Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond

Series host John Newland
Also known as ''One Step Beyond''
Genre Anthology
Created by Merwin Gerard
Directed by John Newland
Presented by John Newland
Theme music composer Harry Lubin
Opening theme "Fear"
Composer(s) Harry Lubin
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 96
Production
Producer(s) Collier Young
Running time 30 mins.
Production company(s) ABC Films
Joseph L. Schenck Enterprises
Distributor Worldvision Enterprises
Paramount Domestic Television
CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network ABC
Picture format Black-and-white
Audio format Monaural
Original release January 20, 1959 (1959-01-20) – July 4, 1961 (1961-07-04)
Chronology
Followed by The Next Step Beyond

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (also known as One Step Beyond) is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.

Overview

Created by Merwin Gerard and produced by Collier Young, One Step Beyond was hosted by John Newland, "your guide to the supernatural" (also credited as "Our guide into the world of the unknown"). Newland presented tales that explored paranormal events and various situations that defied "logical" explanation. Unlike other anthology programs, the ABC network series episodes were presented in the form of straightforward thirty-minute docudramas, all said to be based on true events. Initially, the program included the corporate name of sponsor Alcoa as part of its full title.

One Step Beyond filled the time slot at 10 p.m. Tuesday vacated by the crime/police reality show Confession.

Among its varied tales, One Step Beyond dealt with premonition of death ("The Lincoln Assassination") and disaster ("Tidal Wave", "Night of April 14th"); astral projection ("The Long Call"); the existence of ghosts ("The Last Time"); and wildly improbable coincidence ("The Glider", "Death on the Mountain", etc.).

"The Sacred Mushroom"

A January 1961 episode, "The Sacred Mushroom", deals with the discovery of mind-altering drugs. Newland traveled to Mexico where he met with a local shaman who was an initiate in ritual use of magic mushrooms. The then-unknown mushrooms were purportedly able to increase the user's psychic powers. On camera, Newland ingested several mushrooms and allowed his reactions to be filmed for broadcast. This was the only episode of the entire series to have a relatively reality-based "documentary" tone, rather than the scripted docudramas that made up all other episodes. Although the subject matter (the enhancement of psychic powers) was in line with the rest of the series, this episode was somewhat controversial and was omitted from the syndication package; it has been seen only rarely since its original broadcast. However, according to Newland, it was the most popular episode of the series.[1][2] A complete transcript of this episode is reproduced in chapter seven of The Sacred Mushrooms of Mexico by Brian Akers.

Guest stars

Many famous and some not-yet famous actors appeared in episodes of the series, including the following:

Production notes

The last 13 episodes of the third season were filmed at MGM Studios in Borehamwood, England, following a suggestion by Newland. According to Newland, "I thought it would give a little boost to the show because Great Britain offered good actors, good situations, and good settings. We sought permission from Alcoa, and they okayed it."[3]

Music

Harry Lubin composed the music for the series with a soundtrack album ("Music from 'One Step Beyond'") released by Decca Records in 1959. The most well-known tracks of the series were "Weird" (originally composed by Lubin for the score of an April 1955 Loretta Young Show episode, "Feeling No Pain"), usually played when the supernatural aspect of the episode was being discussed, and "Fear" that became the musical theme of the series.

The Ventures included a cover version of the show's main theme "Fear" on their highly acclaimed 1964 Dolton Records release The Ventures in Space. The second season of The Outer Limits used a variation of "Fear" for the end titles.

