite sure that I never saw that one back then.

@jaydunstan1618

2 жыл бұрын

Yes...the pinnacle of the series. Utterly terrifying and chilling to the bone. My goodness.

@darondymore7106

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 👍

That was a dark and scary one. It was very well done, though. Maybe one of the best of the series. The ending makes your blood go cold. Never never trust strangers inviting you inside their homes.

@SpookyElectric319

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! The fact the lady appeared to be so ‘nice’ and helpful. Essentially grooming her for what was to come. That man was seriously creepy.

@SpookyElectric319

4 жыл бұрын

Prairiedoggen you missed the entire plot. The camera panned in for a close up after she’s just realised that the woman was part of a ruse, the door was locked, the blinds drawn down, and the bloke she was running from was part of it. She then realised she was in deep trouble, as she remembered the news stories and the Flypaper story. There was either a twist at the end story, or a moral tale. Two adults, one male, would easily outclass her in a locked caravan. The caravan was situated in the middle of nowhere so that no one could hear what was going on. The doors locked and the blinds down, no one could see in. No one to help her. She was effectively doomed after that. However the whole point of the plot was to use your imagination to fill in what was about to happen to her without actually seeing it. Note that throughout it there was a news report of discovering of dead children in that lake. This young lady was going to be the next victim that lake. The author of this plot, Elizabeth Taylor, was a superb thriller/drama writer.

@user-lb4vh7xw9i

4 жыл бұрын

@@SpookyElectric319 she might fight though and win, you never know. After all it's much better this way

@SpookyElectric319

4 жыл бұрын

Γιώργος Μεταξάκης it’s Tales of the Unexpected. You leave the story as it was written.

@SpookyElectric319

4 жыл бұрын

Prairiedoggen because the author was Elizabeth Taylor, not the movie star always wrote that way. Always twist in her stories that you often didn’t see coming. That’s the point, it was the twist in the story not what was may have happened after. Your imagination was left to think about that much later. And the whole point about Tales of the Unexpected, was just that. The unexpected endings. There was either a twist at the end that you didn’t see coming, or one that you did. Yes, some were quite twee. But that was why it was named as such. It’s the subtly that British tv pregames have. The stories often had a moral lesson in them too, not to go with strangers, etc....and not to judge anyone however ‘nice’ they may seem on the outside. The actors performances are brilliant here, well known British actors. I remember this programme when it was first out.

At least her piano teacher will be thrilled when she gets the news ...

@thadtuiol1717

Жыл бұрын

Lol, I shouldn't have laughed at that but couldn't help it

Superb use of Ely Cathedral and surrounding Fens as a setting. Adds to the suspense and spookiness.

@mfjdv2020

4 жыл бұрын

Is that in the eastern part of the UK? It certainly doesn't look like the west of the country. The countryside's as flat as the back of your hand and about as boring.

@theefishlippedone

4 жыл бұрын

@@mfjdv2020 yes its looks cambs/ links to me

@noveltycurtains

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that's got to be Ely Cathedral....I cant work out where the other outside locations are from.

@noveltycurtains

4 жыл бұрын

Just realised the bus stopped at the railway crossing over the sixteen foot river..near stonea in Cambridgeshire.

@DCSIGNR

4 жыл бұрын

noveltycurtains I think they used parts of Norwich for other built up outdoor locations, as it was near the Anglia Television studios.

This is still happening but nowadays in Tinder, Instagram, Facebook and other social networks...

I came to this by way of actor Alfred Burke (1918-2011) who portrays Herbert in The Flypaper. He was quite exceptional in the series Public Eye which ran from 1965 - 1975.

@kazfleszar5899

8 жыл бұрын

same here.

@mclovin8739

4 жыл бұрын

I thought I'd seen him before, Public Eye was/is on Talking Pictures TV channel 81 on freeview, I rarely switch on the TV anymore so I'm not sure if it's still on.

@craig1538

3 жыл бұрын

@@mclovin8739 Yes he was a fine actor. Brilliant in Public Eye. Sadly died in 2011 but what an incredible catalogue of work he leaves behind.

