When Mary kills her husband hitting him with a frozen leg of lamb, she must think quickly to hide the evidence.Ĭast: Michael Byrne (Patrick Marney), Brian Blessed (Detective Sergeant Jack Nolan), Susan George (Mary Marney), Mark Jones (Detective Sergeant Jameson), Andrew Fell (Uniformed Policeman), David English (Plain Clothes Policeman), George Little (Samuel), Hugh Cross (Police Doctor) Written by Roald Dahl Dramatisation by Robin Chapman When her husband William dies, Mary Pearl is shocked that his will stipulates that his brain should be kept alive – with interesting results.Ĭast: Marius Goring (Dr Landy), Elaine Stritch (Mary Pearl), Frederick Farley (Baxter), Richard Hampton (Vicar), Jimmy Mac (Dr William Pearl), Jane Paton (Nurse) Written by Roald Dahl Dramatisation by Ronald Harwood Unable to show her dentist husband Cyril the lavish mink fur coat her lover has given her, Mrs Bixby proceeds to hatch a clever plan.Ĭast: Will Leighton (Seamus), Richard Hampton (The Patient), Richard Greene (The Colonel), Michael Hordern (Cyril Bixby), Julie Harris (Mrs Bixby), Alan Chuntz (Taxi Driver), Sandra Payne (Miss Pulteney), Frederick Farley (Pawnbroker), Vass Anderson (Master of Hounds) Story by Roald Dahl Adaptation by Ronald Harwood

Story by Roald Dahl Adaptation by Kevin Goldstein-JacksonĪ young couple on holiday in Jamaica meet a mysterious old gentleman who makes one of them a macabre wager.Ĭast: Angela Malcolm (Maid), Pamela Stephenson (Cathy), José Ferrer (Carlos), Michael Ontkean (Tommy), Cyril Luckham (Rawlsden), Katy Jurado (Mysterious Woman) First broadcast: Saturdays on ITV – 24 March to

The Unexpected Bride by Joanne Walsh