Series / Out of the Unknown

BBC2 Sci-Fi/horror anthology series that ran for four series between 1965 and 1971. For the first three seasons, each episode was a dramatization of a science fiction short story: some were original stories writted for the show, but most were adaptations of existing stories. For the fourth season, the show moved away from sci-fi towards horror, following a change of producer. Most episodes were now original stories rather than adaptations.

Its producer for the first two seasons was Irene Shubik, who had previously created the similar series Out of this World (1962) for the Associated British Corporation.

Out of the Unknown provides examples of:

• Genre Anthology: Each episode is a different Science Fiction (Seasons 1-3) or horror (Season 4) story. For the first three seasons, they were mostly live-action adaptations of existing short fiction stories. The fourth season was mostly original stories.
• Live-Action Adaptation: For the first three seasons, the majority of episodes are adaptations of existing short fiction stories.
• Spiritual Successor: To Out Of This World, which had the same sci-fi adaptation anthology concept, and was also created by Irene Shubik, albeit for a different channel.