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The tone varied from story to story but on the whole it has been described as like ''[[The Twilight Zone (TV)|The Twilight Zone]]'', but with a [[Black Comedy|darkly humorous]] slant, especially in the Roald Dahl stories. The show had a low budget but the writing lead to an amazing list of Guest Stars including: Anna Neagle, [[Brian Blessed]], Timothy West, John Gielgud, Elaine Stritch, John Mills, Julie Harris, Wendy Hiller, Joseph Cotten, [[Derek Jacobi]], Janet Leigh and Siobhan McKenna.
Examples of the more famous Dahl stories are ''William and Mary'', in which Mary learns that her husband has cheated death via a [[
Several episodes are [[R Emake|remakes]] of stories that had already been adapted for other series, such as ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' ("Lamb to the Slaughter", "The Man from the South") and ''[[Way Out]]'' ("William and Mary").
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* [[Cruel Twist Ending]] and [[Karmic Twist Ending]]
* [[Cultural Translation]]: The opening narration was replaced in the American version.
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