List of Out of the Unknown episodes
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The following is a complete episode list of the anthology
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series Out of the Unknown
which aired over four series between 4 October 1965 and 30 June 1971 on BBC2
. The first two series were made and broadcast in black and white and the latter two in colour.
Many Out of the Unknown episodes were adaptations of short stories and novels. In such cases, the list below credits the story to the original author and lists the adapter in the following column. Instances where an adaptation was broadcast under a different title to the original work are footnoted as appropriate. Where a script was an original commission, the screenwriter is credited as the author and the “Adapted by” column is marked “n/a”.
Only twenty episodes of the series survive in the archives today. The “Exists?” column indicates whether an episode has survived or not. In some cases, short clips and/or audio recordings of missing episodes have survived – these are indicated in the footnotes.
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was Michael Imison.
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series Out of the Unknown
Out of the Unknown
Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Each episode was an independent dramatisation of a separate science fiction short story...
which aired over four series between 4 October 1965 and 30 June 1971 on BBC2
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
. The first two series were made and broadcast in black and white and the latter two in colour.
Many Out of the Unknown episodes were adaptations of short stories and novels. In such cases, the list below credits the story to the original author and lists the adapter in the following column. Instances where an adaptation was broadcast under a different title to the original work are footnoted as appropriate. Where a script was an original commission, the screenwriter is credited as the author and the “Adapted by” column is marked “n/a”.
Only twenty episodes of the series survive in the archives today. The “Exists?” column indicates whether an episode has survived or not. In some cases, short clips and/or audio recordings of missing episodes have survived – these are indicated in the footnotes.
Series 1
Series 1 was broadcast on Monday nights at 8:00pm. It was produced by Irene ShubikIrene Shubik
Irene Shubik is a British television producer, notable for her contribution to the development of the single play in British television drama. Beginning her television career at ABC Television, she worked on Armchair Theatre as a story editor where she devised the science fiction anthology series...
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Episode | Title | Story | Adapted by | Director | Airdate | Exists? |
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101 | “No Place Like Earth” | John Wyndham John Wyndham John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris was an English science fiction writer who usually used the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes... |
Stanley Miller | Peter Potter | 4 October 1965 | Yes |
102 | “The Counterfeit Man The Counterfeit Man The Counterfeit Man is a collection of science fiction short stories by Alan E. Nourse, published in 1963 by Scholastic. Several of the stories have a medical or psychological theme:* The Counterfeit Man - title story... ” |
Alan Nourse | Philip Broadley | George Spenton-Foster | 11 October 1965 | Yes |
103 | “Stranger in the Family” | David Campton David Campton David Campton was a prolific British dramatist who wrote plays for the stage, radio, and cinema for thirty-five years... |
n/a | Alan Bridges | 18 October 1965 | Yes |
104 | “The Dead Past The Dead Past "The Dead Past" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, first published in the April 1956 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. It was later collected in Earth Is Room Enough and The Best of Isaac Asimov , and adapted into an episode of the science-fiction television series Out of the... ” |
Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000... |
Jeremy Paul | John Gorrie | 25 October 1965 | Yes |
105 | “Time in Advance Time in Advance Time in Advance is a collection of four short stories by science fiction writer William Tenn... ” |
William Tenn William Tenn William Tenn was the pseudonym of Philip Klass , a British-born American science fiction author, notable for many stories with satirical elements.-Early life:... |
