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Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV series · 25 min episodes · 9 seasons
Created by Roald Dahl
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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I thoroughly enjoyed it, but then I like Wes Anderson's style.
I've similarly been a Dahl fan since the 70s and almost grew up on Tales of the Unexpected. The theme tune is certainly memorable.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075592/
https://youtu.be/QDiUvLl3zpg was also an episode of Tales of the Unexpected
The TV series of Logan's Run and Planet of the Apes are reasonably obscure because they weren't too popular (I've got hold of both them, by the way).
Some other titles to pique your interest:
1981 BBC version of The Day of the Triffids
1979 Tales of the Unexpected (not scifi really)
1979 Sapphire & Steel (with the most annoying introduction - they are not elements!)
1979 Quatermass series
1979 The Omega Factor
1978 Blake's 7 (should not really count as obscure due to the impact the series had)
1977 The Fantastic Journey
1977 Children of the Stones
1977 Beasts (anthology series by Nigel Kneale)
1975 Sky
1975 The Invisible Man (really cheesy, featuring David McCallum)
1975 The Changes
1974 Zodiac
1973 The Tomorrow People
1970 Timeslip
1969 The Owl Service
1968 The Champions
1966 The Time Tunnel
1966 Mission: Impossible
1965 Out of the Unknown
1960 The Strange World of Gurney Slade
1958 Quatermass and the Pit mini-series
1955 Quatermass II
Reminds me of an episode of Tales of the Unexpected set in a German university https://youtu.be/naiTvr8TICI
That story was turned into a "Tales of the Unexpected" episode (#41): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tales_of_the_Unexpected_episodes#Series_Four
...and, in the UK, he was responsible for many of the episodes of Tales Of The Unexpected, a similar sort of show that ran through most of the eighties.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_the_Unexpected_(TV_series)