Omnibus: Ray Bradbury--The Illustrated Man, TV documentary, January 15, 1980. A copy is on YouTube.

The Martian Chronicles, TV Miniseries, January 27-January 29, 1980. Copies in several places, will check for the best quality one.

Ararman Uterord Ory, Short Subject, 1980. Probably not available anywhere.

Nattvandraren, TV movie, 1980. Probably not available anywhere.

Stan Freberg Federal Budget Review, TV Special, 1980.

The Electric Grandmother, TV Movie, 1982. I saw and reviewed this recently.

American Playhouse, "Any Friend of Nicholas Nickelby Is a Friend of Mine," 1982. Available in several places including Tubi.

The Invisible Boy, 1982. A copy is on YouTube.

Il fascino dell'insolito, TV series. "Piccolo assassino," January 26, 1980. Several episodes are on YouTube but not this one.

Il fascino dell'insolito, TV series. "Castigo senza delitto," August 14, 1982. Several episodes are on YouTube but not this one.

Spaceship Earth, Short Subject, 1982. A couple of copies are on YouTube.

All Summer in a Day, TV Movie, 1982. A couple of copies are on YouTube.

The Bob Braun Show, November 11, 1982. Probably not available anywhere.

Le grand échiquier, "Folon," 1983. Probably not available anywhere.

Aliens, Dragons, Monsters and Me, Documentary, 1983. Probably not available anywhere.

Something Wicked This Way Comes, 1983. This is finally up on Disney Plus! I saw and reviewed it recently.

Savannen, TV movie, 1983. Probably not available anywhere.

Quest, Short subject, 1984. A copy is on YouTube.

There Will Come Soft Rains, Short subject, 1984. A copy is on YouTube.

Time Travel: Fact, Fiction and Fantasy, Documentary, 1985. A couple of copies are on YouTube.

The Whimsical World of Oz, TV Movie, 1985. A copy is on YouTube.

Elektronnaya babushka, 1985. A copy is on YouTube.

Habia una vez, Short subject, 1985. This translates to "Once Upon a Time" so is the title of many programs.

Clarinda y el tiempo en una botella, 1985. This translates to "Clarinda and the time in a bottle." Probably not available anywhere.

Today, October 31, 1985. Probably not available anywhere.

The Twilight Zone, "Act Break/The Burning Man/Dealer's Choice," "The Burning Man" segment, November 15, 1985. A couple of copies are on YouTube.

The Twilight Zone, "The Elevator/To See the Invisible Man/Tooth and Consequences," "The Elevator" segment, January 31, 1986. A copy is on YouTube.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents, "The Jar," April 6, 1986. A copy is on YouTube.

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal, 1986. The whole thing is supposedly on YouTube but it's broken up into sections.

A & E Short Stories, "The Inspired Chicken Motel," 1986. Probably not available anywhere.

Wonderworks, "Walking on Air," TV movie, 1986 or 1987. Two copies are on YouTube, and this is also on Amazon Prime for free to subscribers.

Veld, 1987. Two copies are on YouTube.

Komnata, Short Subject, 1987. Probably not available anywhere.

Gli incubi di Dario Argento, "La strega," 1987. Some episodes are on YouTube but a person would really have to look to determine whether this one is.

Trinadtsatyy apostol, 1988. Loosely based on The Martian Chronicles. A copy is on YouTube.

21 Jump Street, "Woolly Bullies," February 19, 1989. A copy is on YouTube.*

Today, June 30, 1989. Probably not available anywhere.

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, 1989 (or 1992?). Streaming on Amazon Prime.

Here There Be Tygers, Short Subject, 1989. Probably not available anywhere.

The 10th Annual National CableACE Awards, TV Special, 1989. Probably not available anywhere.

*In the 21 Jump Street episode, several series characters recount their experiences with childhood bullies. The part about Douglas Penhall, played by Peter DeLuise, is a nearly identical copy of Ray Bradbury's story "The Utterly Perfect Murder." The main character in that story was also named Douglas, but since 21 Jump Street was by then in Season 3, the identical first names are entirely coincidence. Ray was uncredited for his story, and I let him know about it by way of a letter which he never acknowledged. His collector and bibliographer Donn Albright told me that Ray said, "It happens all the time," and he refused to pursue it, although the first time it happened he took the case to the Supreme Court. Several of the entries in this list are also uncredited ripoffs.

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The British anthology television series Journey to the Unknown focused on ordinary people finding themselves in unusual and often supernatural circumstances. Season 1, episode 2, “Somewhere in a Crowd” aired on November 14, 1968, and is top rated second among all episodes on Internet Movie Database.

