Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe(1994)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1994-07-15
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 7.7
Votes: 3
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 26
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.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 26E01
Snake Charmers, Wolf Children and Holy Men
Air Date: 1994-07-15
Indian mystics have long impressed with their snake-charming and rope tricks : but are they illusions or real magic?
E02
On the Trail of the Big Cats
Air Date: 1994-07-22
The search for hard evidence to back up sightings of big cats in unlikely locations
E03
Where Giants Walked
Air Date: 1994-07-29
Theories explaining the enormous carved heads on Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island
E04
Relics of the Saints
Air Date: 1994-08-05
Scientists investigate the Turin Shroud and other myths surrounding religious relics
E05
Mysteries of the Sea
Air Date: 1994-08-12
The intriguing Marie Celeste mystery, and an exploration of a Sri Lankan shipwreck
E06
The Psychic Detectives
Air Date: 1994-08-19
Can psychic visions really aid police murder investigations?
E07
Keys to the Past
Air Date: 1994-08-26
The mystery of giant stone jars discovered on an Indo-Chinese plain
E08
The Burning Question
Air Date: 1994-09-02
Theories which attempt to explain the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion
E09
A Crop of Circles
Air Date: 1994-09-09
Are crop circles messages from extraterrestrial forces or clever hoaxes?
E10
At Death's Door
Air Date: 1994-09-16
Myths and beliefs surrounding the final frontier : death
E11
Callers from the Cosmos
Air Date: 1994-09-23
Investigation into whether extraterrestrials are trying to contact man, and alleged alien abductions
E12
The Evil Eye
Air Date: 1994-09-30
Tales of curses and omens which defy logical explanation
E13
Secrets of the Pyramids
Air Date: 1994-10-07
What recent evidence reveals about the mystery of the pyramids
E14
Mysteries of the Maya
Air Date: 1994-10-14
The sci-fi writer talks to archaeologists trying to uncover the truth about the Mayan civilization
E15
Squaring the Bermuda Triangle
Air Date: 1994-10-21
Scientific theories surrounding the bizarre disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle
E16
Doom of the Dinosaurs
Air Date: 1994-10-28
Possible reasons for the dinosaurs' extinction, including a meteorite impact which could have caused a nuclear winter
E17
Cracking Codes: Writings, Runes and Other Riddles
Air Date: 1994-11-04
Unravelling the mystery surrounding the Vinland map and the Kensington Runestone
E18
Zombies, The Living Dead?
Air Date: 1994-11-11
Are tales of the living dead simply superstition, or is there a medical explanation?
E19
The Strange Powers of Animals
Air Date: 1994-11-18
Topics include Canine cancer detection, Learned pig, Clever hans.
E20
Into Thin Air
Air Date: 1994-11-25
Topics include Crocker Land Expedition, Fata Morgana (mirage), Phantom Island, Pepys Island.
E21
Baffling Bombardments
Air Date: 1994-12-02
Arthur attempts to find the reason behind the bizarre items which fall from the skies.
E22
Meeting Mary: Visions Of The Virgin
Air Date: 1994-12-09
Topics include Miracle of the Sun, Our Lady of Fatima, Steuart Campbell, James Horan (monsignor), Moving statues, Our...
E23
Secrets Of Ancient Worlds
Air Date: 1994-12-16
Topics include Bimini Road, Edgar Cayce, Atlantis, Santorini caldera, Minoan eruption, Anthony Bonanno, Olmec colossa...
E24
Spirits Of Place: Hauntings & Spectres
Air Date: 1994-12-23
Topics include Spirit photography.
E25
True Or False: More Than Meets The Eye?
Air Date: 1994-12-30
Topics include Drake's Plate of Brass, New Albion, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Frank Asaro, Hermann Loew, Archaeopteryx, S...
E26
Mysteries Of The North
Air Date: 1995-01-06
Topics include Almas (folklore wildman), Viking expansion, Storsjöodjuret.
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