Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers
1985 British television series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Genre | Documentary television |
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Narrated by | Anna Ford |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
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Producer | John Fairley |
Running time | 25 minutes[1] |
Production company | Yorkshire Television |
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Network | ITV |
Release | 3 April (1985-04-03) ā 10 July 1985 (1985-07-10) |
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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.