''Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe'' is a popular 26-part

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looking at unexplained phenomena across the universe. It was first broadcast in the

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by independent television network

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. It premiered on 15 July 1994. It was the sequel to ''

Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World ''Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World'' is a thirteen-part British television series looking at unexplained phenomena from around the world. It was produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network and first broadcast on 6 September 1980. ...

'' and ''

Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers ''Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers'' is a thirteen-part British television series looking at strange worlds of the paranormal. It was produced by ITV Yorkshire, Yorkshire Television for the ITV (TV network), ITV network and first broad ...

''. The series is introduced by acclaimed science fiction writer

Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 191719 March 2008) was an English science-fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film '' 2001: A Spac ...

in short sequences filmed at his home in

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, with individual episodes narrated by Carol Vorderman. The series was produced by John Fairley and directed by Peter Jones, Michael Weigall and Charles Flynn.

Episodes

''Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe'' consisted of 26 episodes.

Home release

''Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe'' was released on DVD on 11 March 2003. A collection DVD Box Set of all three Arthur C. Clarke documentary series, ''Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World'', ''Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers'' and ''Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe'' was released in July 2013 by

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, which also re-released them separately in September 2013.

References

External links

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''Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe'' at Amazon
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