Out of the Unknown was a British sci-fi anthology series that aired from 1965-1971 that was produced by BBC and aired on BBC2 in four series. The stories were dramatizations of sci-fi short stories, and while most were of already published stories, some were written for the show
Like many other BBC shows of the time, during the early 1970s, a number of episodes were wiped so the tapes could be re-used. A total of 49 episodes were produced and aired on BBC2, however, only 20 of these episodes still exist in their entirety, mostly from series 1. There are a few episodes that have small video clips existing, complete audio recordings of episodes, and small audio clips without video of some lost episodes. Off-screen photographs, known as tele-snaps, were taken of many first and second series stories including some of the missing episodes.[1]
Availability
All of the surviving episodes were released on DVD in November of 2014 by the BFI.[2][3]
Episode List
Series 1
Episode
Title
Airdate
Status
101
“No Place Like Earth”
4 October 1965
Found
102
“The Counterfeit Man”
11 October 1965
Found
103
“Stranger in the Family”
18 October 1965
Found
104
“The Dead Past”
25 October 1965
Found
105
“Time in Advance”
1 November 1965
Found
106
“Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come...?”
8 November 1965
Found
107
“Sucker Bait”
15 November 1965
Found
108
“The Fox and the Forest”
22 November 1965
Lost
109
“Andover and the Android”
29 November 1965
Lost
110
“Some Lapse of Time”
6 December 1965
Found
111
“Thirteen to Centaurus”
13 December 1965
Found
112
“The Midas Plague”
20 December 1965
Found
Series 2
Episode
Title
Airdate
Status
201
“The Machine Stops”
6 October 1966
Found
202
“Frankenstein Mark 2”
13 October 1966
Lost
203
“Lambda 1”
20 October 1966
Found
204
“Level Seven”
27 October 1966
Found
205
“Second Childhood”
10 November 1966
Lost
206
“The World in Silence”
17 November 1966
Lost
207
“The Eye”
24 November 1966
Lost
208
“Tunnel Under the World”
1 December 1966
Found
209
“The Fastest Draw”
8 December 1966
Lost
210
“Too Many Cooks”
15 December 1966
Lost
211
“Walk's End”
22 December 1966
Lost
212
“Satisfaction Guaranteed”
29 December 1966
Lost
213
“The Prophet”
1 January 1967
Lost
Series 3
Episode
Title
Airdate
Status
301
“Immortality, Inc.”
7 January 1969
Lost
302
“Liar!”
14 January 1969
Lost
303
“The Last Lonely Man”
21 January 1969
Found
304
“Beach Head”
28 January 1969
Lost (reconstruction exists)
305
“Something in the Cellar”
4 February 1969
Lost
306
“Random Quest”
11 February 1969
Lost
307
“The Naked Sun”
18 February 1969
Lost (reconstruction exists)
308
“The Little Black Bag”
25 February 1969
Partially Found
309
“1+1=1.5”
4 March 1969
Lost
310
“The Fosters”
11 March 1969
Lost
311
“Target Generation”
18 March 1969
Lost
312
“The Yellow Pill”
25 March 1969
Lost (reconstruction exists)
313
“Get Off My Cloud”
1 April 1969
Lost
Series 4
Episode
Title
Airdate
Status
401
“Taste of Evil”
21 April 1971
Lost
402
“To Lay a Ghost”
28 April 1971
Found
403
“This Body Is Mine”
5 May 1971
Found
404
“Deathday”
12 May 1971
Found
405
“The Sons and Daughters of Tomorrow”
19 May 1971
Lost
406
“Welcome Home”
26 May 1971
Found
407
“The Last Witness”
2 June 1971
Lost
408
“The Man in My Head”
9 June 1971
Found
409
“The Chopper”
16 June 1971
Lost
410
“The Uninvited”
23 June 1971
Lost (reconstruction exists)
411
“The Shattered Eye”
30 June 1971
Lost
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See Also (Other programs that may/not may wiped by BBC)