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Journey to the Unknown (1968-69)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Alan Keeling, Rina Fox
references:
TV Times / TV Guide / bfi / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
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JOURNEY TO THE UNKNOWN
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Hammer Film Productions, Ltd.
in association with
Twentieth Century Fox television
for
The American ABC Network (Thursdays 8:30 pm Eastern)
Executive Producer Joan Harrison
Produced by Anthony Hinds
UK Anthology thriller series 1968-69 17 episodes x 60 min color
US airdates on ABC 26Sep68-30Jan69
UK airdates vary on ITV regional stations
Story Editor John Gould
Premise:
The 'Unknown' referred to in the title was the Human Mind.
Episodes dealt with normal people in everyday situations that
found themselves having to experience something a bit out of
the normal.
Do you remember the creepy introduction, its haunting music and the night
images of the deserted fairground?
'Journey to the Unknown' theme music by Harry Robinson
Each episode featured one American guest star in the lead role.
The episodes were aired on ABC in the US prior to ITV in the UK.
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ABC [us] Thursdays 9:30 pm Eastern
1.01 [--] Journey to the Unknown: EVE
TCF-Hammer prod. no. 3901
26Sep68 [us] ABC, Thursday
23Jun69 [uk] ITV ATV Midlands, Monday
written by Paul Wheeler and Michael Ashe
based on the short story 'Special delivery' by John Collier
Directed by Robert Stevens
Guest Cast:
Carol Lynley ......... Eve
Dennis Waterman ...... Albert
Michael Gough ........ Royal
Hermione Baddeley .... Mrs. Kass
Errol John ........... George
Synopsis:
A department store worker falls in love with a mannequin and
finds his life falling apart when he learns she is to be destroyed.
[02] Journey to the Unknown: JANE BROWN'S BODY
TCF-Hammer prod. no. 3903
3Oct68 [us] ABC, Thursday
5May69 [uk] ATV Midlands, Monday
written by Anthony Skene
based on a story by Cornell Woolrich
directed by Alan Gibson
guest stars
Stefanie Powers
Alan MacNaughton
Sarah Lawson
David Buck
A woman who commits suicide is brought back to life
soon after she dies and finds herself with no memory of her past.
[03] Journey to the Unknown: THE INDIAN SPIRIT GUIDE
TCF-Hammer prod. no. 3904
10Oct68 [us] ABC, Thursday
30Jun69 [uk] ATV Midlands, Monday
written by Robert Bloch
directed by Roy Ward Baker
guest stars
Julie Harris
Tom Adams
Tracy Reed
Catherine Lacy
Marne Maitland
A wealthy widow hires a private investigator to protect
her from the phony spiritualists she encounters as she seeks
out a real one to contact her late husband.
[04] Journey to the Unknown: MISS BELLE
TCF-Hammer prod. no. 3905
24Oct68 [us] ABC, Thursday
8May70 [uk] ATV Midlands, Friday
written by Sarett Rudley
based upon a story by Charles Beaumont
directed by Robert Stevens
guest stars
George Maharis
Barbara Jefford
Kim Burfield
A woman has been raising her late sister's child to become
a proper young lady despite the fact her child is a boy.
[05] Journey to the Unknown: PAPER DOLLS
TCF-Hammer prod. no. 3907
7Nov68 [us] ABC, Thursday
3Mar70 [uk] ATV Midlands, Saturday
written by Oscar Millard
based upon a story by L. P. Davies
directed by James Hill
guest stars
Michael Tolan
Nanette Newman
Barnaby Shaw
Roderick Shaw
John Welsh
A group of quadruplets have the ability to experience
anything that any of the others does.
[06] Journey to the Unknown: THE NEW PEOPLE
TCF-Hammer prod. no. 3902
14Nov68 [us] ABC, Thursday
14Apr69 [uk] ATV Midlands, Monday
written by Oscar Millard and John Gould
based upon a story by Charles Beaumont
directed by Peter Sasdy
guest stars
Robert Reed
Jennifer Hilary
Patrick Allen
Milo O'Shea
Adrienne Corri
Melissa Stribling
A couple learns that everone in their new neighborhood belongs
to a cult which has chosen them as sacrifices.
