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The series began as an adaptation of [[Roald Dahl]]'s series of short stories by the same name. They ran out of adaptable stories (there were a few more they could have done but they did not lend themselves to a TV adaptation) after about one and a half seasons and started using other works. Dahl did an introduction for every story for the first two seasons, but severed ties with the project before series 3. [[Franchise Zombie|They then ran up until series 9.]]
The tone varied from story to story but on the whole it has been described as like ''[[
Examples of the more famous Dahl stories are ''William and Mary'', in which Mary learns that her husband has cheated death via a [[Brain In
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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* [[Brain In
* [[Cruel Twist Ending]] and [[Karmic Twist Ending]]
* [[Cultural Translation]]: The opening narration was replaced in the American version.
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