Journey to the Unknown

1968 - 1969 NR 1h 00m 7.7

A British anthology series about everyday people finding themselves put into unusual circumstances...many of them supernatural in nature.

"Journey to the Unknown" was a non-hosted UK fantasy, horror and science fiction anthology television series, produced by Hammer Film Productions and 20th Century Fox Television. It aired on ABC from 26 September 1968, to 30 January 1969. The series aired in the UK on the ITV network during 1969. The series has a fantasy, science fiction, supernatural and horror themes and deals with normal people whose everyday situations somehow become extraordinary. It featured both UK and US actors. Seventeen episodes were produced. Directors of the episodes included Roy Ward Baker, Alan Gibson, Robert Stevens, Don Chaffey and Michael Lindsay-Hogg. Each episode was executive-produced either by Joan Harrison or Norman Lloyd. In the US, eight episodes from the series were broadcast as four made-for-television films consisting of twinned episodes along with new segment introduction footage provided by actors Patrick McGoohan, Sebastian Cabot and Joan Crawford serving as hosts.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 The New People

1. The New People

Aired: Sep 26, 1968

Hank and Ann move into the country and are taken aback by how friendly the lo...

Episode 2 Somewhere in a Crowd

2. Somewhere in a Crowd

Aired: Oct 3, 1968

A television host spies the same mysterious faces at various accidents where ...

Episode 3 Matakitas Is Coming

3. Matakitas Is Coming

Aired: Oct 10, 1968

Librarians are stalked by a psychotic strangler who continues his murder spre...

Episode 4 Jane Brown's Body

4. Jane Brown's Body

Aired: Oct 24, 1968

A doctor's newly discovered serum restores the life of a female suicide who c...

Episode 6 Poor Butterfly

6. Poor Butterfly

Aired: Oct 3, 1968

A strange costume ball is the setting where a young woman dressed as a butter...

Episode 8 Girl of My Dreams

8. Girl of My Dreams

Aired: Nov 27, 1968

A greedy opportunist schemes to make a fortune by marrying a kind hearted cla...

Episode 9 The Last Visitor

9. The Last Visitor

Aired: Dec 4, 1968

A young woman tries to recover from a nervous breakdown at a seaside resort w...

Episode 10 Eve

10. Eve

Aired: Dec 11, 1968

A young man unlucky in love is attracted to a female mannequin that comes to ...

Episode 12 The Killing Bottle

12. The Killing Bottle

Aired: Dec 25, 1968

An aspiring composer is unaware that his unscrupulous manager plans to take c...

Episode 15 One on an Island

15. One on an Island

Aired: Jan 15, 1969

The lone survivor of a shipwreck is soon joined by a young woman who emerges ...

Episode 16 Paper Dolls

16. Paper Dolls

Aired: Jan 22, 1969

A teacher witnesses one of his students mentally attack another. The boy clai...

Episode 17 Miss Belle

17. Miss Belle

Aired: Jan 29, 1969

A drifter goes to work in a strange household where an unhinged aunt refuses ...


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Info about Journey to the Unknown

Current Status: Ended

Network: ABC

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi