Out of the Unknown: A Guide to the Legendary BBC Series

by Mark Ward, Christopher Perry (Editor), Richard Down (Editor)

Published in June 2004, this comprehensive book by Mark Ward has taken three years to produce. The detailed text, based on BBC records and the memories of production personnel, is augmented by over 2000 photographs from the series including thousands of telesnaps. These priceless records of lost stories, taken by John Cura, have been loaned to Kaleidoscope by Irene Shubik, the series’ creator, who has also written the introduction. This book is a Limited Edition book, with donations from each sale going to the RNLI.

494 pages, Paperback

First published June 14, 2004

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not a lot of Americans will have heard of this British series, but it could be stated that it's probably the finest science-fiction anthology program that's been produced. A good 6o% of the shows ended up being lost, but the surviving shows and bits & pieces have been released in a set by the BFI and this book ends up as a valuable companion guide to the show. Pricey, but worth it.