Episode
Tales of the Unexpected: A Glowing Future
Overview
Jack and Betsy are lovers. That is until Jack decides to go halfway across the world to be with his new Australian girlfriend. But Betsy isn't going to make it easy.
Details
- Series
- Tales of the Unexpected
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1981-07-19
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
A Glowing Future is Episode 15 in Series 4 of Tales of the Unexpected. It aired on 1981-07-19. The runtime is 26 min.
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