Journey to the Unknown

Journey to the Unknown

1968
Journey to the Unknown
Journey to the Unknown

Journey to the Unknown

7.7 | en | Drama

A British television anthology series. The series has a fantasy, science fiction and supernatural theme, very similar to the American television series The Twilight Zone, and deals with normal people whose everyday situations somehow become extraordinary. It featured both British and American actors.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP17  The Killing Bottle
Jan. 30,1969
The Killing Bottle

An aspiring composer is unaware that his unscrupulous manager plans to take control of his estate.

EP16  The Madison Equation
Jan. 23,1969
The Madison Equation

A super computer is programmed to commit murder.

EP15  Stranger in the Family
Jan. 16,1969
Stranger in the Family

A young man possesses psychic powers that enable him to force people to do his bidding.

EP14  Poor Butterfly
Jan. 09,1969
Poor Butterfly

A strange costume ball is the setting where a young woman dressed as a butterfly desperately wants to leave before something ominous happens.

EP13  The Last Visitor
Jan. 02,1969
The Last Visitor

A young woman tries to recover from a nervous breakdown at a seaside resort where someone appears to be stalking her.

EP12  The Beckoning Fair One
Dec. 26,1968
The Beckoning Fair One

A young artist fall under the spell of a coquette - who has been dead for 25 years.

EP11  Do Me a Favour and Kill Me
Dec. 19,1968
Do Me a Favour and Kill Me

A has been actor wants his agent to kill him so that his wife will benefit from the insurance money, but soon has a change of heart.

EP10  Somewhere in a Crowd
Dec. 12,1968
Somewhere in a Crowd

A truly scary story involving a reporter who starts to see the same people at certain times. Everytime he sees them they are a prelude to disaster.

EP9  Girl of My Dreams
Dec. 05,1968
Girl of My Dreams

A greedy opportunist schemes to make a fortune by marrying a kind hearted clairvoyant.

EP8  Matakitas Is Coming
Nov. 28,1968
Matakitas Is Coming

Librarians are stalked by a psychotic strangler who continues his murder spree from beyond the grave.

EP7  One on a Desert Island
Nov. 21,1968
One on a Desert Island

The lone survivor of a shipwreck is soon joined by a young woman who emerges from the sea.

EP6  The New People
Oct. 03,1968
The New People

Hank and Ann move into the country and are taken aback by how friendly the local people are. They soon become part of the community but Hank begins to distrust Luther who seems to lead the local social scene.

EP5  Paper Dolls
Nov. 07,1968
Paper Dolls

A school teacher named Craig Miller finds that one of his students has psychic powers, through a link with his brothers. The four can exchange characteristic talents in music and art, and can induce fear-related illusions in others.

EP4  Miss Belle
Oct. 24,1968
Miss Belle

A drifter goes to work in a strange household where an unhinged aunt refuses to acknowledge that her orphaned nephew (living in her care), is a boy - rather than a girl.

EP3  The Indian Spirit Guide
Oct. 10,1968
The Indian Spirit Guide

A widow desperate to contact her late husband falls prey to a con artist out to expose phony spiritualists.

EP2  Jane Brown's Body
Oct. 03,1968
Jane Brown's Body

A doctor's newly discovered serum restores the life of a female suicide who cannot recall how she was driven to such despair.

EP1  Eve
Sep. 26,1968
Eve

A simple young man working as a boutique assistant in swinging London, falls in love with a manniquin, which eventually leads him into danger.

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Released: 1968-09-26 | Released Producted By: Hammer Film Productions , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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A British television anthology series. The series has a fantasy, science fiction and supernatural theme, very similar to the American television series The Twilight Zone, and deals with normal people whose everyday situations somehow become extraordinary. It featured both British and American actors.

