Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers (1985)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 13 episodes

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British television series that examines unusual phenomena related to the paranormal. Each episode is introduced by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke and narrated by Anna Ford.

inquisitivecontemplativemeasuredobservationalskepticaleducationalcurious

What happens

Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers is a thirteen-part British television series looking at strange worlds of the paranormal. It was produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network and first broadcast in 1985. It was the sequel to the 1980 series Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World. The series is introduced by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke in short sequences filmed at his home in Sri Lanka. Individual episodes are narrated by Anna Ford. The series was produced by John Fairley and directed by Peter Jones, Michael Weigall and Charles Flynn. In 1984, G.P. Putnam's Sons published a hardcover book with the same name, authored by Simon Welfare and John Fairley, where the contents of the show were further explored. It featured an introduction written by Clarke as well as his remarks at the end of each chapter or topic. In 1985, a paperback of this book was released by HarperCollins Publishers. The series was followed by Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe, broadcast in 1994. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World (1980)
• Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe (1994)
• Best Of British
• Shadow Hunter (2005)
• Our Planet (2019)
• The Sky at Night (1957)
• Future Fantastic (1996)
• The Day the Universe Changed (1985)