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I used to watch tales of the unexpected all the time. An american sailor and his girlfriend, cathy, are on holiday in jamaica. Every episode of series 1, eight episodes of series 2 and one episode of series 3 were based on short stories by roald dahl collected in the books tales of. Some might think that the bbc were responsible making all the quality broadcasting back then, with itv mostly showing cheesy sitcoms and endless adverts for biological washing powder, but this series is a clear evidence that commerical television could hold its own in the creative stakes. Script credit from the index for the worlds finest comics issue reprinting this story. Laura and frank parker are the longsuffering friends of george and julie forester.
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