William “Bill” Searle, played by David Hedison, is an American living in England and hosts a television interview program. He becomes increasingly alarmed after repeatedly spotting the same several people in crowds just before tragedy strikes. The disasters are always fatal. No one will believe him and he seeks psychiatric help. The doctor of course proposes a logical explanation, but Bill and the audience know better.

Bill loses viewer sympathy somewhat due to underhanded and devious behavior, but the episode still holds interest to the end. Jane Asher plays an important role as a young woman named Marielle.

The screen credit names only Michael J. Bird as writer, but Internet Movie Database names also John Gould and Ray Bradbury. The concept of the story and the general plot are directly taken from Ray Bradbury’s story “The Crowd,” which was based on his traumatic real life experience as a teenager. John Gould’s connection is unclear except that it seems he wrote for the series.

The episode is well produced and acted. It has eerie and genuinely scary moments, and a fantastic twist ending. This program reminded me of nothing so much as Night Gallery, my favorite current show when I was ten. Night Gallery premiered almost exactly a year after this episode, on November 8, 1969. You could do worse than to watch this.

Dominus, Anthology film, 1990. A copy is on YouTube.

The Ray Bradbury Theater, 1985-1992. I recently watched all 65 episodes and will not be watching them again to review them.

The Halloween Tree, 1993. I recently watched and reviewed this.

The Man in the Air, Short Subject, 1993. Probably not available anywhere.

Ray Bradbury: An American Icon, Documentary Film, 1995.

It Came from Outer Space II, TV movie 1996. Probably not available anywhere.

The Smile, Short Subject, 1996. Probably not available anywhere.

Vino iz oduvanchikov, TV miniseries, 1997. I recently watched and reviewed this.

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, TV movie, 1998. I recently watched and reviewed this.

Con palos y piedras, Short Subject, 2000. Translates to "With Sticks and Stones" so is the title of more than one work. Probably not available anywhere.

The Pedestrian, Short Subject, 2001. Probably not available anywhere.

El umbral, Short Subject, 2003. Translates to "The Threshold." Probably not available anywhere.

Un, dos, tres...responda otra vez, TV series
"Las mil y una noches," January 9, 2004. A copy is on YouTube.
"Dracula," January 16, 2004.
"Sandokan," January 23, 2004.
"El retrato de Dorian Gray," January 30, 2004.
"Cuento de Navidad," February 6, 2004.
"La isla del tesoro," February 13, 2004.

El que espera, Short Subject, 2004. Probably not available anywhere.

A Sound of Thunder, 2005. I saw and reviewed this recently.

A Piece of Wood, Short Subject, 2005. A copy is on YouTube.

The Small Assassin, Short Subject, 2006. Probably not available anywhere.

The Pedestrian, Short Subject, 2008. Probably not available anywhere.

Chrysalis, or Ray Bradbury's Chrysalis, 2008. Doesn't seem to be available anywhere, not even on ok.ru.

Veter, Short Subject, 2009. Probably not available anywhere.

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The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl, Short Subject, 2010. Probably not available anywhere.

A Very Careful Man, Short Subject, 2010. Probably not available anywhere.

The Small Assassin, Short Subject, 2011. Probably not available anywhere.

The Cure, Short Subject, 2011. Probably not available anywhere.

The Jar, Short Subject, 2011. Probably not available anywhere.

Before the Night Is Gone, Short Subject, 2012. Probably not available anywhere.

The Third Expedition, Short Subject, 2012. Probably not available anywhere.*

Ray Bradbury's Kaleidoscope, Short Subject, 2012. Probably not available anywhere.*

Jack in the Box, Short Subject, 2013. Probably not available anywhere.

Something Wicked This Way Comes, Video, 2014. Probably not available anywhere.

The Whole Town's Sleeping, Short Subject, 2014. Probably not available anywhere.

All Summer in a Day, Short Subject, 2014. Probably not available anywhere.

The Fox, the Forest, Short Subject, 2015. Probably not available anywhere.

The Whispers, TV series. 13 episodes between June 1, 2015 and August 31, 2015. When this series premiered it was advertised as being based on Ray Bradbury's story "Zero Hour," yet on Internet Movie Database he is not mentioned on its entry and it is not listed among his credits.

The Last Night, Short Subject, 2016. Probably not available anywhere.

Through the Forest, Short Subject, 2016. Probably not available anywhere.