Paul Erickson Paul Erickson Paul Erickson was a Welsh screenwriter, most active in the 1950s and 1960s. He contributed generally single episodes to a wide variety of British television shows, most typically of the crime drama genre, although he did occasionally generate science-fiction scripts... |
Peter Sasdy Peter Sasdy Peter Sasdy is a British film and TV director.As well as numerous TV credits, notably the Nigel Kneale-scripted The Stone Tape , he directed several horror films for Hammer, including Taste the Blood of Dracula , Countess Dracula and Hands of the Ripper... |
1 November 1965 | Yes |
106 | “Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come...?” | Mike Watts | n/a | Paddy Russell Paddy Russell Patricia "Paddy" Russell is a British television director.She directed several television programmes between 1962 and 1981 and her work includes Out of the Unknown , Late Night Horror , Pere Goriot , Little Women , The Moonstone and The Omega Factor .Before becoming a director herself, during the... |
8 November 1965 | Yes |
107 | “Sucker Bait Sucker Bait Sucker Bait is a science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov. It was first serialized in the February and March 1954 issues of Astounding Science Fiction, and reprinted in the 1955 collection The Martian Way and Other Stories... ” |
Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000... |
Meade Roberts | Naomi Capon | 15 November 1965 | Yes |
108 | “The Fox and the Forest” | Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury is an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man , Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th... |
Terry Nation Terry Nation Terry Nation was a Welsh screenwriter and novelist.He is probably best known for creating the villainous Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Robin Midgeley | 22 November 1965 | No |
109 | “Andover and the Android” | Kate Wilhelm Kate Wilhelm Kate Wilhelm is an American writer whose works include science fiction, mystery, and fantasy.- Career :Wilhelm was born in Toledo, Ohio.... |
Bruce Stewart Bruce Stewart Bruce Stewart is a New Zealand-born fiction writer and dramatist of Ngāti Raukawa Te Arawa descent. Stewart's work is marked by expressions of the anger, confused loyalties and spiritual aspiration of late-twentieth-century Māori... |
Alan Cooke | 29 November 1965 | No |
110 | “Some Lapse of Time” | John Brunner John Brunner John Brunner may refer to:* Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet , a.k.a. John Tomlinson Brunner, British industrialist and Liberal Member of Parliament* John L... |
Leon Griffiths Leon Griffiths Leon Griffiths was a British writer for TV and film. Griffiths is best known for being the creator of the ITV comedy-drama Minder. The inspiration for the show came from the stories he heard while frequenting North London drinking clubs.Griffiths was born in Sheffield, but grew up in Glasgow... |
Ray Jenkins | 6 December 1965 | Yes |
111 | “Thirteen to Centaurus” | J. G. Ballard J. G. Ballard James Graham Ballard was an English novelist, short story writer, and prominent member of the New Wave movement in science fiction... |
Stanley Miller | Peter Potter | 13 December 1965 | Yes |
112 | “The Midas Plague” | Frederik Pohl Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl, Jr. is an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career spanning over seventy years — from his first published work, "Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna" , to his most recent novel, All the Lives He Led .He won the National Book Award in 1980 for his novel Jem... |
Troy Kennedy Martin Troy Kennedy Martin Troy Kennedy Martin was a Scottish-born film and television screenwriter best known for creating the long running BBC TV police series Z-Cars, and for the award-winning 1985 anti-nuclear drama Edge of Darkness... |
Peter Sasdy Peter Sasdy Peter Sasdy is a British film and TV director.As well as numerous TV credits, notably the Nigel Kneale-scripted The Stone Tape , he directed several horror films for Hammer, including Taste the Blood of Dracula , Countess Dracula and Hands of the Ripper... |
20 December 1965 | Yes |
Series 2
Series 2 was broadcast on Thursday nights at 9:30pm. It was produced by Irene Shubik and the script editorScript editor
A script editor is a member of the production team of scripted television programmes, usually dramas and comedies. The script editor has many responsibilities including finding new script writers, developing storyline and series ideas with writers, ensuring that scripts are suitable for production...
was Michael Imison.
Episode | Title | Story | Adapted by | Director | Airdate | Exists? |
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201 | “The Machine Stops The Machine Stops "The Machine Stops" is a science fiction short story by E. M. Forster. After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Review , the story was republished in Forster's The Eternal Moment and Other Stories in 1928... ” |
E. M. Forster E. M. Forster Edward Morgan Forster OM, CH was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society... |
Kenneth Cavender & Clive Donner Clive Donner Clive Stanley Donner was a British film director who was a defining part of the British New Wave, directing films such as The Caretaker, Nothing But the Best, Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush and What's New Pussycat?... |
Phillip Saville | 6 October 1966 | Yes |
202 | “Frankenstein Mark II” | Hugh Whitmore | n/a | Peter Duguid | 13 October 1966 | No |
203 | “Lambda 1” | Colin Kapp Colin Kapp Colin Kapp was a British science fiction author.A contemporary of Brian Aldiss and James White, Kapp is best known for his stories about the Unorthodox Engineers.- Cageworld series :... |
Bruce Stewart Bruce Stewart Bruce Stewart is a New Zealand-born fiction writer and dramatist of Ngāti Raukawa Te Arawa descent. Stewart's work is marked by expressions of the anger, confused loyalties and spiritual aspiration of late-twentieth-century Māori... |
George Spenton-Foster | 20 October 1966 | Yes |
204 | “Level Seven Level 7 Level 7 is a 1959 science fiction novel by the American writer Mordecai Roshwald. It is told from the first person perspective of a modern soldier X-127 living in the underground military complex Level 7, where he was expected to reside permanently, fulfilling the role of commanding his nation's... ” |
Mordecai Roshwald Mordecai Roshwald Mordecai Roshwald is an American academic and writer. Born in Poland, he later emigrated to Israel. His most famous work is the novel Level 7, a post-apocalyptic science-fiction novel... |
J. B. Priestley J. B. Priestley John Boynton Priestley, OM , known as J. B. Priestley, was an English novelist, playwright and broadcaster. He published 26 novels, notably The Good Companions , as well as numerous dramas such as An Inspector Calls... |
Rudolph Cartier Rudolph Cartier Rudolph Cartier was an Austrian television director, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer who worked predominantly in British television, exclusively for the BBC... |
27 October 1966 | Yes |
205 | “Second Childhood” | Hugh Leonard Hugh Leonard Hugh Leonard was an Irish dramatist, television writer and essayist. In a career that spanned 50 years, Leonard wrote more than 18 plays, two volumes of essays and two autobiographies, one novel and numerous screenplays and teleplays, as well as writing a regular newspaper column.-Life and... |
n/a | John Gorrie John Gorrie (director) John Gorrie is a director.He started out as an actor before becoming assistant floor manager at the BBC. He attended BBCs director's course in early 1963 and his first jobs as a director were for the soap opera Compact and the anthology series Suspense... |
10 November 1966 | No |
206 | “The World in Silence” | John Rankine John Rankine John Rankine is a British science fiction author, who has written books as John Rankine and Douglas R. Mason... |
Robert Gould | Naomi Capon | 17 November 1966 | No |
207 | “The Eye” | Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror.-Early life:Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915... |
Stanley Miller | Peter Sasdy Peter Sasdy Peter Sasdy is a British film and TV director.As well as numerous TV credits, notably the Nigel Kneale-scripted The Stone Tape , he directed several horror films for Hammer, including Taste the Blood of Dracula , Countess Dracula and Hands of the Ripper... |
24 November 1966 | No |
208 | “Tunnel Under the World” | Frederik Pohl Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl, Jr. is an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career spanning over seventy years — from his first published work, "Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna" , to his most recent novel, All the Lives He Led .He won the National Book Award in 1980 for his novel Jem... |
David Campton David Campton David Campton was a prolific British dramatist who wrote plays for the stage, radio, and cinema for thirty-five years... |
Alan Cooke | 1 December 1966 | Yes |
209 | “The Fastest Draw” | Larry Eisenberg Larry Eisenberg Lawrence Eisenberg is a science fiction writer. He is best known for his short story "What Happened to Auguste Clarot?," published in Harlan Ellison's groundbreaking anthology Dangerous Visions... |
Hugh Whitmore | Herbert Wise Herbert Wise Herbert Wise is an Austrian-born film and television producer and director.He was born as Herbert Weisz in Vienna, Austria and began his career as a director at Shrewsbury Repertory Company in 1950. He was at Hull Rep and then as Director of Productions at Dundee Rep 1952-55... |
8 December 1966 | No |
210 | “Too Many Cooks” | Larry Eisenberg Larry Eisenberg Lawrence Eisenberg is a science fiction writer. He is best known for his short story "What Happened to Auguste Clarot?," published in Harlan Ellison's groundbreaking anthology Dangerous Visions... |
Hugh Whitmore | John Gibson | 15 December 1965 | No |
211 | “Walk's End” | William Trevor William Trevor William Trevor, KBE is an Irish author and playwright. He is considered one of the elder statesman of the Irish literary world and widely regarded as the greatest contemporary writer of short stories in the English language.... |
n/a | Ian Curteis Ian Curteis Ian Bayley Curteis is a British television dramatist and former television director.In a career as a television dramatist from the late 1960s onwards, Curteis wrote for many of the series of the day, including The Onedin Line and Crown Court. In 1979, two television plays by Curteis were... |
22 December 1966 | No |
212 | “Satisfaction Guaranteed” | Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000... |
Hugh Leonard Hugh Leonard Hugh Leonard was an Irish dramatist, television writer and essayist. In a career that spanned 50 years, Leonard wrote more than 18 plays, two volumes of essays and two autobiographies, one novel and numerous screenplays and teleplays, as well as writing a regular newspaper column.-Life and... |
John Gorrie John Gorrie (director) John Gorrie is a director.He started out as an actor before becoming assistant floor manager at the BBC. He attended BBCs director's course in early 1963 and his first jobs as a director were for the soap opera Compact and the anthology series Suspense... |
29 December 1966 | No |
213 | “The Prophet Reason (Asimov) Reason is an science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that was first published in the April 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and collected in I, Robot , The Complete Robot , and Robot Visions... ” |
Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000... |
Robert Muller | Naomi Capon | 1 January 1967 | No |
Series 3
Series 3 was broadcast on Wednesday nights at 9:00pm. It was produced by Alan Bromly and the script editor was Roger Parkes. However, all the scripts used in this series were commissioned by Irene Shubik. This was the first series to be made in colour.Episode | Title | Story | Adapted by | Director | Airdate | Exists? |
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301 | “Immortality, Inc. Immortality, Inc. Immortality, Inc. is a 1959 science fiction novella by American writer Robert Sheckley, about a fictional process whereby a human's consciousness may be transferred into a brain-dead body. A striking foreshadowing in the novel is its description of random killings of strangers by people who intend... ” |
Robert Sheckley Robert Sheckley Robert Sheckley was a Hugo- and Nebula-nominated American author. First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist and broadly comical.Sheckley was named Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and... |
Jack Pulman Jack Pulman Jack Pulman was an award-winning British television screenwriter, most famous for the critically acclaimed 1976 BBC television series, I, Claudius, based on the novel of the same name by Robert Graves.... |
Terence Dudley Terence Dudley Terence Dudley was a television director and producer who directed many programs for the BBC over a number of years.... |
7 January 1969 | No |
302 | “Liar! Liar! "Liar!" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the May 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and was reprinted in the collections I, Robot and The Complete Robot . It was Asimov's third published positronic robot story... ” |
Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000... |
David Campton David Campton David Campton was a prolific British dramatist who wrote plays for the stage, radio, and cinema for thirty-five years... |
Gerald Blake Gerald Blake Gerald Blake was a television director during the 1960s to the 1980s.His numerous credits include The Gentle Touch, The Omega Factor , Blake's 7, Survivors, The Onedin Line, Out of the Unknown, Doctor Who , Dr... |
14 January 1969 | No |
303 | “The Last Lonely Man” | John Brunner John Brunner (novelist) John Kilian Houston Brunner was a prolific British author of science fiction novels and stories. His 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar, about an overpopulated world, won the 1968 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel. It also won the BSFA award the same year... |
