Out of the Unknown (1965)

Drama · Horror · Sci-Fi

Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Each episode was a dramatisation of a science fiction short story; some were created for the series, but most were adaptations of already published stories. The first three years were exclusively science fiction, but that genre was abandoned in the final year in favour of horror and fantasy. A number of episodes were wiped during the early 1970s, as was standard procedure at the time.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (212 votes)
Episode average: 7.3 -0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 4
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 4 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (1965)

7.13 avg 12 episodes 6.2 → 7.0 60 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	No Place Like Earth	6.2	77
2	The Counterfeit Man	6.9	71
3	Stranger in the Family	7.1	68
4	The Dead Past	7.5	71
5	Time in Advance	7.1	60
6	Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come......?	6.6	51
7	Sucker Bait	6.7	49
8	The Fox and the Forest	7.4	9
9	Andover and the Android	8.6	11
10	Some Lapse of Time	7.1	50
11	Thirteen to Centaurus	7.3	62
12	The Midas Plague	7.0	52

Season 2 (1966)

7.46 avg 5 episodes 7.6 → 8.5 52 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Machine Stops	7.6	103
3	Lambda 1	5.4	47
4	Level Seven	7.9	67
8	Tunnel Under the World	7.9	59
12	Satisfaction Guaranteed	8.5	8

Season 3 (1969)

7.98 avg 10 episodes 8.4 → 9.3 50 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Immortality Inc	8.4	6
2	Liar!	8.4	11
3	The Last Lonely Man	7.3	54
4	Beach Head	7.0	24
6	Random Quest	8.4	9
7	The Naked Sun	7.8	21
8	The Little Black Bag	8.2	35
9	1+1=1.5	6.8	8
12	The Yellow Pill	8.2	14
13	Get Off My Cloud	9.3	17

Season 4 (1971)

6.56 avg 7 episodes 6.6 → 7.3 50 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	To Lay a Ghost	6.6	53
3	This Body Is Mine	7.2	41
4	Deathday	7.2	39
6	Welcome Home	7.4	33
8	The Man in My Head	6.2	31
9	The Chopper	4.0	10
10	The Uninvited	7.3	13

Out of the Unknown (1965)

Seasons

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