Mystery and Imagination

Welcome to the Mystery and Imagination guide at TV Tome. "Mystery and Imagination" was an anthology series featuring 60-min spooky stories from Victorian authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, M. R. James, Algernon Blackwood, Sheridan Le Fanu, and others; this series was produced by ABC Weekend Television until July 1968. In November 1968, the series was renamed "Tales of Mystery and Imagination," was produced by Thames Television, and featured 75-min teleplays of "Dracula," "Frankenstein," and other famous horror novels. A Victorian adventurer named Richard Beckett (pictured; played by David Buck) hosted the series and also sometimes participated in the stories.

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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials 0
Season 1 January 1966 March 1966 7
Season 2 October 1966 November 1966 5
Season 3 March 1968 June 1968 6
Season 4 November 1968 November 1968 3
Season 5 February 1970 February 1970 3
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Unassigned Episodes 24
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 24
Name Number of Episodes Dates
M.R. James 4 02/26/1966 - 03/25/1968
Bill Bain 4 01/29/1966 - 03/30/1968
Robert Tronson 3 03/05/1966 - 04/20/1968
Sheridan Le Fanu 3 11/05/1966 - 11/04/1968
Kim Mills 3 02/12/1966 - 03/12/1966
Patrick Dromgoole 2 10/22/1966 - 11/18/1968
Toby Robertson 2 02/05/1966 - 06/29/1968
Robert Louis Stevenson 2 02/05/1966 - 02/09/1970
Alan Cooke 2 03/25/1968 - 11/04/1968
Edgar Allan Poe 2 02/12/1966 - 04/20/1968
George Dibdin-Pitt 1 02/16/1970
Lawrence Bourne 1 10/29/1966
L. P. Hartley 1 06/29/1968
Cyril Coke 1 04/13/1968
Guy Verney 1 02/23/1970
Algernon Blackwood 1 03/30/1968
Vernon Lee 1 11/19/1966
Osbert Sitwell 1 04/06/1968
Joan Kemp-Welch 1 02/19/1966
Jonathan Alwyn 1 04/06/1968
Mike Vardy 1 02/09/1970
Sir Walter Scott 1 04/13/1968
Mrs. Oliphant 1 02/19/1966
Reginald Collin 1 02/16/1970
Voytek 1 11/11/1968
Mrs. J.H. Riddell 1 10/29/1966
Oscar Wilde 1 03/12/1966
J. Meade Falkner 1 01/29/1966
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Robert Muller 3 02/05/1966 - 02/09/1970
Stanley Miller 2 11/12/1966 - 11/04/1968
Charles Graham 2 06/29/1968 - 11/18/1968
Giles Cooper 2 03/05/1966 - 03/12/1966
Evelyn Frazer 2 10/22/1966 - 03/25/1968
George F. Kerr 2 02/19/1966 - 11/19/1966
John Bowen 1 11/05/1966
Allan Prior 1 10/29/1966
Dennis Webb 1 02/26/1966
William Trevor 1 03/30/1968
Peter Van Greenaway 1 04/20/1968
Hugo Charteris 1 04/13/1968
Vincent Tilsley 1 02/16/1970
John Russell Taylor 1 02/23/1970
Owen Holder 1 01/29/1966
David Campton 1 02/12/1966
Michael Voysey 1 04/06/1968

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