Jeremy Paul Jeremy Paul Jeremy Paul is a New Zealand-born Australia rugby union player. He played hooker and prop for the wallabies and the ACT Brumbies.At the end of 2005, Paul was awarded the John Eales Medal, receiving 194 votes from his teammates... |
Douglas Camfield Douglas Camfield Douglas Gaston Sydney Camfield was an accomplished director for television from the 1960s to the 1980s. His programme credits include Z-Cars, Paul Temple, Van der Valk, The Sweeney, Shoestring, The Professionals, Out of the Unknown, The Nightmare Man, the BBC dramatisation of Beau Geste and... |
21 January 1969 | Yes |
304 | “Beach Head” | Clifford D. Simak Clifford D. Simak Clifford Donald Simak was an American science fiction writer. He was honored by fans with three Hugo awards and by colleagues with one Nebula award and was named the third Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1977.-Biography:Clifford Donald Simak was born in... |
Robert Muller | James Cellan Jones | 28 January 1969 | No |
305 | “Something in the Cellar” | Donald Bull | n/a | Roger Jenkins | 4 February 1969 | No |
306 | “Random Quest Random Quest Random Quest is a science fiction short story, which is also a love story, by John Wyndham. It was included in his 1961 collection Consider Her Ways and Others... ” |
John Wyndham John Wyndham John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris was an English science fiction writer who usually used the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes... |
Owen Holder | Christopher Barry Christopher Barry Christopher Barry is a British television director who was well known for his work on the science fiction series Doctor Who... |
11 February 1969 | No |
307 | “The Naked Sun The Naked Sun The Naked Sun is an English language science fiction novel, the second in Isaac Asimov's Robot series.-Plot introduction:Like its famous predecessor, The Caves of Steel, it is a whodunit story, in addition to being science fiction... ” |
Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000... |
Robert Muller | Rudolph Cartier Rudolph Cartier Rudolph Cartier was an Austrian television director, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer who worked predominantly in British television, exclusively for the BBC... |
18 February 1969 | No |
308 | “The Little Black Bag The Little Black Bag "The Little Black Bag" is a short story by science fiction author Cyril M. Kornbluth, first published in the July, 1950 edition of Astounding Science Fiction. It is a prequel of sorts to the story "The Marching Morons"... ” |
C. M. Kornbluth | Julian Bond | Eric Hills | 25 February 1969 | Partially |
309 | “1+1=1.5” | Brian Hayles Brian Hayles Brian Hayles was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. His body of work as a writer for television and film, most notably for the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, lasted from 1962 to 1978.... |
n/a | Michael Ferguson Michael Ferguson Michael Darrel Joseph Ferguson is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from 2004 to 2007, representing the electorate of Bass... |
4 March 1969 | No |
310 | “The Fosters” | Michael Ashe | n/a | Philip Dudley | 11 March 1969 | No |
311 | “Target Generation” | Clifford D. Simak Clifford D. Simak Clifford Donald Simak was an American science fiction writer. He was honored by fans with three Hugo awards and by colleagues with one Nebula award and was named the third Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1977.-Biography:Clifford Donald Simak was born in... |
Clive Exton Clive Exton Clive Exton was a British television and film screenwriter, sometime playwright, and former actor. He is best known for his scripts of Agatha Christie’s Poirot, P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster, and Rosemary & Thyme.-Early career:He was born Clive Jack Montague Brooks in Islington, London,... |
Roger Jenkins | 18 March 1969 | No |
312 | “The Yellow Pill” | Rog Phillips Rog Phillips Roger Phillips Graham was an American science fiction writer who most often wrote under the name Rog Phillips, but also used other names. Although of his other pseudonyms only Craig Browning is notable in the genre. He is most associated with Amazing Stories and is best known for short fiction... |
Leon Griffiths Leon Griffiths Leon Griffiths was a British writer for TV and film. Griffiths is best known for being the creator of the ITV comedy-drama Minder. The inspiration for the show came from the stories he heard while frequenting North London drinking clubs.Griffiths was born in Sheffield, but grew up in Glasgow... |
