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A British television anthology series with a fantasy, science fiction and supernatural theme, similar to the American television series The Twilight Zone, and deals with normal people whose everyday situations somehow become extraordinary.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Journey to the Unknown Season 1 Episode 12 - The Beckoning Fair One
    6.1/10(55 votes)

    S1:E12

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

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:William Woods

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  2. Journey to the Unknown Season 1 Episode 14 - Poor Butterfly
    6.4/10(48 votes)

    S1:E14

    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

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  3. Journey to the Unknown Season 1 Episode 4 - Miss Belle
    6.5/10(69 votes)

    S1:E4

    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
    Writers:Sarett Tobias, Charles Beaumont

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  4. Journey to the Unknown Season 1 Episode 16 - The Madison Equation
    6.6/10(49 votes)

    S1:E16

    A super computer is programmed to commit murder.

    Director:Rex Firkin
    Writer:Michael J. Bird

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  5. Journey to the Unknown Season 1 Episode 5 - Paper Dolls
    6.7/10(56 votes)

    S1:E5

    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

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  6. Journey to the Unknown Season 1 Episode 15 - Stranger in the Family
    6.9/10(51 votes)

    S1:E15

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

    Director:Peter Duffell
    Writers:John Gould, David Campton

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  7. Journey to the Unknown Season 1 Episode 7 - One on a Desert Island
    7.0/10(63 votes)

    S1:E7

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

    Director:Noël Howard
    Writer:Oscar Millard

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  8. Journey to the Unknown Season 1 Episode 13 - The Last Visitor
    7.1/10(52 votes)

    S1:E13

    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

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  9. Journey to the Unknown Season 1 Episode 10 - Somewhere in a Crowd
    7.2/10(93 votes)

    S1:E10

    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:Alan Gibson
    Writer:Michael J. Bird

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  10. Journey to the Unknown Season 1 Episode 17 - The Killing Bottle
    7.2/10(61 votes)

    S1:E17

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

    Director:John Gibson
    Writers:Julian Bond, L.P. Hartley

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  11. Journey to the Unknown Season 1 Episode 11 - Do Me a Favour and Kill Me
    7.3/10(61 votes)

    S1:E11

    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
    Writers:John Gould, Frederick Rawlings, Stanley Miller

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  12. Journey to the Unknown Season 1 Episode 1 - Eve
    7.4/10(84 votes)

    S1:E1

    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
    Writers:Michael Ashe, Paul Wheeler, John Collier

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  13. Journey to the Unknown Season 1 Episode 8 - Matakitas Is Coming
    7.4/10(55 votes)

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg
    Writers:Robert Heverly, John Gould

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  14. Journey to the Unknown Season 1 Episode 9 - Girl of My Dreams
    7.4/10(65 votes)

    S1:E9

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

    Director:Peter Sasdy
    Writers:Robert Bloch, Michael J. Bird

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  15. Journey to the Unknown Season 1 Episode 2 - Jane Brown's Body
    7.5/10(75 votes)

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Alan Gibson
    Writer:Anthony Skene

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  16. Journey to the Unknown Season 1 Episode 6 - The New People
    7.5/10(85 votes)

    S1:E6

    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

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  17. Journey to the Unknown Season 1 Episode 3 - The Indian Spirit Guide
    7.6/10(97 votes)

    S1:E3

    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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Beckoning Fair One" is the worst rated episode of "Journey to the Unknown". It scored 6.1/10 based on 55 votes. Directed by Don Chaffey and written by William Woods, it aired on 12/26/1968. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Poor Butterfly".