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Strange Experiences
GenreFantasy, Horror
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes29
Production
ProducerDerick Williams
Production locationUnited Kingdom
Running time5 Minutes
Original release
NetworkITV
Release1 October 1955 (1955-10-01) –
15 June 1962 (1962-06-15)

Strange Experiences is a 1955 to 1962 British Fantasy, Horror TV series starring Peter Williams.

Plot

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The series revolves around a man who talks about strange events that happened during his daily life routine such as uncanny, supernatural or otherwise "strange" goings-on.

Cast

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Peter Williams played the role of the main character The Storyteller who would talk about Strange Experiences he had been involved in. The series also starred Peter Sallis. Peter Sallis appeared in 3 episodes of the series and in each episode he played a different character in each of them such as Squishy Taylor a criminal in the episode "Safe and Sound", Chippy Criggs a pickpocketer in the episode "The Pickpocket" and a gambler in the episode "The Inveterate Gambler". Peter Sallis was in fact the only guest star actor to appear in more than 1 episode of the series. The series also featured performances from other guests star actors such as Theodore Bikel, John Wood, Elspet Gray, Josephine Griffin, Arthur Howard and many more.[1]

Production

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Before the series premiered two of the episodes from the series were shown in the 1955 TV movie/TV play Fcb TV Show No.1. The episodes "Safe and Sound" and "The Knife Thrower" were shown in the TV movie/TV play to give some idea of how an evening's viewing might appear on the forthcoming I.T.A. channel in London. Both of the episodes where eventually given a separate release on television by themselves for the series Strange Experiences.[2]

Episodes

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The series had a total of 29 episodes that aired on television from 1955 to 1962. All of the episodes of this series are all intact and are all available to watch on TV Brain.[3] Some of the episodes can also easily be found on YouTube.

DVD Release

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The episodes "Grandpa's Portrait" and "Old Silas" where included on a British Film Institute DVD titled Short Sharp Shocks Volume 3.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Strange Experiences". gawby.com.
  2. ^ "Fcb TV Show No.1". player.bfi.org.uk.
  3. ^ "Strange Experiences (1955-1962)". tvbrain.info.
  4. ^ "Short Sharp Shocks Volume 3 DVD". dvdcompare.net.
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