Elizabeth Taylor was such an amazing writer. Thanks for uploading this.

Why can't modern horror chill me to the bone like this can? . I rewatched it as an adult and it still made my hair stand on end so it's not just scary for a child. I think music and sound has a lot to do with generating dread in a person. The problem we have today is everything is crystal clear and over produced. It doesn't sound visceral or real. I enjoy some modern TV chillers like Black Mirror but they just can't capture the correct mood sound wise

@michaelsinski8997

5 жыл бұрын

I could have not put it better myself👌

@splashthefly9039

4 жыл бұрын

Try Inside no. 9, it really has the same vibes, its not always gore, but more the suspense with a creepy (or tragic) twist in the end. Definitely worth watching! 😁

@mabel8179

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with you, as someone who is Gen X and watched this series first time round. The end of this is so chilling. Especially so to me as when I was 13 ( around this time) I was waiting at a bus stop and a car pulled up and a middle aged couple tried to lure me into their car. There was a spate of missing children/adolescents in the late 1970s, hence all the stranger danger ads they put on TV. This episode reflects this. I like Black Mirror too, and also Stranger Things but the vintage thriller/spooky shows are the best!

@celticmist14

4 жыл бұрын

@@splashthefly9039 where would get this?

@splashthefly9039

4 жыл бұрын

@@celticmist14 the BBC usually. Its not that much on tv (I watch it on BBC Entertainment or BBC First (I don't know which one anymore) it came on the tv recently). Also, you can find a few on the internet as well and on the BBC (BBC One or Two, I don't know anymore either) when its a new season. Its sooo good! 😁 Have fun! If you have any more questions, just ask. 😁

This is the stuff of nightmares , so disturbing

@michaelrogowski7476

4 жыл бұрын

How did you find watching the disturbing storyline...

@babyblue6743

3 жыл бұрын

It makes you wonder who’s going to be next - talented Louise maybe

@shane-irish

Жыл бұрын

Na

Definitely 1 of the best episodes in the series.The ending is so chilling

I saw this when I was 9 and it freaked the life out of me. Even as an adult I can't bare to watch the ending the again. Lorna Yabsley appeared in some heavy stuff as a kid. As well as this, she also played a kidnap victim in an Armchair Thriller and was in Day of the Triffids.

@darondymore7106

2 жыл бұрын

I think I know the episode your on about armchair thriller she was the girl sent to stay with her father but they killed him and one of them pretended to be her father as she had never seen him before.

@shane-irish

Жыл бұрын

Just a writen story not real

Poor girl - her whole world collapsed & she has no-one to love her or make her feel valued. Her own grandmother (evil) looks down on her. The Moors murderers preyed on such vulnerable children using similar flypaper. Tragic, heartbreaking..

@Trev359

4 жыл бұрын

Glen Liley you appear to be the same type of creepy guy as in this episode.

@mfjdv2020

4 жыл бұрын

@@Trev359 No Glen Lilley is far worse

@Nothingreallytoseehere

4 жыл бұрын

@@cyrilsmith5706 what the fuck is wrong with you ? Vile creature.

@RD-vn5pl

4 жыл бұрын

Glen Lilley the big boys in prison will say the same about you before they shank you in the spleen for being a scumbag.

@autumnmoon5014

4 жыл бұрын

Yes , the moors murders...thats what i thought of as well. Poor children!

the irony is this is timeless creepy, kids would be spooked by this now on netflix. the terrestrial tv stations have totally lost their way

@davidsomerset

3 жыл бұрын

You make zero sense.

@masonj910

3 жыл бұрын

Typical English mentality stop living in the past your time is gone

@minjucraziness8693

2 жыл бұрын

That literally makes no damn sense

I truly miss these programs,they truly were great with suspense & those "surprise" endings. Much Gratitude for the upload!🤗🖒💖💯

@levimacdonald5188

4 жыл бұрын

💯👌 The verger is my favorite episode..WITH DAME Patricia routledge AND THE late Richard briers 💓⭐💐

@irishking1414

2 жыл бұрын

Well you can always watch them on KZread lmao

@leeannenewman8791

2 жыл бұрын

@@irishking1414 Lmao yes,I can & I do when the mood strikes me hahahahahahaa 😉👌💯

No matter how many times I have watched this episode it always shocks me to the core. The programme has aged a lot but the storyline is as strong today as when it first came out. You know this will end badly for the girl but I like to imagine this would not have been the case.

