Welcome to the Mystery and Imagination guide at TV Tome. "Mystery and Imagination" was an anthology series featuring 60-min spooky stories from Victorian authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, M. R. James, Algernon Blackwood, Sheridan Le Fanu, and others; this series was produced by ABC Weekend Television until July 1968. In November 1968, the series was renamed "Tales of Mystery and Imagination," was produced by Thames Television, and featured 75-min teleplays of "Dracula," "Frankenstein," and other famous horror novels. A Victorian adventurer named Richard Beckett (pictured; played by David Buck) hosted the series and also sometimes participated in the stories.
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Specials | 0 | ||
| Season 1 | January 1966 | March 1966 | 7 |
| Season 2 | October 1966 | November 1966 | 5 |
| Season 3 | March 1968 | June 1968 | 6 |
| Season 4 | November 1968 | November 1968 | 3 |
| Season 5 | February 1970 | February 1970 | 3 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unassigned Episodes | 24 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 0 | ||
| Unassigned Episodes | 24 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| M.R. James | 4 | 02/26/1966 - 03/25/1968 | |
| Bill Bain | 4 | 01/29/1966 - 03/30/1968 | |
| Robert Tronson | 3 | 03/05/1966 - 04/20/1968 | |
| Sheridan Le Fanu | 3 | 11/05/1966 - 11/04/1968 | |
| Kim Mills | 3 | 02/12/1966 - 03/12/1966 | |
| Patrick Dromgoole | 2 | 10/22/1966 - 11/18/1968 | |
| Toby Robertson | 2 | 02/05/1966 - 06/29/1968 | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson | 2 | 02/05/1966 - 02/09/1970 | |
| Alan Cooke | 2 | 03/25/1968 - 11/04/1968 | |
| Edgar Allan Poe | 2 | 02/12/1966 - 04/20/1968 | |
| George Dibdin-Pitt | 1 | 02/16/1970 | |
| Lawrence Bourne | 1 | 10/29/1966 | |
| L. P. Hartley | 1 | 06/29/1968 | |
| Cyril Coke | 1 | 04/13/1968 | |
| Algernon Blackwood | 1 | 03/30/1968 | |
| Guy Verney | 1 | 02/23/1970 | |
| Vernon Lee | 1 | 11/19/1966 | |
| Osbert Sitwell | 1 | 04/06/1968 | |
| Joan Kemp-Welch | 1 | 02/19/1966 | |
| Jonathan Alwyn | 1 | 04/06/1968 | |
| Sir Walter Scott | 1 | 04/13/1968 | |
| Mike Vardy | 1 | 02/09/1970 | |
| Mrs. Oliphant | 1 | 02/19/1966 | |
| Reginald Collin | 1 | 02/16/1970 | |
| Voytek | 1 | 11/11/1968 | |
| Mrs. J.H. Riddell | 1 | 10/29/1966 | |
| Oscar Wilde | 1 | 03/12/1966 | |
| J. Meade Falkner | 1 | 01/29/1966 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Muller | 3 | 02/05/1966 - 02/09/1970 | |
| Stanley Miller | 2 | 11/12/1966 - 11/04/1968 | |
| Charles E. Graham | 2 | 06/29/1968 - 11/18/1968 | |
| Giles Cooper | 2 | 03/05/1966 - 03/12/1966 | |
| Evelyn Frazer | 2 | 10/22/1966 - 03/25/1968 | |
| George F. Kerr | 2 | 02/19/1966 - 11/19/1966 | |
| John Bowen | 1 | 11/05/1966 | |
| Allan Prior | 1 | 10/29/1966 | |
| Dennis Webb | 1 | 02/26/1966 | |
| William Trevor | 1 | 03/30/1968 | |
| Peter Van Greenaway | 1 | 04/20/1968 | |
| Hugo Charteris | 1 | 04/13/1968 | |
| Vincent Tilsley | 1 | 02/16/1970 | |
| John Russell Taylor | 1 | 02/23/1970 | |
| Owen Holder | 1 | 01/29/1966 | |
| David Campton | 1 | 02/12/1966 | |
| Michael Voysey | 1 | 04/06/1968 |
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