Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe

*Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe*
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe
Genre	Documentary television
Directed by	Peter Jones ; Michael Weigall ; Charles Flynn ;
Narrated by	Carol Vorderman
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Producer	John Fairley
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	Yorkshire Television
Original release
Network	Discovery Channel
Release	15 July 1994 ?? ; 6 January 1995
Related
	Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World ; Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers ;

Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe is a 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 on 15 July 1994. ^[1] 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 , with individual episodes narrated by Carol Vorderman . ^[2] The series was produced by John Fairley and directed by Peter Jones , Michael Weigall and Charles Flynn . ^{[
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Episodes

Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe consisted of 26 episodes. ^[3]

No.	Title	Original air date	Description
1	"Snake Charmers, Wolf Children and Holy Men"	1994-07-15	Topics include snake charming , Frank Wall , Romulus Whitaker , Francis Xavier , Bascilica of Bom Jesus , Indian rope trick , Amala and Kamala , Iron pillar of Delhi , Basava Premanand .
2	"On the Trail of the Big Cats"	1994-07-22	Topics include Punanai , British big cats , Thylacine , Galloway Puma .
3	"Where Giants Walked"	1994-07-29	Topics include Easter Island , Moai , Jo Anne Van Tilburg , Pavel Pavel , Jacob Roggeveen , Thor Heyerdahl , William Liller .
4	"Relics of the Saints"	1994-08-05	Topics include Temple of the Tooth , Margaret Clitherow , Bar Convent , Shroud of Turin , Walter McCrone , Shroud of Turin Research Project , Januarius .
5	"Mysteries of the Sea"	1994-08-12	Topics include Flanna Isles Lighthouse , Mermaid , Mirage , Dugong , Fiji mermaid , Elephant bird , Mary Celeste .
6	"Psychic Detectives"	1994-08-19	Topics include Psychic detective .
7	"Keys to the Past"	1994-08-26	Topics include Madeleine Colani , Plain of Jars , Hand axe , Didyma .
8	"The Burning Question"	1994-09-02	Topics include Death of Mary Reeser , John E. Heymer , Bleak House , Spontaneous Human Combustion .
9	"A Crop of Circles"	1994-09-09	Topics include Crop circle , Dowsing , Ley line , Terence Meaden , Duff-Gordon baronets .
10	"At Death's Door"	1994-09-16	Topics include Melvin L. Morse , Near-death experience , 21 grams experiment , Out-of-body experience , Oakland firestorm of 1991 , Howard Storm .
11	"Callers from the Cosmos"	1994-09-23	Topics include Howard Menger , Barney and Betty Hill incident , John E. Mack , Alien abduction , Cydonia (Mars) , Oak Ridge Observatory .
12	"The Evil Eye"	1994-09-30	Topics include Fyvie Castle , Curse of the Billy Goat , Curse of the pharaohs , Zahi Hawass , Robert Ellis Cahill , Giles Corey .
13	"Secrets of the Pyramids"	1994-10-07	Topics include Giza pyramid complex , Farouk El-Baz , Robert Bauval , Orion correlation theory , Zahi Hawass , Upuaut Project .
14	"Mysteries of the Maya"	1994-10-14	Topics include Maya civilization , Tikal , Maya Ballgame , David Stuart , Tulum , Copan .
15	"Squaring the Bermuda Triangle"	1994-10-21	Topics include Bermuda Triangle , Flight 19 , Joshua Slocum , List of Bermuda Triangle incidents , SS Marine Sulphur Queen .
16	"Doom of the Dinosaurs"	1994-10-28	Topics include Kirk Johnson (scientist) , Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary , Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event , Chicxulub crater , Luis Walter Alvarez , Alvarez hypothesis , Egg paleopathology .
17	"Cracking Codes: Writings, Runes and Other Riddles"	1994-11-04	Topics include Vinland Map , Robert McGhee (archaeologist) , Kensington Runestone , Birgitta Wallace , Beale ciphers , Voynich manuscript , Robert Brumbaugh .
18	"Zombies: The Living Dead"	1994-11-11	Topics include Haitian Vodou , Zombie , Tetrodotoxin , Clairvius Narcisse .
19	"Strange Powers of Animals"	1994-11-18	Topics include Canine cancer detection , Learned pig , Clever hans .
20	"Into Thin Air"	1994-11-25	Topics include Crocker Land Expedition , Fata Morgana (mirage) , Phantom Island , Pepys Island .
21	"Baffling Bombardments"	1994-12-02	Topics include Rain of animals , 1896 St. Louis-East St. Louis tornado , 1947 Glazier?Higgins?Woodward tornadoes .
22	"Meeting Mary: Visions of the Virgin"	1994-12-09	Topics include Miracle of the Sun , Our Lady of Fatima , Steuart Campbell , James Horan (monsignor) , Moving statues , Our Lady of Medjugorje .
23	"Secrets of Ancient Worlds"	1994-12-16	Topics include Bimini Road , Edgar Cayce , Atlantis , Santorini caldera , Minoan eruption , Anthony Bonanno , Olmec colossal heads , Misraħ Għar il-Kbir
24	"Spirits of Place: Hauntings and Ghosts"	1994-12-23	Topics include Spirit photography .
25	"True or False: More Than Meets the Eye"	1994-12-30	Topics include Drake's Plate of Brass , New Albion , Herbert Eugene Bolton , Frank Asaro , Hermann Loew , Archaeopteryx , Sherbone Bone .
26	"Mysteries of the North"	1995-01-06	Topics include Almas (folklore) , Viking expansion , Storsjoodjuret .

Home release

Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe was released on DVD on 11 March 2003. ^[4]

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 , which also re-released them separately in September 2013. ^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe" . TheTVDB.com . Retrieved 7 April 2013 .
^ Gibron, Bill (11 March 2003). "Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe" . DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013 . Retrieved 7 April 2013 .
^ "Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe Episode Guide" . LocateTV . Retrieved 15 November 2013 .
^ "Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 7 April 2013 .
^ Lambert, David (21 August 2013). "Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe - Individual Releases for 3 Shows from VEI's 'Clarke Collection' " . TV Shows on DVD . TV Guide Online. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013 . Retrieved 16 November 2013 .

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[tvdb-1] "Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe" . TheTVDB.com . Retrieved 7 April 2013 .

[2] Gibron, Bill (11 March 2003). "Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe" . DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013 . Retrieved 7 April 2013 .

[3] "Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe Episode Guide" . LocateTV . Retrieved 15 November 2013 .

[4] "Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 7 April 2013 .

[5] Lambert, David (21 August 2013). "Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe - Individual Releases for 3 Shows from VEI's 'Clarke Collection' " . TV Shows on DVD . TV Guide Online. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013 . Retrieved 16 November 2013 .

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