Worlds Beyond — Season 1
From the files of the Society for Psychical Research
About this season
Worlds Beyond is a British television anthology broadcast on ITV from 1986 to 1988, based on real-life supernatural experiences described in archival documents from the Society for Psychical Research. A book was also released to accompany the series.
Episodes (13)
1. Voice from the Gallows
Aired 10 October 1986 • 50 min
Is 'possession' by the soul of a person from the past of another person alive or of a person from the past communicating through the body of a person in the present?
2. Guardian of the Past
Aired 5 November 1986 • 50 min
An English tourist steals the bone of an Egyptian princess from a museum in Luxor as a souvenir and brings it home and soon her family and friends are falling prey to a curse.
3. Captain Randolph
Aired 8 January 1987 • 50 min
An American couple, the Scotts, visit longtime friends the Bellamys in London and are unwittingly reenacting the tragedy of Captain Randolph and Lieutenant Otis in Victorian England.
4. Serenade for Dead Lovers
Aired 15 January 1987 • 50 min
Actors rehearsing a play in a village hall experience the echoes of a wartime tragedy and its poignant conclusion.
5. Suffer Little Children
Aired 22 January 1987 • 50 min
On a visit to England to scatter her late mother's ashes, Lee sees the ghost of a little boy calling for his mother and unravels a mystery going back thirty years and affecting her own past.
6. The Barrington Case
Aired 29 January 1987 • 50 min
Paranormalist David Jordan calls on retired barrister Clifford Barrington about a ghost sighting he had many years ago while his photographer Samantha keeps having visions of Barrington's late first wife warning her.
7. The Haunted Garden
Aired 5 February 1987 • 50 min
A dying young Englishwoman falls in love with a mysterious American pilot, whom other people cannot see.
8. The Black Tomb
Aired 12 February 1987 • 50 min
On holiday in England, an aging American actress is stalked by a sinister cloaked figure.
9. The Eye of Yemanja
Aired 30 April 1987 • 50 min
Fashion model Suzy brings home a Brazilian idol she finds washed up on the beach and soon bad things are happening to her.
10. Undying Love
Aired 28 July 1987 • 50 min
After a young boy dies of diphtheria, a medium tells his family that his spirit has an urgent message so they consult the Society for Psychical Research where they soon learn what the boy is trying to say.
11. Oliver's Ghost
Aired 19 April 1988 • 50 min
Sir Oliver has turned his stately home into a bed-and-breakfast lodge. But one mysterious 'guest' is unwelcome.
12. Reflections of Evil
Aired 26 July 1988 • 50 min
A young girl is caught up in an inexplicable series of events.
13. Home
Aired 2 August 1988 • 50 min
A woman, her daughter, and her mother-in-law are plagued with poltergeist activity inside an old farmhouse, but is it the house....or something far worse?