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Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe Season 1

July. 15,1994

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Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe was a popular eighteen part television series looking at unexplained phenomena across the universe. It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom by independent television network ITV. It premiered on July 15, 1994. 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. However, individual episodes are narrated by Carol Vorderman. The series was produced by John Fairley and directed by Peter Jones, Michael Weigall and Charles Flynn.

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Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 26 - Mysteries Of The North

First Aired: January. 06,1995

Topics include Almas (folklore wildman), Viking expansion, Storsjöodjuret.

Episode 25 - True Or False: More Than Meets The Eye?

First Aired: December. 30,1994

Topics include Drake's Plate of Brass, New Albion, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Frank Asaro, Hermann Loew, Archaeopteryx, Sherbone Bone.

Episode 24 - Spirits Of Place: Hauntings & Spectres

First Aired: December. 23,1994

Topics include Spirit photography.

Episode 23 - Secrets Of Ancient Worlds

First Aired: December. 16,1994

Topics include Bimini Road, Edgar Cayce, Atlantis, Santorini caldera, Minoan eruption, Anthony Bonanno, Olmec colossal heads, Misraħ Għar il-Kbir

Episode 22 - Meeting Mary: Visions Of The Virgin

First Aired: December. 09,1994

Topics include Miracle of the Sun, Our Lady of Fatima, Steuart Campbell, James Horan (monsignor), Moving statues, Our Lady of Medjugorje.

Episode 21 - Baffling Bombardments

First Aired: December. 02,1994

Arthur attempts to find the reason behind the bizarre items which fall from the skies.

Episode 20 - Into Thin Air

First Aired: November. 25,1994

Topics include Crocker Land Expedition, Fata Morgana (mirage), Phantom Island, Pepys Island.

Episode 19 - The Strange Powers of Animals

First Aired: November. 18,1994

Topics include Canine cancer detection, Learned pig, Clever hans.

Episode 18 - Zombies, The Living Dead?

First Aired: November. 11,1994

Are tales of the living dead simply superstition, or is there a medical explanation?

Episode 17 - Cracking Codes: Writings, Runes and Other Riddles

First Aired: November. 04,1994

Unravelling the mystery surrounding the Vinland map and the Kensington Runestone

Episode 16 - Doom of the Dinosaurs

First Aired: October. 28,1994

Possible reasons for the dinosaurs' extinction, including a meteorite impact which could have caused a nuclear winter

Episode 15 - Squaring the Bermuda Triangle

First Aired: October. 21,1994

Scientific theories surrounding the bizarre disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle

Episode 14 - Mysteries of the Maya

First Aired: October. 14,1994

The sci-fi writer talks to archaeologists trying to uncover the truth about the Mayan civilization

Episode 13 - Secrets of the Pyramids

First Aired: October. 07,1994

What recent evidence reveals about the mystery of the pyramids

Episode 12 - The Evil Eye

First Aired: September. 30,1994

Tales of curses and omens which defy logical explanation

Episode 11 - Callers from the Cosmos

First Aired: September. 23,1994

Investigation into whether extraterrestrials are trying to contact man, and alleged alien abductions

Episode 10 - At Death's Door

First Aired: September. 16,1994

Myths and beliefs surrounding the final frontier : death

Episode 9 - A Crop of Circles

First Aired: September. 09,1994

Are crop circles messages from extraterrestrial forces or clever hoaxes?

Episode 8 - The Burning Question

First Aired: September. 02,1994

Theories which attempt to explain the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion

Episode 7 - Keys to the Past

First Aired: August. 26,1994

The mystery of giant stone jars discovered on an Indo-Chinese plain

Episode 6 - The Psychic Detectives

First Aired: August. 19,1994

Can psychic visions really aid police murder investigations?

Episode 5 - Mysteries of the Sea

First Aired: August. 12,1994

The intriguing Marie Celeste mystery, and an exploration of a Sri Lankan shipwreck

Episode 4 - Relics of the Saints

First Aired: August. 05,1994

Scientists investigate the Turin Shroud and other myths surrounding religious relics

Episode 3 - Where Giants Walked

First Aired: July. 29,1994

Theories explaining the enormous carved heads on Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island

Episode 2 - On the Trail of the Big Cats

First Aired: July. 22,1994

The search for hard evidence to back up sightings of big cats in unlikely locations

Episode 1 - Snake Charmers, Wolf Children and Holy Men

First Aired: July. 15,1994

Indian mystics have long impressed with their snake-charming and rope tricks : but are they illusions or real magic?

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1994-07-15

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