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Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe

Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe

1994 - 1995

Snake Charmers, Wolf Children and Holy Men

15th July 1994
Episode 1
Indian mystics have long impressed with their snake-charming and rope tricks : but are they illusions or real magic?

On the Trail of the Big Cats

22nd July 1994
Episode 2
The search for hard evidence to back up sightings of big cats in unlikely locations

Where Giants Walked

29th July 1994
Episode 3
Theories explaining the enormous carved heads on Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island

Relics of the Saints

5th August 1994
Episode 4
Scientists investigate the Turin Shroud and other myths surrounding religious relics

Mysteries of the Sea

12th August 1994
Episode 5
The intriguing Marie Celeste mystery, and an exploration of a Sri Lankan shipwreck

The Psychic Detectives

19th August 1994
Episode 6
Can psychic visions really aid police murder investigations?

Keys to the Past

26th August 1994
Episode 7
The mystery of giant stone jars discovered on an Indo-Chinese plain

The Burning Question

2nd September 1994
Episode 8
Theories which attempt to explain the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion

A Crop of Circles

9th September 1994
Episode 9
Are crop circles messages from extraterrestrial forces or clever hoaxes?

At Death's Door

16th September 1994
Episode 10
Myths and beliefs surrounding the final frontier : death

Callers from the Cosmos

23rd September 1994
Episode 11
Investigation into whether extraterrestrials are trying to contact man, and alleged alien abductions

The Evil Eye

30th September 1994
Episode 12
Tales of curses and omens which defy logical explanation

Secrets of the Pyramids

7th October 1994
Episode 13
What recent evidence reveals about the mystery of the pyramids

Mysteries of the Maya

14th October 1994
Episode 14
The sci-fi writer talks to archaeologists trying to uncover the truth about the Mayan civilization

Squaring the Bermuda Triangle

21st October 1994
Episode 15
Scientific theories surrounding the bizarre disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle

Doom of the Dinosaurs

28th October 1994
Episode 16
Possible reasons for the dinosaurs' extinction, including a meteorite impact which could have caused a nuclear winter

Cracking Codes: Writings, Runes and Other Riddles

4th November 1994
Episode 17
Unravelling the mystery surrounding the Vinland map and the Kensington Runestone

Zombies, The Living Dead?

11th November 1994
Episode 18
Are tales of the living dead simply superstition, or is there a medical explanation?

The Strange Powers of Animals

18th November 1994
Episode 19
Topics include Canine cancer detection, Learned pig, Clever hans.

Into Thin Air

25th November 1994
Episode 20
Topics include Crocker Land Expedition, Fata Morgana (mirage), Phantom Island, Pepys Island.

Baffling Bombardments

2nd December 1994
Episode 21
Arthur attempts to find the reason behind the bizarre items which fall from the skies.

Meeting Mary: Visions Of The Virgin

9th December 1994
Episode 22
Topics include Miracle of the Sun, Our Lady of Fatima, Steuart Campbell, James Horan (monsignor), Moving statues, Our Lady of Medjugorje.

Secrets Of Ancient Worlds

16th December 1994
Episode 23
Topics include Bimini Road, Edgar Cayce, Atlantis, Santorini caldera, Minoan eruption, Anthony Bonanno, Olmec colossal heads, Misraħ Għar il-Kbir

Spirits Of Place: Hauntings & Spectres

23rd December 1994
Episode 24
Topics include Spirit photography.

True Or False: More Than Meets The Eye?

30th December 1994
Episode 25
Topics include Drake's Plate of Brass, New Albion, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Frank Asaro, Hermann Loew, Archaeopteryx, Sherbone Bone.

Mysteries Of The North

6th January 1995
Episode 26
Topics include Almas (folklore wildman), Viking expansion, Storsjöodjuret.
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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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