Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady

Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 21, 1979

Runtime

0h 24m

Genres

Drama, Horror, Comedy, TV Movie

Original Title

Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady

Production Companies

Anglia Television, ITV

Director

Herbert Wise

Description

The unnamed Landlady (Siobhan McKenna) is the titular main villainess from "The Landlady", episode 1.05 of Tales of The Unexpected (airdate April 21, 1979), based on the Roald Dahl short story of the same name. The episode begins with Billy Weaver (The main protagonist), arriving in Bath as part of a work trip. While there, he looks for accomdation, and sees a bed and breakfast sign in the window of a house. The unnamed woman then invites him in, claiming that a hotel he had been planning to stay at was booked out. Although finding the landlady's overly friendly demeanour off-putting, Billy decides to spend the night.