Michael Ferguson Michael Ferguson Michael Darrel Joseph Ferguson is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from 2004 to 2007, representing the electorate of Bass... |
25 March 1969 | No |
313 | “Get Off My Cloud” | Peter Phillips Peter Phillips Peter Phillips is the son of Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom.Peter Phillips or Philips may also refer to:* Peter Philips Peter Phillips (born 1977) is the son of Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom.Peter Phillips or Philips may also refer to:* Peter Philips Peter Phillips (born... |
David Climie | Peter Cregeen Peter Cregeen Peter Cregeen is a British television director, producer and executive. He is possibly best known for being the original director of ITV's successful police drama, The Bill, and his substantial contribution to the serial thereafter... |
1 April 1969 | No |
Series 4
Series 4 was broadcast on Wednesday nights at 9:20pm. It was produced by Alan Bromly and the script editor was Roger Parkes. Unlike previous series, only one episode was an adaptation.Episode | Title | Story | Adapted by | Director | Airdate | Exists? |
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401 | “Taste of Evil” | John Wiles John Wiles John Wiles was a television writer and producer, now best known for being the second producer of the popular science fiction serial Doctor Who, succeeding Verity Lambert... |
n/a | Michael Ferguson Michael Ferguson (director) Michael Ferguson is a British script writer, television director and television producer. Ferguson has been described as a “long term champion of realistic popular drama”. Ferguson was executive producer of the BBC soap opera, EastEnders between 1989 and 1991... |
21 April 1971 | No |
402 | “To Lay A Ghost” | Michael J. Bird Michael J. Bird Michael J. Bird was an English writer.In addition to several novels, he was perhaps best known for the television dramas he wrote for the BBC... |
n/a | Ken Hannam | 28 April 1971 | Yes |
403 | “This Body Is Mine” | John Tully | n/a | Eric Hills | 5 May 1971 | Yes |
404 | “Deathday” | Angus Hall | Brian Hayles Brian Hayles Brian Hayles was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. His body of work as a writer for television and film, most notably for the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, lasted from 1962 to 1978.... |
Raymond Menmuir | 12 May 1971 | Yes |
405 | “The Sons and Daughters of Tomorrow” | Edward Boyd | n/a | Gerald Blake Gerald Blake Gerald Blake was a television director during the 1960s to the 1980s.His numerous credits include The Gentle Touch, The Omega Factor , Blake's 7, Survivors, The Onedin Line, Out of the Unknown, Doctor Who , Dr... |
19 May 1971 | No |
406 | “Welcome Home” | Moris Farhi Moris Farhi Moris Farhi MBE is an author who has been vice-president of International PEN since 2001.-Background:Farhi was born in Ankara, Turkey, in 1935. Farhi received B.A. in Humanities from Robert Academy, Istanbul, in 1954. He came to the UK the same year and trained at The Royal Academy of Dramatic... |
n/a | Eric Hills | 26 May 1971 | Yes |
407 | “The Last Witness” | Martin Worth | n/a | Michael Ferguson Michael Ferguson Michael Darrel Joseph Ferguson is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from 2004 to 2007, representing the electorate of Bass... |
2 June 1971 | No |
408 | “The Man in My Head” | John Wiles John Wiles John Wiles was a television writer and producer, now best known for being the second producer of the popular science fiction serial Doctor Who, succeeding Verity Lambert... |
n/a | Peter Cregeen Peter Cregeen Peter Cregeen is a British television director, producer and executive. He is possibly best known for being the original director of ITV's successful police drama, The Bill, and his substantial contribution to the serial thereafter... |
9 June 1971 | Yes |
409 | “The Chopper” | Nigel Kneale Nigel Kneale Nigel Kneale was a British screenwriter from the Isle of Man. Active in television, film, radio drama and prose fiction, he wrote professionally for over fifty years, was a winner of the Somerset Maugham Award and was twice nominated for the British Film Award for Best Screenplay... |
n/a | Peter Cregeen Peter Cregeen Peter Cregeen is a British television director, producer and executive. He is possibly best known for being the original director of ITV's successful police drama, The Bill, and his substantial contribution to the serial thereafter... |
16 June 1971 | No |
410 | “The Uninvited” | Michael J. Bird Michael J. Bird Michael J. Bird was an English writer.In addition to several novels, he was perhaps best known for the television dramas he wrote for the BBC... |
n/a | Eric Hills | 23 June 1971 | Yes |
411 | “The Shattered Eye” | David T. Chantler | n/a | Peter Hammond | 30 June 1971 | No |