I saw this as a 10yr old at my grans house one weekend. ..scared the crap out me ...thanks for posting

Alfred Burke was always excellent in sinister / menacing roles, especially when these showed him to have a false, benign facade. However, in this one he is downright creepy and loathsome. So different from when he played the unassuming private detective 'Marker' during the early 80s.

Vulnerable child, with a chilly grandmother, a kindly figure steps in and offers her help and mothering. So sad. And such a lesson. And Herbert on the bus - seemed odd but somewhat jolly. Hard for a child to determine his malevolence.

@homelesshannah50

Жыл бұрын

Hard my ass!! He was a total stranger danger

Brilliant when she gives her the third cup and saucer and the music changes!

When I was 17 public phone booths were nearly on every other corner. Often when I wanted to call a friend without my parents knowing I'd sneak to the corner phone booth. One night late I snuck out to make a call and while I was dialing a man's hand came into the folded door to reach for me. I pushed back all I could and his hand wedged. I was not much for trusting people other than my family. Raised by Italians we were a bit more aware of the realities of our environment. When the man reached in and got his hand wedged I already had my pocket knife open and stabbed him into the back of his hand. That huge surprise on his face was priceless ! He howled out in pain and ran like a wild wolf away. I was shook up but regained my composure quickly to hurry and bee line it home. Life is all about choices. Teach your children to trust no one, male or female. Give them something they could defend themselves with if need be. My little pocketknife saved me. That was in the 70's. It's much crazier today. Did I mention, I'm female. ; )

@donnn-ow4rj

4 жыл бұрын

Wow did you ever report it or tell your parents?

@SpookyElectric319

4 жыл бұрын

When I was around 7 I was followed up the stairs of the tenement block I lived in, this was Glasgow in the late 70’s 80’s, by a man. He ran up the stairs in front of me grabbed me, put his huge hand over my mouth and held a knife to my neck. He asked me to ‘do something for him’. Just then my neighbours came out and that made him let me go and run off. They saved my life. I know I would have been attacked, even sexually assaulted, or worse. I never told me mother. She abused me when younger and wouldn’t bother getting the police. I’ve told very few people about it. Watching this brought back the terror I felt with strangers. It’s an excellent plot.

@donnn-ow4rj

4 жыл бұрын

@@SpookyElectric319 thanks for sharing you must had treated your neighbor like a hero. I'm surprised your neighbor' did not report it or tell your mother?

@robinhood6399

4 жыл бұрын

@@donnn-ow4rj What neighbor?

@SpookyElectric319

4 жыл бұрын

donnn 0666 my neighbour didn’t see him, he took off running down stairs. Tenement buildings in those days were usually dark. I didn’t tell my mother, there was no point, she wouldn’t have phoned the police anyway.

One of my favourite episodes. Excellent acting by the cast and really well filmed. I often watch the entire series as it's so varied and nostalgic for an 80's kid

I thought I had seen all these years ago growing up,missed this one,just scared the crap out of me,I used to love the Hammer House of Horrors too.

These days they have thrillers 2 hrs long which make you laugh; this was 23 mins of thrills ! Where are the good old days of film making ?

@lunadevass5561

4 жыл бұрын

Replaced with political correctness.

@ImranKhan1976

4 жыл бұрын

@@lunadevass5561 you can't really describe the inane rubbish that characterise much of TV dramas and thrillers nowadays as politically correct. They don't seem to have the same calibre of writing or imagination - mainly they just seem to be churned out cheaply.

@lunadevass5561

4 жыл бұрын

@@ImranKhan1976 i agree with you there but i remember tv from the 70,s,80,s and there is definatly a shift in to producing a safer more "fluffy"product.Tv as we know it now didnt exist back then.Programs from the past,would never air now.I dont know your country but in uk.even in the 90,s,comedy was being rejected for being too edgey.I remember drama that you cant even find on YT which is a massive shame.

