Out of This World (British TV series)

Out of This World
Boris Karloff hosting Out of this World
Created byIrene Shubik
Presented byBoris Karloff
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes13 (12 missing)
Production
ProducerLeonard White
Running time60 mins (with adverts)
Production companyABC Weekend TV (UK)
Original release
NetworkITV
Release30 June (1962-06-30) –
22 September 1962 (1962-09-22)
Related
Armchair Theatre
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Out of This World is a British science fiction anthology television series made by the ITV franchise ABC Weekend TV for ITV.[1][2][3] It was broadcast on ITV in 1962. A spin-off from the Armchair Theatre anthology series, each episode was introduced by the actor Boris Karloff. Many of the episodes were adaptations of stories by science fiction writers including Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick and Clifford D. Simak. The series is described by the British Film Institute[4] as a precursor to the BBC science fiction anthology series Out of the Unknown, which was created and produced by Out of This World creator Irene Shubik after she left ABC.

Only one episode, "Little Lost Robot", exists today and is available on DVD. Two of the missing episodes, "Cold Equations" and "Impostor", have surviving audio soundtracks, which are also available on DVD. The "Cold Equations" soundtrack is complete, but the "Impostor" soundtrack is incomplete and runs at approximately 44 minutes.

  1. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Shubik, Irene (1935-) Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  2. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Newman, Sydney (1917-1997) Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  3. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Armchair Theatre (1956-74)". www.screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Buy Out of This World (DVD) - Shop". shop.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2019.