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The Worst Episodes of Journey to the Unknown

Every episode of Journey to the Unknown ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Journey to the Unknown!

A British television anthology series. The series has a fantasy, science fiction and supernatural theme, very similar to the American television series The Twilight Zone, and...
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Beckoning Fair One" is the worst rated episode of "Journey to the Unknown". It scored 6/10 based on 44 votes. Directed by Don Chaffey and written by N/A, it aired on 12/26/1968. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Poor Butterfly".

  • The Beckoning Fair One
    6.0/1044 votes
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    #1 - The Beckoning Fair One

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/26/1968

    A young artist fall under the spell of a coquette - who has been dead for 25 years.

    Director: Don Chaffey

    Writer: N/A

  • Poor Butterfly
    6.5/1037 votes
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    #2 - Poor Butterfly

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1969

    A strange costume ball is the setting where a young woman dressed as a butterfly desperately wants to leave before something ominous happens.

    Director: Alan Gibson

    Writer: Jeremy Paul

  • Paper Dolls
    6.6/1047 votes
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    #3 - Paper Dolls

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/1968

    A school teacher named Craig Miller finds that one of his students has psychic powers, through a link with his brothers. The four can exchange characteristic talents in music and art, and can induce fear-related illusions in others.

    Director: James Hill

    Writer: Oscar Millard

  • Miss Belle
    6.7/1058 votes
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    #4 - Miss Belle

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1968

    A drifter goes to work in a strange household where an unhinged aunt refuses to acknowledge that her orphaned nephew (living in her care), is a boy - rather than a girl.

    Director: Robert Stevens

    Writer: N/A

  • The Madison Equation
    6.8/1040 votes
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    #5 - The Madison Equation

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/23/1969

    A super computer is programmed to commit murder.

    Director: Rex Firkin

    Writer: Michael J. Bird

  • Stranger in the Family
    6.9/1042 votes
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    #6 - Stranger in the Family

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/1969

    A young man possesses psychic powers that enable him to force people to do his bidding.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • One on a Desert Island
    7.0/1051 votes
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    #7 - One on a Desert Island

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/21/1968

    The lone survivor of a shipwreck is soon joined by a young woman who emerges from the sea.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Oscar Millard

  • The Killing Bottle
    7.0/1052 votes
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    #8 - The Killing Bottle

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/30/1969

    An aspiring composer is unaware that his unscrupulous manager plans to take control of his estate.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Somewhere in a Crowd
    7.3/1078 votes
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    #9 - Somewhere in a Crowd

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/1968

    A truly scary story involving a reporter who starts to see the same people at certain times. Everytime he sees them they are a prelude to disaster.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael J. Bird

  • The Last Visitor
    7.3/1044 votes
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    #10 - The Last Visitor

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/2/1969

    A young woman tries to recover from a nervous breakdown at a seaside resort where someone appears to be stalking her.

    Director: Don Chaffey

    Writer: Alfred Shaughnessy

  • Girl of My Dreams
    7.4/1050 votes
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    #11 - Girl of My Dreams

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/1968

    A greedy opportunist schemes to make a fortune by marrying a kind hearted clairvoyant.

    Director: Peter Sasdy

    Writer: Michael J. Bird, Robert Bloch

  • Do Me a Favour and Kill Me
    7.5/1049 votes
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    #12 - Do Me a Favour and Kill Me

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/19/1968

    A has been actor wants his agent to kill him so that his wife will benefit from the insurance money, but soon has a change of heart.

    Director: Gerry O'Hara

    Writer: N/A

  • Jane Brown's Body
    7.6/1064 votes
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    #13 - Jane Brown's Body

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1968

    A doctor's newly discovered serum restores the life of a female suicide who cannot recall how she was driven to such despair.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Anthony Skene

  • Eve
    7.7/1069 votes
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    #14 - Eve

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1968

    A simple young man working as a boutique assistant in swinging London, falls in love with a manniquin, which eventually leads him into danger.

    Director: Robert Stevens

    Writer: N/A

  • The New People
    7.7/1070 votes
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    #15 - The New People

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/3/1968

    Hank and Ann move into the country and are taken aback by how friendly the local people are. They soon become part of the community but Hank begins to distrust Luther who seems to lead the local social scene.

    Director: Peter Sasdy

    Writer: Oscar Millard

  • Matakitas Is Coming
    7.7/1044 votes
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    #16 - Matakitas Is Coming

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/1968

    Librarians are stalked by a psychotic strangler who continues his murder spree from beyond the grave.

    Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg

    Writer: N/A

  • The Indian Spirit Guide
    7.8/1083 votes
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    #17 - The Indian Spirit Guide

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1968

    A widow desperate to contact her late husband falls prey to a con artist out to expose phony spiritualists.

    Director: Roy Ward Baker

    Writer: Robert Bloch