@jaydunstan1618

2 жыл бұрын

Replaced by simply money that churns out bankable nonsense.

SURPRISE! Tag team on the sadistic level! Thank you for posting! I had never seen any of these before.

I love it when she hands her a third cup. And then you just *know*

@nicky29031977

4 жыл бұрын

When she is handed a third cup we are given a warning by the screeching sound!

@donnn-ow4rj

4 жыл бұрын

@@nicky29031977 that was pre warned by rold dahi....when he says watch it closely in the intro.

@michaelrogowski7476

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, very disturbing...

@user-lb4vh7xw9i

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe it would be better to end there, at the third cup, not changing the music or anything (him not coming), but slowly in a calm way, don't you think?

@donnn-ow4rj

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-lb4vh7xw9ino ...I see what you are saying but no way. It needed more. Not enough people would understand the twist if it ended there.. The third cup works great as a starter to the main terror twist. No way should it just end there! Interesting ideal tho. In the original short the the third cup is mentiond after herbert makes his appearance in the home. So n the short story we already know why it was there. In fact the short story ends with the mention of the third cup but not quite the way you mean as herbert has turned up by then.

ALWAYS ENJOYED THIS SERIES SINCE I'VE FOUND IT ON KZread!!! THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE UPLOAD!!!

I never heard of these. I'm glad I came across them.. Thanks!

Thank you for this Classic series :))

This was the first Tale of the Unexpected I ever saw and it freaked me out beyond belief. But I think the Landlady and Georgy Porgy are even scarier.

@sageantone7291

5 жыл бұрын

Can you recommend anymore like this?

@homelesshannah50

5 жыл бұрын

@@sageantone7291 Lamb to the Slaughter

@mfjdv2020

4 жыл бұрын

@Sage Antone Other great Dahl stories are Neck (with Joan Collins) and that one about a man who refused to eat any food unless it was of vegetable origin, and then he heard the crops screaming in agony as they were harvested. Brilliant! And the one about the painting a famous artist tattooed on a man's back. Sorry I can't remember the names, it must be almost 40 years since I read the books.

@aloevera1554

4 жыл бұрын

@@sageantone7291 i recommend 'ill be seeing you'

@richardupton3323

3 жыл бұрын

@@sageantone7291 the episodes i like are skin, lamb to the slaughter, neck, the hitch hiker, decoy, royal jelly, and fat chance

A friend of mine, an Expat from England ,in Iceland just sent me the link for this!!!!! we were talking about the new series of short stories adapted by Wes Anderson on Netflix….. I would’ve never found this without his help. Thank you, PaddingtonBangsi

Definitely inspired by the heinous acts committed by Myra Hindley and partner.

@chadcastagana9181

4 жыл бұрын

The Mod Murders in the 1960's

@Oakleaf700

4 жыл бұрын

Fred and Rosemary West later played the same 'woman=safety' trap....

@giovannirastrelli9821

4 жыл бұрын

Oakleaf700 Don’t forget the subsequent Canadian Ken and Barbie murders of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. Same basic MO.

@Daud76

4 жыл бұрын

Are we not allowed to say the name of IB?

@stripeycat1970

4 жыл бұрын

They should have some canned laughter at the end. That would brighten it up.

Mother Mary that poor girl. Have never seen this before. It was excellent.

One of the creepiest tales of all time, After all this time!! This creepy tale still sends the shivers up my spine, and I am nearly 60 years old!!!!!

@michaelrogowski7476

4 жыл бұрын

Yes Cathy, I agree it's very disturbing to watch..

@shane-irish

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelrogowski7476 lol

I guessed that that woman wasn't quite the nice lady as Sylvia thought. What a creepy, well-written episode. That man made my skin crawl. I love this series! Thank you for uploading.

Well, that was pretty dark.

@cyrilsmith5706

5 жыл бұрын

And so was her,anus!