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Cast

Chad Everett , Stefanie Powers

Director

Norman Lloyd

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BrentCarleton This under-appreciated British anthology series, is, as many other posters have noted, a highly effective, beautifully produced and flashily photographed supernatural program of the first water.Produced by Hammer in association with Twentieth Century Fox, it features a bevy of well known American names in addition to solid British supporting characters.Though the series is not confined to London in setting, the overall look and feel of the program is very much Carnaby Street mod. Thus, we see a profusion of strobe lit discotheques, and mini-skirted Judy Geeson type girls, (though Miss Geeson herself doesn't appear).The real distinguishing characteristic of the show, however, is in the extremely daring, provocative story lines, with dialog and situations that amaze, given that these were shot prior to 1970, (some programs do exceed the boundaries of propriety--were the censors off duty?).Notwithstanding, these shows not only chill they often disturb--such as the Robert Reed program, the finale of which is genuinely unsettling, not to mention the terrifying, "Matakitas is Coming," in which Vera Miles is trapped in the public library with the ghost of a homicidal maniac.These are definitely not for the children! Performances are also of the first rank, and we would single out Mr. David Hedison who delivers a very layered and complex performance in the episode concerning a disastrous, (literally) sense of premonition. Episodes featuring Carol Lynley as a department store mannequin, Chad Everett as a house party guest, and Patty Duke as a nervous breakdown patient also merit honorable mention.The opening sequence in a deserted amusement park beautifully conveys the dislocated mood the series seeks to convey. Seek this one out!
sentra14 I have the entire series on video, taped mostly from Sky (Europe) broadcasts. After 35+ years, the show still holds up well. Each show featured an American actor in the lead with British supporting players. Some of my favorite actors in the series included George Maharis, formerly of Route 66, and Barbara Jefford, a British actress. Ms. Jefford played an evil aunt to a boy made to wear dresses and pose as a girl. It would be great if the series would be released on DVD but I'm afraid it's one of the countless short-run series that are very fondly remembered but will never make it to disc. This would be a great series for Encore Mysteries to run.
Theo Robertson I was just surfing through this site and stumbled across the title JOURNEY TO THE UNKNOWN . Sounds familiar I thought , then I read the comments " Oh yeah I remember it now " I told myself " That`s the series with the opening title sequence of someone whistling , stepping through the deserted twilight fair and going on the big dipper " . Maybe not a classic title sequence compared to THE PRISONER or DOCTOR WHO but still very impressive and if memory serves me right ( I haven`t seen the show since the Spring of 1983 ) a very impressive fantasy series There`s two episodes that stick out in my mind . One is Eve which stars a young Dennis Waterman as Albert who works in a fashion store and falls in love with a showroom mannequin who appears to him as a living teenage girl and which ends with a twist in the tale . The other episode ( Did someone say it`s titled Beautiful Dreamer ? ) starts with an American draft dodger with his girlfriend in a cafe where a waitress approaches warning them not to leave . The girlfriend doesn`t heed the advice and is killed in an accident moments later . The boyfriend realises the waitress can tell the future and decides to profit from this . Again there`s another twist at the end . In fact I can`t remember the details but I think every tale closes with a twist in the tale with varying degrees of success The production values are absolutely superb , always as good as or sometimes better than movies made at the time . The reason was that the show was funded by American money ( As were the latter series of THE AVENGERS ) which meant filming in colour and showing an American audience how cool and swinging London is , a London Brits living there at the time probably wouldn`t recognise . It also explains why every episode had an American character in the narrative somewhere ( It`s for the benefit of audience identification )and why the opening caption " In Color " is spelt the American way I can still remember it , and remember it more fondly than those other twist in the tale shows like TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED . Having said that I haven`t seen it for over twenty years and there`s a nagging doubt that my memory might have cheated on me same as it cheated with VAULT OF HORROR , THEATRE OF BLOOD and THE CREEPING FLESH
mikec32001 This series has 3 very important things going for it:1. It has 17 episodes. "So what" I here you cry. Well, 17 must be magic numeral because The Prisoner is the only other classic 60s show to have that number of episodes and just like McGoohan's masterpiece, once bitten you'll not escape the charms of "Journey to the Unknown". These are 17 slices of classic telly folks...2. IT HAS THE BEST TITLE SEQUENCE IN THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION. PERIOD.3 "The New People" episode is the "Rosemary's Baby" of TV (only much better) It is, along with The Prisoner's "Girl Who Was Death", the single best televisual segment of the 1960s. You probably don't believe me. Seek it out, prepare to be amazed...It may have sprung from the Hammer horror stable, but this feels more like The (original)"Outer Limits" meets "UFO" meets, well, "The Prisoner"!. There's no silly costumes and Kensington gore here- this stunning batch of mystery thrillers, ghost stories and frighteners was a U.S. co-production produced by Hitchcock's close associate Joan Harrison (who produced Alfred Hitchcock Presents). Consequently, and uniquely, this TV production is of a markedly higher cinematic quality than any of the big screen outings Hammer produced. Indeed, many episodes were cut together for cinema distribution in the early 70s with linking narration from the likes of Joan Crawford and...Patrick McGoohan (umm..). Oh sure, the reliance on obligatory American guest stars in the (very) British settings is somewhat quaint, and the acting is often, ahem, variable. But the sheer force of imagination on display here commands your attention. A rare treat indeed.