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* ActingForTwo: Creator/GlynisBarber plays Lilian Brett [[spoiler:and her sister Sylvia]] in "The Dead Don't Steal".



* YouLookFamiliar: Julie Harris appears twice - "All The Way to Heaven" and "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat". Roland Culver, who plays Julie Harris' husband in the former, also shows up in "Death Can Add". Susan George turns up in "Royal Jelly" and "Lamb to the Slaughter".

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* PlayingTheirOwnTwin: Creator/DavidCassidy in "Heir Presumptuous" plays a pair of identical twins.
* SelfRemake: "Stranger in Town" is a remake of the 1952 short film "The Stranger Left No Card". Both versions were directed by Wendy Toye. The original was her first work directed for film or television, and the remake was her last.
* VariationsOnAThemeSong: Series 4's "The Boy Who Talked With Animals" has the ending theme replaced with a version played on steel instruments, reflecting the story's Caribbean setting.
* YouLookFamiliar: Many, many actors appeared more than once across the series. For instance, Julie Harris appears twice - "All The Way to Heaven" and "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat". Roland Culver, who plays Julie Harris' husband in the former, also shows up in "Death Can Add". Susan George turns up in "Royal Jelly" and "Lamb to the Slaughter". The actor with the most appearances is Andrew Ray, who features six times: "Royal Jelly", "Poison", "The Way to Do It", "The Wrong 'Un", "The Best Chess Player In The World" and "Accidental Death". However, this is an anthology series with no continuity.
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* YouLookFamiliar: Julie Harris appears twice - "All The Way to Heaven" and "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat". Roland Culver, who plays Julie Harris' husband in the former, also shows up in "Death Can Add". Susan George turns up "Royal Jelly" and "Lamb to the Slaughter".

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* YouLookFamiliar: Julie Harris appears twice - "All The Way to Heaven" and "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat". Roland Culver, who plays Julie Harris' husband in the former, also shows up in "Death Can Add". Susan George turns up in "Royal Jelly" and "Lamb to the Slaughter".
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* OvertookTheManga: It started out adapting Creator/RoaldDahl stories, but eventually used them all up and began adapting from other material

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* OvertookTheManga: It started out adapting Creator/RoaldDahl stories, but eventually used them all up and began adapting from other materialmaterial.
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* YouLookFamiliar: Julie Harris appears twice - "All The Way to Heaven" and "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat". Roland Culver, who plays Julie Harris' husband in the former, also shows up in "Death Can Add". Susan George turns up "Royal Jelly" and "Lambto the Slaughter".

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* YouLookFamiliar: Julie Harris appears twice - "All The Way to Heaven" and "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat". Roland Culver, who plays Julie Harris' husband in the former, also shows up in "Death Can Add". Susan George turns up "Royal Jelly" and "Lambto "Lamb to the Slaughter".
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* CaliforniaDoubling: A beach in East Anglia stands in for the Jordan Desert in "Would You Believe It?" Also, Devon plays Jamaica in "The Boy Who Talked with Animals." Averted with "Scrimshaw", both set and shot in Key West, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}

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* CaliforniaDoubling: A beach in East Anglia stands in for the Jordan Desert in "Would You Believe It?" Also, Devon plays Jamaica in "The Boy Who Talked with Animals." Averted with "Scrimshaw", both set and shot in UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} (specifically Key West, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}West).
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* CaliforniaDoubling: A beach in East Anglia stands in for the Jordan Desert in "Would You Believe It?" Also, Devon plays Jamaica in "The Boy Who Talked with Animals."

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* CaliforniaDoubling: A beach in East Anglia stands in for the Jordan Desert in "Would You Believe It?" Also, Devon plays Jamaica in "The Boy Who Talked with Animals."" Averted with "Scrimshaw", both set and shot in Key West, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}

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* OvertookTheManga: It started out adapting Creator/RoaldDahl stories, but eventually used them all up and began adapting from other material.

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* OvertookTheManga: It started out adapting Creator/RoaldDahl stories, but eventually used them all up and began adapting from other material.material
* YouLookFamiliar: Julie Harris appears twice - "All The Way to Heaven" and "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat". Roland Culver, who plays Julie Harris' husband in the former, also shows up in "Death Can Add". Susan George turns up "Royal Jelly" and "Lambto the Slaughter".

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CaliforniaDoubling: A beach in East Anglia stands in for the Jordan Desert in "Would You Believe It?" Also, Devon plays Jamaica in "The Boy Who Talked with Animals."

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* CaliforniaDoubling: A beach in East Anglia stands in for the Jordan Desert in "Would You Believe It?" Also, Devon plays Jamaica in "The Boy Who Talked with Animals.""
* OvertookTheManga: It started out adapting Creator/RoaldDahl stories, but eventually used them all up and began adapting from other material.
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CaliforniaDoubling: A beach in East Anglia stands in for the Jordan Desert in "Would You Believe It?"

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CaliforniaDoubling: A beach in East Anglia stands in for the Jordan Desert in "Would You Believe It?"It?" Also, Devon plays Jamaica in "The Boy Who Talked with Animals."
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