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 a dramatisation of a science fiction short story. Some were written directly for the series, but most were adaptations of already published stories. The first three years were exclusively science fiction, but that genre was abandoned in the final year in favour of horror/fantasy stories. A number of episodes were wiped during the early 1970s, as was standard procedure at the time. A large number of episodes are still missing but some do turn up from time to time; for instance, Level Seven from series two, originally broadcast on 27 October 1966 was returned to the BBC from the archives of a European broadcaster in January 2006.
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Specials | May 1971 | November 2014 | 18 |
| Season 1 | October 1965 | December 1965 | 12 |
| Season 2 | October 1966 | January 1967 | 13 |
| Season 3 | January 1969 | April 1969 | 13 |
| Season 4 | April 1971 | June 1971 | 11 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unassigned Episodes | 67 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 0 | ||
| Unassigned Episodes | 67 |
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| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Asimov | 6 | 10/25/1965 - 02/18/1969 | |
| Michael Ferguson | 4 | 03/04/1969 - 06/02/1971 | |
| Naomi Capon | 3 | 11/15/1965 - 01/01/1967 | |
| Eric Hills | 3 | 02/25/1969 - 05/26/1971 | |
| Peter Sasdy | 3 | 11/01/1965 - 11/24/1966 | |
| John Gorrie | 3 | 10/25/1965 - 12/29/1966 | |
| Roger Jenkins | 3 | 12/06/1965 - 03/18/1969 | |
| Peter Cregeen | 3 | 04/01/1969 - 06/16/1971 | |
| John Gibson | 2 | 12/08/1966 - 12/15/1966 | |
| Alan Cooke | 2 | 11/29/1965 - 12/01/1966 | |
| Larry Eisenberg | 2 | 12/08/1966 - 12/15/1966 | |
| Philip Dudley | 2 | 01/07/1969 - 03/11/1969 | |
| Frederick Pohl | 2 | 12/20/1965 - 12/01/1966 | |
| George Spenton-Foster | 2 | 10/11/1965 - 10/20/1966 | |
| Rudolph Cartier | 2 | 10/27/1966 - 02/18/1969 | |
| Clifford D. Simak | 2 | 01/28/1969 - 03/18/1969 | |
| John Wyndham | 2 | 10/04/1965 - 02/11/1969 | |
| James Cellan Jones | 2 | 01/28/1969 | |
| Gerald Blake | 2 | 01/14/1969 - 05/19/1971 | |
| John Brunner | 2 | 12/06/1965 - 01/21/1969 | |
| Peter Potter | 2 | 10/04/1965 - 12/13/1965 | |
| Ian Curtis | 1 | 12/22/1966 | |
| Alan Nourse | 1 | 10/11/1965 | |
| Frederik Pohl | 1 | 12/01/1966 | |
| Alan Bridges | 1 | 10/18/1965 | |
| Christopher Barry | 1 | 02/11/1969 | |
| Robert Sheckley | 1 | 01/07/1969 | |
| Douglas Camfield | 1 | 01/21/1969 | |
| Eric Mills | 1 | 06/23/1971 | |
| Raymond Menmuir | 1 | 05/12/1971 | |
| Peter Phillips | 1 | 04/01/1969 | |
| John Rankine | 1 | 11/17/1966 | |
| Robin Midgley | 1 | 11/22/1965 | |
| Ken Hannam | 1 | 04/28/1971 | |
| Kate Wilhelm | 1 | 11/29/1965 | |
| Ray Bradbury | 1 | 11/22/1965 | |
| Henry Kuttner | 1 | 11/24/1966 | |
| Peter Hammond | 1 | 06/30/1971 | |
| Mordecai Roshwald | 1 | 10/27/1966 | |
| E.M. Forster | 1 | 10/06/1966 | |
| C.M. Kornbluth | 1 | 02/25/1969 | |
| William Tenn | 1 | 11/01/1965 | |
| Angus Hall | 1 | 05/12/1971 | |
| Rog Phillips | 1 | 03/25/1969 | |
| Colin Kapp | 1 | 10/20/1966 | |
| Paddy Russell | 1 | 11/08/1965 | |
| Philip Saville | 1 | 10/06/1966 | |
| Peter Duguid | 1 | 10/13/1966 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Miller | 3 | 10/04/1965 - 11/24/1966 | |
| Robert Muller | 3 | 01/01/1967 - 02/18/1969 | |
| David Campton | 3 | 10/18/1965 - 01/14/1969 | |
| Julian Bond | 2 | 12/08/1966 - 02/25/1969 | |
| Michael J. Bird | 2 | 04/28/1971 - 06/23/1971 | |
| Hugh Leonard | 2 | 11/10/1966 - 12/29/1966 | |
| Leon Griffiths | 2 | 12/06/1965 - 03/25/1969 | |
| Bruce Stewart | 2 | 11/29/1965 - 10/20/1966 | |
| John Wiles | 2 | 04/21/1971 - 06/09/1971 | |
| Jeremy Paul | 2 | 10/25/1965 - 01/21/1969 | |
| Hugh Whitemore | 2 | 10/13/1966 - 12/15/1966 | |
| Meade Roberts | 2 | 11/15/1965 - 11/22/1965 | |
| Brian Hayles | 2 | 03/04/1969 - 05/12/1971 | |
| Owen Holder | 1 | 02/11/1969 | |
| Kenneth Cavander | 1 | 10/06/1966 | |
| J.B. Priestley | 1 | 10/27/1966 | |
| Mike Watts | 1 | 11/08/1965 | |
| Clive Donner | 1 | 10/06/1966 | |
| David T. Chantler | 1 | 06/30/1971 | |
| William Trevor | 1 | 12/22/1966 | |
| David Climie | 1 | 04/01/1969 | |
| Jack Pulman | 1 | 01/07/1969 | |
| Terry Nation | 1 | 11/22/1965 | |
| Nigel Kneale | 1 | 06/16/1971 | |
| Moris Rahi | 1 | 05/26/1971 | |
| Paul Erickson | 1 | 11/01/1965 | |
| John Tully | 1 | 05/05/1971 | |
| Irene Shubik | 1 | 12/20/1965 | |
| Philip Broadley | 1 | 10/11/1965 | |
| Michael Ashe | 1 | 03/11/1969 | |
| Martin Worth | 1 | 06/02/1971 | |
| Clive Exton | 1 | 03/18/1969 | |
| Edward Boyd | 1 | 05/19/1971 | |
| Robert Gould | 1 | 11/17/1966 | |
| Donald Bull | 1 | 02/04/1969 | |
| Troy Kennedy Martin | 1 | 12/20/1965 | |
| J.G. Ballard | 1 | 12/13/1965 |
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