The series deals with normal people whose everyday situations somehow become extraordinary. It featured both British and American actors: American actors included George Maharis, Vera Miles, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patty Duke, Carol Lynley, Joseph Cotten, Stefanie Powers and Brandon deWilde, along with familiar British actors such as Dennis Waterman, Jane Asher, Kay Walsh, Roddy McDowall, Nanette Newman, Ann Bell and Tom Adams. Seventeen episodes were produced. Directors of the episodes included Roy Ward Baker, Alan Gibson, Robert Stevens, Don Chaffey and Michael Lindsay-Hogg. Each episode was executive-produced either by Joan Harrison or Norman Lloyd.
In America, eight episodes from the series were broadcast as four made-for-television films consisting of twinned episodes along with new introduction footage provided by actors Patrick McGoohan (Journey Into Darkness, featuring "The New People" / "Paper Dolls"), Sebastian Cabot (Journey to the Unknown and Journey to Midnight featuring "Matakitas is Coming" / "The Last Visitor" and "Poor Butterfly" / "The Indian Spirit Guide" respectively) and Joan Crawford (Journey to Murder featuring "Do Me a Favor and Kill Me" / "The Killing Bottle").
The series had a memorable and famous whistled theme tune composed by Harry Robinson of Hammer Film Productions, and a creepy title sequence that featured a roller coaster filmed at night at a deserted amusement park (Battersea Park Fun Fair in the London Borough of Wandsworth, London).
Most of the episodes were adaptations of stories, by such authors as Robert Bloch, Cornell Woolrich, John Collier, Charles Beaumont, L.P. Davies, Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Oliver Onions, and L.P. Hartley.
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