@Guy-xt9bl

4 жыл бұрын

Glen Lilley 😂😂💀

i did not see that coming and when it did it chilled me to the bone. that young actress was beautiful in such a natural way. the filming was great. those little lives.

@gemini802

3 жыл бұрын

Which is why Roald Dahl tells you to watch it carefully at the beginning, as clues were there like her telling her to put three cup and saucers out why? Only two of them there!

@shane-irish

Жыл бұрын

Me too

There's no match to an English thriller!

@cathydoyle8804

4 жыл бұрын

I so agree with you!!!! No one in the world can write creepy fiction, like the English!!!!!

@arkroyalrifemoonbasealpha6101

3 жыл бұрын

@@joannenugent8495 Hammer house of horror The two faces of evil is a right chiller the end is as chilling as this and the programme dramatic throughout, the children of the full moon is another great one but they are all well worth watching

So perfectly written, acted and the music score is so creepy! Such a superb job of casting!

Amazing.I used to watch this series,tv was worth watching back then.... Yt recommendation. Thanks for uploading.happy new year🎊.

@altanautical

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting that yt is monetizing this video....thought channels had to have over 1k subs?

I watched this as a kid, and I have NEVER forgotten about it! That creepy, sad ending. 😑 Ugh! 😱

She told her not to talk to strangers and the first thing I thought was she’s talking and walking with a stranger.

@user-lb4vh7xw9i

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but the girl didn't think that way, because the woman acts like the enemy to the villain, so she is good

A cautionary tale if ever there was one! and in this world women cannot be trusted just as much as men. I loved this series on UK tv weekends. They don't make tv series like this any more

@avecmoi9429

4 жыл бұрын

@strontiumXnitrate We do not collectively agree about anything. Men are individuals So are women.. Have a good day.

@avecmoi9429

4 жыл бұрын

@strontiumXnitrate This conversation is too long and not one we could fruitfully have on the Internet. If you and are were sitting together at restaurant, we could understand each other much better. This is an ongoing frustration about KZread but it is just the way it goes. Take care, you do well too. It is very sunny where I live. I am 61 and I am sure you have a lot to tell me. However, the Internet is so limited. i am not savvy on how many simple things work on it. I think we respect each other. Sorry.

@avecmoi9429

4 жыл бұрын

@strontiumXnitrate Thank you, sir.

@avecmoi9429

4 жыл бұрын

@strontiumXnitrate First of all the episode had a real sociopathic couple. It was very disturbing to me. Here are some sociopaths, including a woman. The young girls' grand mother was very cold. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dKx7mdlpeLTNfZc.html

This is proper script writing.

i would show this to mature school kids if i were a teacher as kids need to be aware.

@bertrandderegnaucourt8265

3 жыл бұрын

Who wants to teach those british kids ?? I have taught there, well I am glad I have left.

SUSPENSE AT IT'S BEST A REAL GOOD WATCH THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD!!!💯💯💯

Excellent thanks so much for this love british tv. greetings from new jersey

This is the good one! Creepy ending. I wish they play this on TV. I remember when I was a kid my local (Indonesia) TV channel has Twilight Zone, Tales from the Crypt and Goosebumps. Ah, good time!

@Daud76

4 жыл бұрын

As a kid (from South Africa) we had The Outer Limits and Twilight Zone. But Tales of the Unexpected is far superior to anything I have seen before or after.

Just proves that you can't trust strangers, male or female.

@s.e.hebert7307

3 жыл бұрын

spoiler!!!!

So creepy! As soon as she gives her the third cup and saucer, I knew it was all over. Just gutting, I still haven’t recovered from the ending, probably never will. This poor girl has been betrayed by every maternal figure she has ever met since her mother’s death, leading up to this ultimate betrayal by the only woman she thought she could trust.

@jaydunstan1618

2 жыл бұрын

That's women for you.

@jaydunstan1618

2 жыл бұрын

Always let people down.

@shane-irish

Жыл бұрын

Not really she was fine it was just acting

@giovannirastrelli9821

Жыл бұрын

@@shane-irish Yes, I am aware.

