''Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe'' is a popular 26-part
television series
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looking at unexplained phenomena across the universe. It was first broadcast in the
United Kingdom
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by independent television network
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. , Discovery Channe ...
. 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
Sri Lanka
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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
Visual Entertainment
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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
1994 British television series debuts
1995 British television series endings
1990s British documentary television series
Television series by Arthur C. Clarke
Discovery Channel original programming
ITV documentaries
Paranormal television
Television series by ITV Studios
Television series by Yorkshire Television
English-language television shows
1990s British mystery television series
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