Arthur C. Clarke
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Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe (1994)
Season 1
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe was a popular eighteen part television series looking at unexplained phenomena across the universe. It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom by independent television network ITV. It premiered on July 15, 1994. It was the sequel to Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World and Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers. The series is introduced by acclaimed science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke in short sequences filmed at his home in Sri Lanka. However, individual episodes are narrated by Carol Vorderman. The series was produced by John Fairley and directed by Peter Jones, Michael Weigall and Charles Flynn.
Released July 14, 1994
Episode 30 min
10+
Genres: Documentary, Drama, Fantasy
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Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Snake Charmers, Wolf Children and Holy Men
Indian mystics have long impressed with their snake-charming and rope tricks : but are they illusions or real magic?
July 15, 1994, midnight
S1E2 - On the Trail of the Big Cats
The search for hard evidence to back up sightings of big cats in unlikely locations
July 22, 1994, midnight
S1E3 - Where Giants Walked
Theories explaining the enormous carved heads on Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island
July 29, 1994, midnight
S1E4 - Relics of the Saints
Scientists investigate the Turin Shroud and other myths surrounding religious relics
Aug. 5, 1994, midnight
S1E5 - Mysteries of the Sea
The intriguing Marie Celeste mystery, and an exploration of a Sri Lankan shipwreck
Aug. 12, 1994, midnight
S1E6 - The Psychic Detectives
Can psychic visions really aid police murder investigations?
Aug. 19, 1994, midnight
S1E7 - Keys to the Past
The mystery of giant stone jars discovered on an Indo-Chinese plain
Aug. 26, 1994, midnight
S1E8 - The Burning Question
Theories which attempt to explain the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion
Sept. 2, 1994, midnight
S1E9 - A Crop of Circles
Are crop circles messages from extraterrestrial forces or clever hoaxes?
Sept. 9, 1994, midnight
S1E10 - At Death's Door
Myths and beliefs surrounding the final frontier : death
Sept. 16, 1994, midnight
S1E11 - Callers from the Cosmos
Investigation into whether extraterrestrials are trying to contact man, and alleged alien abductions
Sept. 23, 1994, midnight
S1E12 - The Evil Eye
Tales of curses and omens which defy logical explanation
Sept. 30, 1994, midnight
S1E13 - Secrets of the Pyramids
What recent evidence reveals about the mystery of the pyramids
Oct. 7, 1994, midnight
S1E14 - Mysteries of the Maya
The sci-fi writer talks to archaeologists trying to uncover the truth about the Mayan civilization
Oct. 14, 1994, midnight
S1E15 - Squaring the Bermuda Triangle
Scientific theories surrounding the bizarre disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle
Oct. 21, 1994, midnight
S1E16 - Doom of the Dinosaurs
Possible reasons for the dinosaurs' extinction, including a meteorite impact which could have caused a nuclear winter
Oct. 28, 1994, midnight
S1E17 - Cracking Codes: Writings, Runes and Other Riddles
Unravelling the mystery surrounding the Vinland map and the Kensington Runestone
Nov. 4, 1994, midnight
S1E18 - Zombies, The Living Dead?
Are tales of the living dead simply superstition, or is there a medical explanation?
Nov. 11, 1994, midnight
S1E19 - The Strange Powers of Animals
Topics include Canine cancer detection, Learned pig, Clever hans.
Nov. 18, 1994, midnight
S1E20 - Into Thin Air
Topics include Crocker Land Expedition, Fata Morgana (mirage), Phantom Island, Pepys Island.
Nov. 25, 1994, midnight
6.0
S1E21 - Baffling Bombardments
Arthur attempts to find the reason behind the bizarre items which fall from the skies.
Dec. 2, 1994, midnight
6.0
S1E22 - Meeting Mary: Visions Of The Virgin
Topics include Miracle of the Sun, Our Lady of Fatima, Steuart Campbell, James Horan (monsignor), Moving statues, Our Lady of Medjugorje.
Dec. 9, 1994, midnight
6.0
S1E23 - Secrets Of Ancient Worlds
Topics include Bimini Road, Edgar Cayce, Atlantis, Santorini caldera, Minoan eruption, Anthony Bonanno, Olmec colossal heads, Misraħ Għar il-Kbir
Dec. 16, 1994, midnight
7.0
S1E24 - Spirits Of Place: Hauntings & Spectres
Topics include Spirit photography.
Dec. 23, 1994, midnight
6.0
S1E25 - True Or False: More Than Meets The Eye?
Topics include Drake's Plate of Brass, New Albion, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Frank Asaro, Hermann Loew, Archaeopteryx, Sherbone Bone.
Dec. 30, 1994, midnight
6.0
S1E26 - Mysteries Of The North
Topics include Almas (folklore wildman), Viking expansion, Storsjöodjuret.
Jan. 6, 1995, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: July 14, 1994
Last Air Date: Jan. 6, 1995, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 10+
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