Very good storyline. Ending was a surprise - a sad one but still, well done!

We watched this in school, I am 13 it’s so freaking scary no one else thought so in my class just shows you x

@donnn-ow4rj

4 жыл бұрын

Are you serious?? They playedit in your school?? Chances are it did scare them they just did not want to admit it

Brilliant episode Alfred Burke was fantastic

I watched this as a young girl 👧 they scared me then but the stories are so good well written. Beautiful bit of work 😁

@michaelrogowski7476

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, very good acting...

Whoa! This was made while Fred and Rosemary West were doing exactly this. The fact that it's a Tale of the Unexpected shows how unexpected it was back then. I sussed her out fairly soon but didn't connect him to her.

Roald says it was so neat nice and spooky.. o my! thank you for posting.

The grandma is such an unloving narcissist

@theboss-vr1jj

7 жыл бұрын

she should of taken more nottice and reported it to police asap.

@heriatm2771

7 жыл бұрын

Grandma's trying to screw the young vicar.

@alondathomas293

6 жыл бұрын

For real---the grandma clearly didn't care too much about the girl at all, that was pretty obvious.

@sageantone7291

5 жыл бұрын

So is the girl.

@jamesdavies5266

4 жыл бұрын

@@heriatm2771 lucky devil!!

The grandmother and the teacher were both wicked (with the "grandmother" being more concerned about her flowers than her granddaughter), and didn't care about her. It meant that poor Sylvia was very easily led by the so-called "kind lady".

I saw this in my late teens. I'm 49 now and have never forgotten that ending. One of the most disturbing of all time.

Well done. Good dramatisation. Nasty stuff.

This story is still good today, as it was back in the 1980s.

@levimacdonald5188

4 жыл бұрын

1980 ..so forty YEARS..

I saw this when it first aired and I've been haunted by it ever since, when ever I talk about this series I always mention this episode.

i remember this show! it used to come on at a crazy time, around midnight, on channel 5 here. great story!

@donnn-ow4rj

4 жыл бұрын

For as older viewers it used to be on ITV in the 80s when there was just a few channels and no chan 5

i never saw that coming. thanks for sharing

Scary. I loved watching these as a youngster.

My wife loves tales of the unexpected, and watches them repeatedly, i thought I'd try watching one, wish i hadn't now , i feel a bit uncomfortable after watching that. A bit too "Fred and Rose West" for me.

@donnn-ow4rj

4 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. This is hands down ridiculous dark and nasty and the most terrifying episode ever. I can actually remember watching it for the first time as a 10 year kid and it scared the crap out of me.

@gregrak9389

4 жыл бұрын

@@donnn-ow4rj you poor people, oh, how you suffer so! there must be a support group for people like you.

@petert9110

4 жыл бұрын

You can't judge this series by this episode because this is one of the exceptions.

Luv it 😇...thank you 😊

Grandma talking to the police afterward said "that the kidnappers would choose so unattractive a child...."

This episode still terrifies me nearly 30 years after I first saw it. Stuff of nightmares.

Fred and Rose West ........

The piano teacher was also a regular grumbling customer in OPEN ALL HOURS!

@kennedy20007

7 жыл бұрын

mistofoles Stephanie Cole

@susanlansdell863

5 жыл бұрын

mistofoles she was also in Tenko and Doc Martin.

@M-Is-For-Margaret

5 жыл бұрын

Stephanie Cole starred in a series as a former war photographer who lives in a nursing home. In real life, SC was in her forties playing a crabby woman in her 70's! I've forgotten the name of the series...

@tamonettX500

5 жыл бұрын

@@M-Is-For-Margaret Miss Diana Trent, in Waiting for God. I loved that show!

@M-Is-For-Margaret

5 жыл бұрын

@tamonettX500 Oh, riiiiiigtht! A few months ago, I watched Benidorm and saw the girl who played the lovesick aide to the smarmy manager. She is a pretty good character actor. I saw her in One Foot in the Grave after Waiting for God. Stephanie Cole and the actor who played her next door neighbor then husband were a riot in WfG. Loved all the characters on that show!

