Season 1

Season 1 (1994)


Episodes: 26

Star Cast: Arthur C. Clarke , Carol Vorderman ,



Episodes List

Ep.1 Snake Charmers, Wolf Children and Holy Men

Air Date: 1994-07-15

Indian mystics have long impressed with their snake-charming and rope tricks : but are they illusions or real magic?

Ep.2 On the Trail of the Big Cats

Air Date: 1994-07-22

The search for hard evidence to back up sightings of big cats in unlikely locations

Ep.3 Where Giants Walked

Air Date: 1994-07-29

Theories explaining the enormous carved heads on Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island

Ep.4 Relics of the Saints

Air Date: 1994-08-05

Scientists investigate the Turin Shroud and other myths surrounding religious relics

Ep.5 Mysteries of the Sea

Air Date: 1994-08-12

The intriguing Marie Celeste mystery, and an exploration of a Sri Lankan shipwreck

Ep.6 The Psychic Detectives

Air Date: 1994-08-19

Can psychic visions really aid police murder investigations?

Ep.7 Keys to the Past

Air Date: 1994-08-26

The mystery of giant stone jars discovered on an Indo-Chinese plain

Ep.8 The Burning Question

Air Date: 1994-09-02

Theories which attempt to explain the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion

Ep.9 A Crop of Circles

Air Date: 1994-09-09

Are crop circles messages from extraterrestrial forces or clever hoaxes?

Ep.10 At Death's Door

Air Date: 1994-09-16

Myths and beliefs surrounding the final frontier : death

Ep.11 Callers from the Cosmos

Air Date: 1994-09-23

Investigation into whether extraterrestrials are trying to contact man, and alleged alien abductions

Ep.12 The Evil Eye

Air Date: 1994-09-30

Tales of curses and omens which defy logical explanation

Ep.13 Secrets of the Pyramids

Air Date: 1994-10-07

What recent evidence reveals about the mystery of the pyramids

Ep.14 Mysteries of the Maya

Air Date: 1994-10-14

The sci-fi writer talks to archaeologists trying to uncover the truth about the Mayan civilization

Ep.15 Squaring the Bermuda Triangle

Air Date: 1994-10-21

Scientific theories surrounding the bizarre disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle

Ep.16 Doom of the Dinosaurs

Air Date: 1994-10-28

Possible reasons for the dinosaurs' extinction, including a meteorite impact which could have caused a nuclear winter

Ep.17 Cracking Codes: Writings, Runes and Other Riddles

Air Date: 1994-11-04

Unravelling the mystery surrounding the Vinland map and the Kensington Runestone

Ep.18 Zombies, The Living Dead?

Air Date: 1994-11-11

Are tales of the living dead simply superstition, or is there a medical explanation?

Ep.19 The Strange Powers of Animals

Air Date: 1994-11-18

Topics include Canine cancer detection, Learned pig, Clever hans.

Ep.20 Into Thin Air

Air Date: 1994-11-25

Topics include Crocker Land Expedition, Fata Morgana (mirage), Phantom Island, Pepys Island.

Ep.21 Baffling Bombardments

Air Date: 1994-12-02

Arthur attempts to find the reason behind the bizarre items which fall from the skies.

Ep.22 Meeting Mary: Visions Of The Virgin

Air Date: 1994-12-09

Topics include Miracle of the Sun, Our Lady of Fatima, Steuart Campbell, James Horan (monsignor), Moving statues, Our Lady of Medjugorje.

Ep.23 Secrets Of Ancient Worlds

Air Date: 1994-12-16

Topics include Bimini Road, Edgar Cayce, Atlantis, Santorini caldera, Minoan eruption, Anthony Bonanno, Olmec colossal heads, Misraħ Għar il-Kbir

Ep.24 Spirits Of Place: Hauntings & Spectres

Air Date: 1994-12-23

Topics include Spirit photography.

Ep.25 True Or False: More Than Meets The Eye?

Air Date: 1994-12-30

Topics include Drake's Plate of Brass, New Albion, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Frank Asaro, Hermann Loew, Archaeopteryx, Sherbone Bone.

Ep.26 Mysteries Of The North

Air Date: 1995-01-06

Topics include Almas (folklore wildman), Viking expansion, Storsjöodjuret.