Death and the Maiden, Short Subject, 2016. Probably not available anywhere.

Fahrenheit 451, 2018.

451º Fahrenheita, Video, 2018. Probably not available anywhere.

Eternos, Short Subject, 2019. A copy is on YouTube.

Písen pro Rudolfa III., TV Series. "Dinosaurus," September 5, 2019. A number of episodes are on YouTube including one with this title but it's from 1969.

*There are YouTube videos of these titles but they are almost certainly different versions.

There are trailers for some of these productions on YouTube but not the entire work.

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The Jar, 2020. Available on Tubi.

Stories to Stay Awake, TV Series, "El doble," November 5, 2021. Probably not available anywhere.

The Last Night of the World, Short Subject, 2022. Probably not available anywhere.

Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2, 2022. (It says Ray was a story consultant but he had been dead for ten years. Please tell me this is a mistake as I don't want to watch this.) Free on Amazon Prime, Tubi, and PLEX.

The Pedestrian, Short Subject, 2022. A copy is on YouTube. (There is another short film of the same name done the same year not based on the Bradbury story.)

La botella, Short Subject, 2023. Probably not available anywhere.

All Summer in a Day, Short Subject, 2023. Probably not available anywhere.

The Omnibus BBC documentary, “Ray Bradbury—The Illustrated Man” aired twice, once on January 15, 1980, and again on June 24, 2012, soon after Bradbury’s death.

This is one of the most superb programs ever committed to film. There could scarcely be a better tribute to Ray Bradbury and his work. As in The Story of a Writer, Bradbury is visited at home and in his downtown office. He is also seen speaking to a group. Besides these things, there is so much more!

Scenes are shown from various Bradbury movies. The clips are well chosen although they are sadly not even close to the high quality of Blu-ray or streaming copies. There are naturally spoilers to people unfamiliar with those works. Ray is also shown reading from various of his works both well known and lesser known.

Perhaps best of all, there are numerous brief reenactments of key points from Bradbury’s works with Bradbury himself playing some roles. A young boy with a considerable resemblance to Ray Bradbury is prominently featured, playing Douglas Spaulding from Dandelion Wine, Tom Fortnum from “Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar,” and a young Ray himself enacting Ray’s poem “Remembrance.” Despite being over 59 years old at the time, Ray climbed a tree for this.

This program packs a lot into under an hour and is a great introduction to Ray Bradbury and his work and an overwhelming delight to his fans. Unfortunately, only one copy is available anywhere, on YouTube. It is very sharp and clear but sadly the last minute and thirty-nine seconds are missing and no other copy is to be found anywhere. What is there is a masterpiece not to be missed. Highest possible recommendation.

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The TV movie Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby is a Friend of Mine originally aired on American Playhouse on February 9, 1982. It is based on the short story of the same name by Ray Bradbury.

Sadly, this program is a shining example of how a potentially superb drama can be ruined by the incompetence of one horrible actor and the sorry excuse for a casting director who hired him.

The action takes place in the distant past, perhaps around the 1940s. A 12-year-old boy, Ralph Spaulding, played by Brian Svrusis, is employed in the barbershop of Mr. Wyneski, played by George Womack. Ralph is dreamy and imaginative, and when the train makes an unexpected stop in his hometown of Greentown, Illinois, Ralph runs off to investigate.

The passenger turns out to be one Charles Dickens, played by Fred Gwynne. Dickens takes a room in the boarding house of Ralph’s grandparents. He gives Ralph, who has been wanting a new name, the name of Pip, and enlists him in helping to write his next great work, A Tale of Two Cities. Ralph and his grandparents are favorable to this, but Mr. Wyneski objects. Things look bad for Dickens until Ralph accidentally introduces him to a kindred spirit.

The adults in this are all great in their roles, including Ray Bradbury narrating as an adult Ralph. Fred Gwynne is particularly wonderful as the would-be Charles Dickens.

The bad apple in this bunch is Ralph himself, Brian Svrusis. The boy is nice-looking, but he can’t act and is annoying in the extreme. I rarely complain of child actors or even adult actors but I don’t know when I’ve ever seen anybody so bad. I felt this way when I watched the movie in 1982 and the same on watching it again in 2026. The only thing that can be said of him is he seems to know his lines and says them clearly, although who knows if he used a teleprompter. He has only two credits to his name and it’s a little surprising he has any. It is a crying shame how his horrid performance ruined this beautiful film.

Objectionable content besides bad acting is littering and if you have a problem with an adult stranger befriending a 12-year-old boy. Other than that, very good program.