[07] Journey to the Unknown: ONE ON A DESERT ISLAND
TCF-Hammer prod. no. 3917
21Nov68 [us] ABC, Thursday
30Jul69 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wednesday
written by Oscar Millard
based upon a story by Donald E. Westlake
directed by Noel Howard
guest stars
Brandon de Wilde
Suzanna Leigh
Robert Sessions
A beautiful woman suddenly appears to keep a man stranded on a desert island.
[08] Journey to the Unknown: MATAKITIAS IS COMING
TCF-Hammer prod. no. 3909
28Nov68 [us] ABC, Thursday
28Apr69 [uk] ATV Midlands, Monday
written by Robert Heverly
directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
guest stars
Vera Miles
Leon Lissek
Gay Hamilton
Lyn Pinkney (IMDB only have Leon Pinkney)
A woman doing research on a dead murderer finds herself
alone and trapped in the library where 41 years earlier
he killed the librarian.
[09] Journey to the Unknown: GIRL OF MY DREAMS
TCF-Hammer prod. no. 3908
5Dec68 [us] ABC, Thursday
9Jun69 [uk] ATV Midlands, Monday
written by Robert Bloch and Michael J. Bird
based upon a story by Richard Matheson
directed by Peter Sasdy
guest stars
Michael Callan
Zena Walker
Carrie Clark
The husband of a woman whose dreams accurately predict
people's deaths sees a way to save lives and make money doing it.
[10] Journey to the Unknown: SOMEWHERE IN A CROWD
TCF-Hammer prod. no. 3910
12Dec68 [us] ABC, Thursday
21Apr69 [uk] ATV Midlands, Monday
written by Michael J. Bird
directed by Alan Gibson
guest stars
David Hedison
Ann Bell
Jane Asher
A newsman seeks a psychiatrist's help when he becomes convinced that the
same group of people are onlookers at a series of major disasters he is covering.
[11] Journey to the Unknown: DO ME A FAVOUR AND KILL ME
TCF-Hammer prod. no. 3906
19Dec68 [us] ABC, Thursday
12May69 [uk] ATV Midlands, Monday
written by Stanley Miller
based on a story by Frederick Rawlings
directed by Gerry O'Hara
guest stars
Joseph Cotten
Douglas Wilmer
Kenneth Haigh
Joyce Blair
Judy Parfitt
An actor who tries to escape from his failed career and marriage
by drinking enters into a death pact that he later learns cannot be broken.
[12] Journey to the Unknown: THE BECKONING FAIR ONE
TCF-Hammer prod. no. 3912
26Dec68 [us] ABC, Thursday
23Jul69 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wednesday
written by William Woods & John Gould
based upon a story by Oliver Onions
directed by Don Chaffey
guest stars
Robert Lansing
John Fraser
Gabrielle Drake
An artist believes that a woman involved in a bizarre love
triangle and thought dead for 25 years is still alive.
[13] Journey to the Unknown: THE LAST VISITOR
TCF-Hammer prod. no. 3914
2Jan69 [us] ABC, Thursday
16Jun69 [uk] ATV Midlands, Monday
written by Alfred Shaughnessy
directed by Don Chaffey
guest stars
Patty Duke
Kay Walsh
Joan Newell
Geoffrey Bayldon
A woman on holiday at a seaside resort is stalked by a strange
figure which the proprietress of the resort informs her is her estranged husband.
[14] Journey to the Unknown: POOR BUTTERFLY
TCF-Hammer prod. no. 3911
9Jan69 [us] ABC, Thursday
19May69 [uk] ATV Midlands, Monday
written by Jeremy Paul
based on a story by William Abney
directed by Alan Gibson
guest stars
Chad Everett
Susan Brodrick
Bernard Lee
A man receives an invitation to a costume party and has no
idea why he got the invitation. When he arrives at the party
everyone is dressed like it's the 1920's and they act like it is too.
[15] Journey to the Unknown: STRANGER IN THE FAMILY
TCF-Hammer prod. no. 3913
16Jan69 [us] ABC, Thursday
16Jul69 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wednesday
written by David Campton
directed by Peter Duffel
guest stars
Janice Rule
Anthony Corlan
Maurice Kaufmann
Jane Hylton
Phil Brown
A teenage boy whose family fled to London due to the boy's
mind control ability develops a crush on an actress whose
agent sees a way to make a profit on the boy's ability.
[16] Journey to the Unknown: THE MADISON EQUATION
TCF-Hammer prod. no. 3916
23Jan69 [us] ABC, Thursday