Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe (1994)
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.
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe: Season 1 - 26 Episode s
1x1 - Snake Charmers, Wolf Children and Holy Men
July 15, 1994
Indian mystics have long impressed with their snake-charming and rope tricks : but are they illusions or real magic?
1x2 - On the Trail of the Big Cats
July 22, 1994
The search for hard evidence to back up sightings of big cats in unlikely locations
1x3 - Where Giants Walked
July 29, 1994
Theories explaining the enormous carved heads on Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island
1x4 - Relics of the Saints
August 5, 1994
Scientists investigate the Turin Shroud and other myths surrounding religious relics
1x5 - Mysteries of the Sea
August 12, 1994
The intriguing Marie Celeste mystery, and an exploration of a Sri Lankan shipwreck
1x6 - The Psychic Detectives
August 19, 1994
Can psychic visions really aid police murder investigations?
1x7 - Keys to the Past
August 26, 1994
The mystery of giant stone jars discovered on an Indo-Chinese plain
1x8 - The Burning Question
September 2, 1994
Theories which attempt to explain the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion
1x9 - A Crop of Circles
September 9, 1994
Are crop circles messages from extraterrestrial forces or clever hoaxes?
1x10 - At Death's Door
September 16, 1994
Myths and beliefs surrounding the final frontier : death
1x11 - Callers from the Cosmos
September 23, 1994
Investigation into whether extraterrestrials are trying to contact man, and alleged alien abductions
1x12 - The Evil Eye
September 30, 1994
Tales of curses and omens which defy logical explanation
1x13 - Secrets of the Pyramids
October 7, 1994
What recent evidence reveals about the mystery of the pyramids
1x14 - Mysteries of the Maya
October 14, 1994
The sci-fi writer talks to archaeologists trying to uncover the truth about the Mayan civilization
1x15 - Squaring the Bermuda Triangle
October 21, 1994
Scientific theories surrounding the bizarre disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle
1x16 - Doom of the Dinosaurs
October 28, 1994
Possible reasons for the dinosaurs' extinction, including a meteorite impact which could have caused a nuclear winter
1x17 - Cracking Codes: Writings, Runes and Other Riddles
November 4, 1994
Unravelling the mystery surrounding the Vinland map and the Kensington Runestone
1x18 - Zombies, The Living Dead?
November 11, 1994
Are tales of the living dead simply superstition, or is there a medical explanation?
1x19 - The Strange Powers of Animals
November 18, 1994
Topics include Canine cancer detection, Learned pig, Clever hans.
1x20 - Into Thin Air
November 25, 1994
Topics include Crocker Land Expedition, Fata Morgana (mirage), Phantom Island, Pepys Island.
1x21 - Baffling Bombardments
December 2, 1994
Arthur attempts to find the reason behind the bizarre items which fall from the skies.
1x22 - Meeting Mary: Visions Of The Virgin
December 9, 1994
Topics include Miracle of the Sun, Our Lady of Fatima, Steuart Campbell, James Horan (monsignor), Moving statues, Our Lady of Medjugorje.
1x23 - Secrets Of Ancient Worlds
December 16, 1994
Topics include Bimini Road, Edgar Cayce, Atlantis, Santorini caldera, Minoan eruption, Anthony Bonanno, Olmec colossal heads, Misraħ Għar il-Kbir
1x24 - Spirits Of Place: Hauntings & Spectres
December 23, 1994
Topics include Spirit photography.
1x25 - True Or False: More Than Meets The Eye?
December 30, 1994
Topics include Drake's Plate of Brass, New Albion, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Frank Asaro, Hermann Loew, Archaeopteryx, Sherbone Bone.
1x26 - Mysteries Of The North
January 6, 1995
Topics include Almas (folklore wildman), Viking expansion, Storsjöodjuret.