The short subject The Invisible Boy originally aired on April 20, 1982 on the CBS Library episode entitled “Robbers, Rooftops, and Witches.” The episode featured adaptations of the short stories “The Chaparral Prince” by O. Henry, “Antaeus,” by Borden Deal, and “The Invisible Boy,” by Ray Bradbury.

The Invisible Boy concerns young Charlie, played by Christian Slater, who has been visiting an elderly relative, an aunt of some kind, played by Kate Reid. The aunt lives in the backwoods and styles herself a witch. Charlie is bored and miserable and wants to go home. The aunt wants Charlie to stay as he has been her only company. Charlie is ready to leave until she offers to make him invisible.

Both actors are excellent. Particular mention must be made of Christian Slater as Charlie. This was only this phenomenally successful actor’s third film credit. It is a delight to watch a talented and competent young actor handle the material after the train wreck of watching the abominable performance of Brian Svrusis in Any Friend of Nicholas Nickelby is a Friend of Mine on American Playhouse.

This film is true to the story, well made, and entertaining. Recommended for all ages.

The segment “The Burning Man,” which appeared in a 1985 episode of the 1985 incarnation of The Twilight Zone, is adapted from a Ray Bradbury short story of the same title.

Doug, played by André Gower, who is about twelve, and his Aunt Neva, played by Piper Laurie, are driving down a scenic country road when they pick up an old stranger, played by Roberts Blossom. He acts and speaks so strangely Aunt Neva finally orders him out. After having a nice day, they think cause for alarm is over until a young boy played by Danny Cooksey gives them reason to believe otherwise.

This is a very straight adaptation of the Bradbury story and the sort of thing to cause a chill on a hot day. Scary without being gory. Recommended.

The segment “The Elevator,” which appeared in a 1986 episode of the 1985 incarnation of The Twilight Zone, is from an original script by Ray Bradbury. It is one of probably only three Bradbury stories which were dramatized but never appeared in prose form. The other two are “Dial Double Zero,” which was dramatized in the special The Story of a Writer, and the TV movie Walking on Air. It Came From Outer Space also deserves a mention. It was written as a movie treatment. Several versions were collected in book form, but it was never published as a story.

Two brothers, Will, played by Stephen Geoffreys, and Roger, played by Robert Prescott, in their teens and early twenties, break into a creepy old warehouse. They are in search of their father who went missing while conducting experiments meant to feed the world. A series of increasingly bizarre discoveries lead to a gruesome revelation.

Somehow this wasn’t my favorite Bradbury thing, it was just okay but not outstanding.

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The 1986 episode of the revival of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, “The Jar,” was loosely based on the 1944 Ray Bradbury story of the same title with extensive changes. This episode is notable for having been directed by Tim Burton.

It opens by establishing that the jar of the title, a large glass container with a glass lid, has a mysterious history. It is shown distracting a Nazi while chasing a Jew during the Holocaust.

About 45 years later, Knoll, played by Griffin Dunne, is a struggling artist whose work is going nowhere. He is savagely panned by an art critic, played by Paul Bartel.

Searching for materials for his art, he is led to a classic 1930s car which has been in an accident. Under the hood he finds the mesmerizing jar. He purchases it, makes a stand for it, and incorporates it into his art exhibit. As in the original story, people are fascinated by the jar and gather around it staring. Knoll refuses to sell it, but people demand other examples of his art and soon he and the gallery owner are prospering.

Resemblances with the Bradbury story are one man recognizing the attraction of a certain special jar and gaining from it. His wife is mean and sarcastic and cheating on him. Just about everything else is different other than the final confrontation.

Despite being directed by Tim Burton with music by Danny Elfman, this version is not faithful to the original story and is not as good as the version on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour which closely followed the story.

SORT OF SPOILER: One main resemblance between this version and the original story is the implication that the main character gets away with committing a crime and is much better off after having done so. This was against the code in use on television when “The Jar” was originally filmed in 1964 and so in that version the crime was discovered.

Telescope was a Canadian documentary series hosted by Fletcher Markle, which premiered on CBC Television in 1963 and ran until 1973.

The episode entitled “The Illustrated Bradbury” aired on January 9, 1969. The series visited Ray Bradbury at his home office, in which he described some of his writing and explained why he wrote it. Bradbury believed expressing emotion in art helped prevent negative emotions going out of control in real life.

Bradbury’s wife Maggie and three youngest children are featured. He is shown taking the two youngest to Disneyland.

Overall this was a good profile of Ray Bradbury and his philosophies.