''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 Yorkshire Television for the

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network and first broadcast in 1985. It was the sequel to the 1980 series ''

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. ...

''. The series is introduced by science fiction writer

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in short sequences filmed at his home in

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. Individual episodes are narrated by Anna Ford. The series was produced by

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and directed by Peter Jones,

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and Charles Flynn. In 1984,

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published a hardcover book with the same name, authored by Simon Welfare and John Fairley, where the contents of the show were further explored. It featured an introduction written by Clarke as well as his remarks at the end of each chapter or topic. In 1985, a paperback of this book was released by HarperCollins Publishers. The series was followed by ''

Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe ''Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe'' is a popular 26-part television series looking at unexplained phenomena across the universe. It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom by independent television network Discovery Channel. It premiered ...

'', broadcast in 1994.

Episodes

Home release

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.

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