Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe'' is a popular 26-part
television series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite television, satellite, or cable television, cable, excluding breaking news, television adverti ...
looking at unexplained phenomena across the universe. It was first broadcast in the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
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 Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
, 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 Visual Entertainment Inc. (VEI) is a home video/television distribution company that is based in Toronto, Ontario. An independent label, it has released several well-known TV series on DVD, some through sub-licensing deals with other labels such ...
, which also re-released them separately in September 2013.


References


External links

*
''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 {{UK-tv-prog-stub