The Ray Bradbury Theater

Season 4

TV-14
"The Ray Bradbury Theater" was a Canadian produced anthology series scripted by famed science fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories. The show ran from 1985 until 1992. Bradbury provided the introduction to each story.

12 Episodes

  • The Dwarf
    E1
    The DwarfEvery night, a tiny man visits the carnival's hall of mirrors to stare at a mirror that makes him look much taller. Carny worker Aimee finds herself drawn to this lonely sad man and befriends him. Her boss cruelly pranks him. Big mistake.
  • A Miracle of Rare Device
    E2
    A Miracle of Rare DeviceTwo drifters, Robert and William, stumble across a desert mirage while evading their nemesis, Ned. The two men soon realize that the mirage shows each viewer the city where they'd like to be, and start selling views.
  • The Lake
    E3
    The LakeDouglas is an artist who returns to his childhood home with his new wife, Margaret. She wants to see the lake, unaware that Douglas' childhood sweetheart Tally drowned and the artist believes he was responsible because he was afraid of the water. As children, he remembers that Tally promised she would return if he finished the sand castle they were building.
  • The Wind
    E4
    The WindMeteorologist John Colt travels to the Valley of the Winds in Tibet and finds the place where the winds gather to plan their destruction. When the winds realize he knows too much, they come after him in his home and seek to absorb him and add their voice to those of all the others they have killed.
  • The Pedestrian
    E5
    The PedestrianA man, Leonard Mead, convinces his friend to go walking with him through the city at night - even though the authorities frown on anybody who doesn't stay in their home and watch TV 24/7. When the two men are caught by a government drone, they must explain themselves or die trying.
  • A Sound of Thunder
    E6
    A Sound of ThunderA company provides big game hunters with expeditions to the past to kill dinosaurs. They only have one rule that's there to protect the time line: Never ever get off the beaten path. Violation of this rule is punishable by hefty fines.
  • The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone
    E7
    The Wonderful Death of Dudley StoneWhen an unsuccessful author comes to murder him, a famous and prolific writer decides to make things easy for him.
  • The Haunting of the New
    E8
    The Haunting of the NewA 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.
  • To the Chicago Abyss
    E9
    To the Chicago AbyssIn a world where all but the elite have been reduced to poverty and homelessness, the Old Man wanders the landscape inspiring people by telling them of his memories...of the mediocre and commonplace, for he believes the mighty can be toppled by the mediocre.
  • Hail and Farewell
    E10
    Hail and FarewellWillie, 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.
  • The Veldt
    E11
    The VeldtTwo parents begin to worry when their children's high-tech holographic nursery fixates on a single landscape: an African veldt filled with savage lions.
  • Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms In Your Cellar!
    E12
    Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms In Your Cellar!A worried father starts to believe that his son's mushroom garden is taking over the neighborhood.

Cast of Season 4

  • Ray BradburySelf - Introduction

 

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