I saw this series today in my English class. when I walked out of the classroom I was soooo creep out!!!

@burchinveysal

7 жыл бұрын

Same here I watched the landlady and I was creeped out

cow of a music teacher ,this poor girl.

How sinister and shocking! Before being shocked, I wondered why she handed her a third cup and saucer.

ToU was like an education, the stories made you suspicious of everyone's motives. Especially the overly friendly ones. It was done at a time when many kids did go missing.

I remember watching this series on Saturday nights, when I was young. I remembered the theme 1st. 😆

Chilling in its subtlety - the third cup. Very clever.

That music when the man comes home 😱

I remember watching this as a kid, I was about 8 or 9 and even back then thinking what a great twist the story had. I past the place it was filmed ( Bus stop and phone box) a few weeks ago. This is one episode that has always stuck in my memory.

@jaydunstan1618

2 жыл бұрын

Did you smash up the phone box and chuck a brick through her window?

I watched this at school. My English teacher showed us this and the landlady. Soooooo creepy

This is easily the most terrifying episode.

When the 'nice' lady took the young girl to her caravan, I could see what was coming...very creepy and 'Brady/Hindley-esque. Good story, sends a shiver down every parents' spine.

@paulmcdonough1093

4 жыл бұрын

brady and Hindley were real though should cut the throats of them bastards

@SpookyElectric319

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Mcdonough that’s the point and obvious. It makes it even more disturbing.

@jasoncole767

3 жыл бұрын

Her character was called the black widow in open all hours...

Should absolutely still show this in schools. When I was around the same age in circa 1997 it would have still be so easy to be isolated on the way home from school and easily fall for such deception.

how many girls been in this situation with a creep on a bus and old ladys say shut up.

@claremansbridge2164

6 жыл бұрын

Ever heard of Fred and Rose West

@cyrilsmith5706

5 жыл бұрын

Granny sucks a dico,real good!

@TheLimitlessLegacy

5 жыл бұрын

@@cyrilsmith5706 Glen you got issues

@mabel8179

4 жыл бұрын

@@claremansbridge2164 Yeah they remind me of them more than Hindley and Brady.

@mfjdv2020

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLimitlessLegacy don't feed the trolls please

This is the best Tales, to me.

Whoof! That gave me the chills.

Terrifying! Such a good cautionary tale, would probably never get made today despite it being as important as ever in today's society!

wonderful story for a very underrated series.

Ah, that tune zaps me back...

Made me think of Myra Hindley, very creepy northern moors murders vibe.

One of my favourite episodes and reminds me so much of when I was around six or seven years old. My older brother and I were with our parents and visiting my paternal grandmother at her flat. All I really remember is my brother and I extremely bored being inside that apartment and we decided to go and play in the passage way outside. As we were playing, a young lady appeared and spoke to us. Then invited both of us inside her apartment and asked if we wanted sweets. She then took us to her bedroom to get that bag of sweets and her husband (maybe boyfriend) walked in on us. She handed a few sweets and we left and went back to my grandmother inside her flat. Thinking about it now, it really was a foolish thing to do as my parents assumed us outside in the passage all that time.

@kattydover6356

6 ай бұрын

İ think you were extremely lucky that you were not on your own. Had a few freaky experiences myself in the late 60's, lucky to be here but know that fear, never want to feel it again.

@Daud76

6 ай бұрын

@@kattydover6356 Thank you and you also. We did many foolish things as kids and now that I am fully grown up, it just makes me cringe. Glad you survived into adulthood when many kids did not. I also remember going down to play alone on the beach (also when very young). I was near the dunes and then saw two rough looking men (perhaps sailors) walking slowly up to me. I got nervous and went to another dune and again those men lingering closer. There was no one else on the beach and then I decided to go back to our holiday guest house. When I got back, I went upstairs and peeped out the living room window to see those two same men walking down past the guesthouse. They were looking up and down the street. Obviously for me. I was so nervous and kept on wondering what would have happened had they caught up with me and I seriously doubt for a simple chit chat.

What a great vid and reflection on what a young depressed girl thinks. Even back then everyone is a threat