Episode
Tales of the Unexpected: The Facts of Life
Overview
When sheltered young son Nicholas travels to London to complete in a fencing competition, he gets caught up in a very strange adventure.
Details
- Series
- Tales of the Unexpected
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1988-01-29
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
The Facts of Life is Episode 5 in Series 9 of Tales of the Unexpected. It aired on 1988-01-29. The runtime is 24 min.
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