Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe

πŸ“Š Series Specifications

Network ITV1
Episode Runtime ~30 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 26
Original Language EN
Creator Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe (1994)

Created by Arthur C. Clarke
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Synopsis

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

E1 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?

E2 On the Trail of the Big Cats

The search for hard evidence to back up sightings of big cats in unlikely locations

E3 Where Giants Walked

Theories explaining the enormous carved heads on Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island

E4 Relics of the Saints

Scientists investigate the Turin Shroud and other myths surrounding religious relics

E5 Mysteries of the Sea

The intriguing Marie Celeste mystery, and an exploration of a Sri Lankan shipwreck

E6 The Psychic Detectives

Can psychic visions really aid police murder investigations?

E7 Keys to the Past

The mystery of giant stone jars discovered on an Indo-Chinese plain

E8 The Burning Question

Theories which attempt to explain the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion

E9 A Crop of Circles

Are crop circles messages from extraterrestrial forces or clever hoaxes?

E10 At Death's Door

Myths and beliefs surrounding the final frontier : death

E11 Callers from the Cosmos

Investigation into whether extraterrestrials are trying to contact man, and alleged alien abductions

E12 The Evil Eye

Tales of curses and omens which defy logical explanation

E13 Secrets of the Pyramids

What recent evidence reveals about the mystery of the pyramids

E14 Mysteries of the Maya

The sci-fi writer talks to archaeologists trying to uncover the truth about the Mayan civilization

E15 Squaring the Bermuda Triangle

Scientific theories surrounding the bizarre disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle

E16 Doom of the Dinosaurs

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

Unravelling the mystery surrounding the Vinland map and the Kensington Runestone

E18 Zombies, The Living Dead?

Are tales of the living dead simply superstition, or is there a medical explanation?

E19 The Strange Powers of Animals

Topics include Canine cancer detection, Learned pig, Clever hans.

E20 Into Thin Air

Topics include Crocker Land Expedition, Fata Morgana (mirage), Phantom Island, Pepys Island.

E21 Baffling Bombardments

Arthur attempts to find the reason behind the bizarre items which fall from the skies.

E22 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.

E23 Secrets Of Ancient Worlds

Topics include Bimini Road, Edgar Cayce, Atlantis, Santorini caldera, Minoan eruption, Anthony Bonanno, Olmec colossal heads, Misraħ Għar il-Kbir

E24 Spirits Of Place: Hauntings & Spectres

Topics include Spirit photography.

E25 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.

E26 Mysteries Of The North

Topics include Almas (folklore wildman), Viking expansion, StorsjΓΆodjuret.