Out of the Unknown (1965 - 1971)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 1965 - 1967, 1969 - 1971
Number of Seasons: 4
Total Number of Episodes: 49
Average Episode Running Times: 52 mins
Format: black and white     colour
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Producer: Irene Shubik
Associate Producer: George Spenton-Foster

SCRIPT
Story Editor: Irene Shubik

MUSIC
Music: Norman Kay

An anthology of science fiction, fantasy and horror stories, initially adapted from some of the best literary works in the genres, but later adding specially written pieces to its repertoire.

EPISODES

SEASON ONE (1965)
No Place Like Earth (4 October 1965)
The Counterfeit Man (11 October 1965)
Stranger in the Family (18 October 1965)
The Dead Past (25 October 1965)
Time In Advance (1 November 1965)
Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come... ? (8 November 1965)
Sucker Bait (15 November 1965)
The Fox and the Forest (22 November 1965)
Andover and the Android (29 November 1965)
Some Lapse of Time (6 December 1965)
Thirteen to Centaurus (13 December 1965)
The Midas Plague (20 December 1965)

SEASON TWO (1966 - 1967)
The Machine Stops (6 October 1966)
Frankenstein Mark II (13 October 1966)
Lambda I (20 October 1966)
Level Seven (27 October 1966)
Second Childhood (10 November 1966)
The World in Silence (17 November 1966)
The Eye (24 November 1966)
Tunnel Under the World (1 December 1966)
The Fastest Draw (8 December 1966)
Too Many Cooks (15 December 1966)
Walk's End (22 December 1966)
Satisfaction Guaranteed (29 December 1966)
The Prophet (1 January 1967)

SEASON THREE (1969)
Immortality Inc (7 January 1969)
Liar! (14 January 1969)
The Last Lonely Man (21 January 1969)
Beach Head (28 January 1969)
Something in the Cellar (4 February 1969)
Random Quest (11 February 1969)
The Naked Sun (18 February 1969)
The Little Black Bag (25 February 1969)
1 + 1 = 1.5 (4 March 1969)
The Fosters (11 March 1969)
Target Generation (18 March 1969)
The Yellow Pill (25 March 1969)
Get Off My Cloud (1 April 1969)

SEASON FOUR (1971)
Taste of Evil (21 April 1971)
To Lay a Ghost (28 April 1971)
This Body Is Mine (5 May 1971)
Deathday (12 May 1971)
The Sons and Daughters of Tomorrow (19 May 1971)
Welcome Home (26 May 1971)
The Last Witness (2 June 1971)
The Man in My Head (9 June 1971)
The Chopper (16 June 1971)
The Uninvited (23 June 1971)
The Shattered Eye (30 June 1971) 780

MAGAZINES

Epi-Log 16 pp.30-34
episode guide, credits

Time Screen 7 (revised) pp.24, 25
note

BOOKS

The Complete Directory to Science Fiction and Horror Television Shows p.592
credits, episode guide, short article

The Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction (3rd Edition) pp.289-300
short article (by Roger Fulton), credits, episode guide

anthology

CONTRIBUTORS

Dave Hutchinson; Kevin Lyons

Last Updated: 17 November, 2008