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With Topol, Kim Thomson, Edward Wiley, Leslie Lyon. 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.
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- Comedy, Drama, Horror
- Gareth Davies
- 1988-05-13
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"Mr. Know All" is the tenth episode of season nine of the British mystery anthology series Tales of the Unexpected and the 112th and final episode of the series overall. It was directed by Gareth Davies with a script written by Paul Ableman based on a short story by W. Somerset Maugham. It first aired on ITV in the United Kingdom on Friday, May 13t...
•Tales of the Unexpected is a British television anthology series of the mystery and horror genres. It was created by Roald Dahl and aired for nine seasons on ITV from 1979 to 1988.
•This is the final episode of the series.
•This episode aired on a Friday the 13th.
•This is the only episode of Tales of the Unexpected directed by Gareth Davies.
•This is the third episode of Tales of the Unexpected written by Paul Ableman. He previously wrote "Wink Three Times" earlier in season nine.
•The Gareth Davies that directed this episode is not to be confused with American television producer Gareth Davies, who has worked on episodes of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
•This episode loosely adapts the short story "Mr. Know-All" by Somerset Maugham, which was first published in January, 1925 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.
Archaeologist | Hotel | Professor | United Kingdom
Eamonn Walker Cast. Critics reviews. Elly, a pretty hotel maid is seduced by a guest. He gives her a valuable statuette, which he found during an archaeological dig. Elly is sacked by the manager when he finds out about the affair, but, the manager’s wife has exactly the same statuette.
Tales of the Unexpected is a British anthology series, which was broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1988. Each episode features a dramatised story that has been adapted from the works of several well-known writers, most notably, Roald Dahl.
Tales of the Unexpected: With Roald Dahl, Andrew Ray, Forbes Collins, Richard Johnson. Short dramas each with a twist of some kind; across the first four seasons most of these are from short stories by Roald Dahl.
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- 1979-03-24
- Comedy, Drama, Horror
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