IN SEARCH OF…WITH LEONARD NIMOY (SEASON 1)
In Search of… is an American television series that was broadcast weekly from 1976 to 1982, devoted to mysterious phenomena. It was created after the success of three one-hour documentaries produced by creator Alan Landsburg: In Search of Ancient Astronauts in 1973 (based on the 1968 book/ 1970 film Chariots of the Gods? by Erich von Däniken), In Search of Ancient Mysteries (1974), and The Outer Space Connection in 1975 (later adapted into popular paperbacks written by Landsburg), all of which featured narration by Rod Serling, who was the initial choice to host the spin-off show. Serling died before production started, and Leonard Nimoy was then selected to be the host.[1] The series was revived with host Mitch Pileggi in 2002 and again in 2018 with Zachary Quinto for the History channel.
The original series was shown in Australia in the 1980s under the title Great Mysteries of the World, with each episode having an introduction and conclusion presented by television presenter Scott Lambert.
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THE WORLD AT WAR
The World at War is a 26-episode British documentary television series that chronicles the events of the Second World War and aired between 31 October 1973–8 May 1974 on ITV. Produced by Thames Television in collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, it took four years to make at a cost of around £880,000 (equivalent to £12,900,000 in 2025), making it the most expensive factual series ever made at the time.[1][2] It was produced by Jeremy Isaacs,[3] narrated by Laurence Olivier and included music composed by Carl Davis.[4] A tie-in book of the same name was written by Mark Arnold-Forster and published in 1973.
Hundreds of hours of interviews were filmed, primarily with surviving aides and assistants to prominent figures, soldiers, sailors, airmen, civilians, concentration camp inmates and other victims of the war.[3][5] The episodes covered the 15 most prominent battles of the war, along with related topics such as the Holocaust, the political context and civilian experiences of the affected countries. So much footage went unused that Thames Television commissioned a further eight episodes of various lengths, which were narrated by Eric Porter and aired between 30 April 1975–18 August 1976.
The World at War attracted widespread acclaim and now it is regarded as a landmark in British television history.[6] In the British Film Institute‘s 2000 list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes, The World at War placed 19th, the highest-placed documentary on the list.