7.5
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GoodGoodWatch scoreMostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 73 (IMDb 7.5).
Out of the Unknown
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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.
Classic British Sci-Fi AnthologyCold War AnxietyPhilosophical SpeculationLow-Budget Atmospheric DramaLiterary AdaptationUncanny Valley AestheticsSlow-Burn Psychological ThrillerRetro-FuturismExistential Dread
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Which season of Out of the Unknown is best?
7.0S17.4S27.9S36.8S4
Season 3, with an IMDb average of 7.9. Season 4 is the weakest at 6.8. The highest-rated episode is The Little Black Bag (season 3, episode 8) at 8.2, and the lowest is Lambda 1 (season 2, episode 3) at 5.4.
How long does it take to watch Out of the Unknown?
41 h
About 41 hours: 49 episodes in 4 seasons of about 50 minutes each, aired from 1965 to 1971.
Will I feel good after watching Out of the Unknown?
BleakHopeful
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 7 of 10 for bleakness and 6 for melancholy, against 2 for hopefulness.