TV series
A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
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Episode 1
A dwarf uses his writing and the distorted image of a funhouse mirror to escape the prison of his own body, but an evil showman decides to have some fun at the man's expense.
Directed by Costa BotesWritten by Ray BradburyGuest stars Megan Follows
Episode 2
Two drifters sell views to a desert mirage, a mirage that provides miraculous views, but a rival tries to buy the land and shut them down.
Written by Ray BradburyGuest stars Pat Harrington Jr., Wayne Robson
Episode 3
An artist returns to the lake where years before he had a childhood sweetheart who drowned. Now he must try and bring her back.
Written by Ray Bradbury
Episode 4
After he learns their secret, a man is followed by violent winds.
Written by Ray BradburyGuest stars Michael Sarrazin
Episode 5
A man's night-time walks are considered subversive in a world of the future.
Written by Ray BradburyGuest stars David Ogden Stiers
Episode 6
Time Safari, Inc., uses time travel to allow big game hunters the ultimate thrill: killing dinosaurs.
Directed by Costa BotesWritten by Ray BradburyGuest stars Kiel Martin
Episode 7
When an unsuccessful author comes to murder him, a famous and prolific writer decides to make things easy for him.
Written by Ray BradburyGuest stars Alan Scarfe
Episode 8
A man's old flame calls him up and asks him if he wants her manor. The only condition is that the manor has to decide if it wants him.
Written by Ray BradburyGuest stars Susannah York
Episode 9
In the near future, an old man is sought after for his memories of the past, a past that the government forbids people from remembering.
Directed by Randy BradshawWritten by Ray BradburyGuest stars Harold Gould, Chad Krowchuk, Neil Munro
Episode 10
Willie, a young boy who cannot grow up, has been spending his life going from family to family, staying for a few years, then leaving before anyone finds out. As he is ready to leave his latest home, he tells his "parents" the story of his life, and of all the people he met in the way.
Directed by Allan KroekerWritten by Ray BradburyGuest stars Josh Saviano, Frank C. Turner
Episode 11
Two parents begin to worry when their children's high-tech holographic nursery fixates on a single landscape: an African veldt filled with savage lions.
Directed by Brad TurnerWritten by Ray BradburyGuest stars Shana Alexander, Linda Kelsey, Malcolm Stewart, Thomas Peacocke
Episode 12
A worried father starts to believe that his son's mushroom garden is taking over the neighborhood.
Written by Ray BradburyGuest stars Charles Martin Smith, Frank C. Turner
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Ray BradburySelf - Introduction
Jean Stapleton
Micheline PresleGrandma
David CarradineSpender
Janet-Laine GreenMrs. Leary
Jennifer DaleBanshee
Claire ChithamRosalyn Auffmann
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