Tales of the Unexpected - Roald Dahl - 'Back For Christmas' - Richard Johnson

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  • An adulterous orchid lover cares more for his flowers than his wife. When presented with a job in America, he thinks it's the ideal opportunity to get rid of her through dastardly means....
    #talesoftheunexpected #roalddahl #backforchristmas

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  • @NancyDrewe
    @NancyDrewe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Sian Phillips is such a good actress. Love this. :)

  • @beachcomberbloke462
    @beachcomberbloke462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Sian Phillips brilliant as ever,the definition of a great character actress.Also Richard Johnson,s dissecting of the corpse reminds me of a Hammer Horror where the body parts reanimate!!

    • @michaelwertzy9808
      @michaelwertzy9808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lovecraft for sure!

    • @lunavitello883
      @lunavitello883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That grim, very focused look on his face makes me laugh.

    • @dementednun1175
      @dementednun1175 ปีที่แล้ว

      All the episodes were created by a hammer horror writers and directors!

  • @McIntyreBible
    @McIntyreBible 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What goes around comes around!

  • @Sunshine123x
    @Sunshine123x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Haunting music !! Another corker upload sir X🙏☺️

  • @madameweasel3769
    @madameweasel3769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    James shows exactly what he thinks of his colleagues by the types of orchids he gives them.

  • @SweetTeaTvTeaSippers
    @SweetTeaTvTeaSippers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks

  • @terinunes604
    @terinunes604 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you these are awesome 👍

  • @13699111
    @13699111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for posting this series .

  • @ColleenDaumen2
    @ColleenDaumen2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful cast!!! ❤

  • @nicolawallace7255
    @nicolawallace7255 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    These are keeping me going, thanks 🖤

    • @hammersteve
      @hammersteve  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nicola Wallace Glad to hear it! 🙏😀

  • @dianekeane7740
    @dianekeane7740 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved Sian Philips in "I, Claudius" and Richard Johnson in "The Haunting." Both excellent actors.

  • @runandraisans6055
    @runandraisans6055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fabulous episode

  • @rosenasser5943
    @rosenasser5943 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Something or someone didn't want him to get away with doing away with his wife! Too many coincidences!

  • @southernforestgypsy
    @southernforestgypsy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Well it's well over a year since I discovered your channel Steve and I'm back again for both your new episodes and some re runs. This is my first morning off in nearly a year so I'm enjoying it! Love this entire series!

    • @hammersteve
      @hammersteve  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi Holly. Lovely to hear from you. Sounds like you’ve been incredibly busy! Enjoy your time off 😃

  • @-Reagan
    @-Reagan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No one ever dismembered anyone as fast as that. It would be funny to see him caught trying, though

  • @moviemonster2083
    @moviemonster2083 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Another great one about a bad marriage. SPOILER!!!: I imagine it went something like that for the so-called 'Liverpool Chess Club Murderer', who allegedly bludgeoned his wife and then tried to concoct a false alibi to implicate a fictional killer he had made up himself. One wonders how long this husband had been planning his act. And the truth in the story is that a lot of these real-life murderers do have that arrogant vanity that this man seems to have.

    • @maricamaas2326
      @maricamaas2326 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Malignant Narcissist through-and-through, with no regards for the well-being or even existence of others.

  • @johnbrowneyes7534
    @johnbrowneyes7534 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I thought maybe his wife would emerge from the ground as a huge flower.

  • @jacobpallesen3558
    @jacobpallesen3558 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Woow , she was stone cold , great one

  • @lunavitello883
    @lunavitello883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Every office party has a Gavin.

  • @Prof.Tarfeather
    @Prof.Tarfeather 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gottcha!

  • @Panwere36
    @Panwere36 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This story is one of the late John Collier's best.. what is sad is that it is very hard to feel sorry for Hermione in the least.. and part of you wants him to get away with it...

  • @maricamaas2326
    @maricamaas2326 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yet again two controllers in competition to outdo one another... Have time and again come to the conclusion: Extreme caution advised when it comes to marrying medical doctors and nurses.

    • @wk1810
      @wk1810 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Interesting, why nurses?

    • @maricamaas2326
      @maricamaas2326 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@wk1810
      Narcissistic personalities typically tend to be involved in helping professions, where they are the strong ones in control of making decisions on behalf of others who are vulnerable.
      Some 'Dangerous Women' culprits for example are serial killers who had poisoned their victims under the guise of being nurses; although remember some (caught out) 'angels of death' to have been male nurses or medical doctors.
      Something else to consider, is that according to a 2014 PubMed article, prescription medications is rated as the third most common cause of death in Europe and USA (after heart disease and cancer); with half of these deaths resulting from using the medications - as prescribed - for conditions they are supposed to be treating. With the vast amount of detrimental and even deadly effects of medications in mind, one can imagine how easy it would be for someone with evil intent to use a medication at their disposal to drug and/or kill someone.

  • @hatednyc
    @hatednyc ปีที่แล้ว +2

    10:47 that is not where her pulse is, a doctor would know better. 😂 How obnoxious to do that for an earring. I wouldn’t answer even if everything is ok.

  • @GusTube1980
    @GusTube1980 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hahahahha I thought it was too perfect a crime.

  • @martinmarkhusband438
    @martinmarkhusband438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i have seen Richard Johnson in episodes before he reminds of Fred West he to buried people

  • @tombombadil9123
    @tombombadil9123 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    OK. How was he going to say to people? Where is she? Sooner or later they will find out she left the UK without her and then pretended she was with him all that time. Pretty stupid for a clever man like that

  • @rachaelstanley7986
    @rachaelstanley7986 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was convinced it was Sheila Hancock.

  • @simon5005
    @simon5005 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dick Johnson??? REALLY??????!!!!!!!!!! (By the way, I love this show!)

    • @hammersteve
      @hammersteve  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Simon5005 Yes! The only and only 👍

    • @jasonhurd4379
      @jasonhurd4379 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dr Markway from The Haunting, and ex-husband of Kim Novak.

  • @rachaelstanley7986
    @rachaelstanley7986 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never knew Nigel Farage used to be an actor!