Scorpion Tales

Overview

Scorpion Tales is a British anthology that aired on ITV in 1978, featuring one-off, hour-long plays with twist endings. Produced by ATV, the programme was similar in format to other thriller anthologies like Thriller and Sapphire & Steel. Each episode presented a self-contained story, often with a sinister or surprising conclusion, and starred actors such as Trevor Howard, David Robb, and Anthony Bate.

Created by David Reid

Network

• ITV1

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• Heronimo Sehmi

  John (uncredited)

  2 eps

• 

  Trevor Howard

  Mavor

  1 ep

• 

  Patrick Allen

  Cummings

  1 ep

• 

  Don Henderson

  Easterman

  1 ep

• 

Themes

• anthology
• twist ending

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