Episodes

Season 1: 1959

Episode # Title Director Writer(s) Original AirDate
1"The Bride Possessed"John NewlandMerwin GerardJanuary 20, 1959 (1959-01-20)
On her honeymoon a bride is possessed by a murdered woman, who reveals her murderer and the murder weapon.
2"Night of April 14th"John NewlandCollier Young / Larry MarcusJanuary 27, 1959 (1959-01-27)
A woman has a nightmare that her fiancé (Patrick Macnee) will die by drowning. The next day he announces that the couple will honeymoon aboard the Titanic. Other premonitions of that disaster are also revealed.
3"Emergency Only"John NewlandCollier YoungFebruary 3, 1959 (1959-02-03)
In a hypnotic trance at a cocktail party, Ellen Larrabee predicts a dangerous train trip for a skeptical witness, thereby preventing a collision.
4"The Dark Room"John NewlandFrancis CockrellFebruary 10, 1959 (1959-02-10)
A photographer (Cloris Leachman) on assignment in the south of France is almost strangled by one of her subjects (Marcel Dalio), who turns out to be the ghost of a murderer.
5"Twelve Hours to Live"John NewlandMerwin GerardOctober 30, 1959 (1959-10-30)
After an argument with his wife, a man drives away in a storm and suffers a car accident. She suddenly feels that his life is in danger. The telepathic clues she receives from him, and her determination, lead to his rescue.
6"Epilogue"John NewlandDon M. MankiewiczFebruary 24, 1959 (1959-02-24)
Carl Archer, a recovering alcoholic, travels to Nevada to patch things up with his wife, Helen. She and son Stevie visit a nearby silver mine when the mine collapses. Helen dies and her ghost leads Carl and others to rescue Stevie.
7"The Dream"John NewlandJohn DunkelMarch 3, 1959 (1959-03-03)
In World War II, Herbert Blakely (Reginald Owen), on night lookout near a coastal British town, dreams about bombs falling on his wife. And she dreams of German commandos attacking his outpost. They both wake up in time to be saved as the double dream proves true.
8"Premonition"John NewlandPaul DavidMarch 10, 1959 (1959-03-10)
Lisa Garrick has everything including a premonition of her own death. Skip Young of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet guest stars as Martin.
9"The Dead Part of the House"John NewlandMichael PlantMarch 17, 1959 (1959-03-17)
After the death of her mother, a haunted nursery and three dolls help a young girl reconnect with her dad.
10"The Vision"John NewlandLarry MarcusMarch 24, 1959 (1959-03-24)
French troops stop fighting and desert their trenches during World War I.
11"The Devil's Laughter"John NewlandAlfred BrennerMarch 31, 1959 (1959-03-31)
Authorities are having trouble with convicted killer John Marriott: they can't seem to execute him.
12"The Return of Mitchell Campion"John NewlandMerwin GerardApril 7, 1959 (1959-04-07)
A man (Patrick O'Neal) is known by everyone on a small Mediterranean island he has never visited. Soon, he too remembers being there before, but he was in the hospital at the time of the supposed visit.
13"The Navigator"John NewlandDon M. MankiewiczApril 14, 1959 (1959-04-14)
A stowaway sends a ship off course to the China Seas and refuses to say why.
14"The Secret"John NewlandMichael PlantApril 21, 1959 (1959-04-21)
An unhappy woman is befriended by a man who lived and died long before she was born.
15"The Aerialist"John NewlandJack Mills / Larry MarcusApril 28, 1959 (1959-04-28)
A distraught and depressed circus performer (Mike Connors) is protected from a fall by an unlikely savior.
16"The Burning Girl"John NewlandCatherine TurneyMay 5, 1959 (1959-05-05)
Wherever teenager Alice Denning (Luana Anders) goes, fires start.
17"The Haunted U-Boat"John NewlandLarry MarcusMay 12, 1959 (1959-05-12)
While transporting a Nazi official, (Werner Klemperer) a German U-boat attempts to evade detection from the sonar of the American and British ships. But their location is repeatedly betrayed by the noise of a rhythmic banging sound coming from the submarine.
18"The Image of Death"John NewlandLarry MarcusMay 19, 1959 (1959-05-19)
A French nobleman kills his wife but he can't get rid of her ghost, who's haunting his new marriage.
19"The Captain's Guests"John NewlandCharles BeaumontMay 26, 1959 (1959-05-26)
A married couple(Nancy Hadley and Robert Webber)from New York rent an old house along the New England coast that the locals consider a very unhappy place.
20"Echo"John NewlandMerwin GerardJune 2, 1959 (1959-06-02)
A man (Ross Martin) is found innocent of his wife's murder. Her brother arrives from New Zealand and precipitates the real culprit's capture.
21"Front Runner"John NewlandDon M. MankiewiczJune 9, 1959 (1959-06-09)
With the death of his rival (Walter Burke) during a race, a jockey is stricken with an unknown ailment as revenge reaches out from beyond the grave.
22"The Riddle"John NewlandLarry MarcusJune 16, 1959 (1959-06-16)
An irrational hatred in an American tourist on the Bombay-Calcutta Mail Railroad train is considered in terms of metempsychosis -- the transmigration of souls.

Season 2: 1959-1960

Episode # Title Director Writer(s) Original AirDate
23"Delusion"John NewlandLarry MarcusSeptember 15, 1959 (1959-09-15)
A man with a rare blood type (Norman Lloyd) has a psychic connection with people he gives blood transfusions to. Having a vision of the murder of a woman be gave to (Suzanne Pleshette), he tries to prevent it.
24"Ordeal on Locust Street"John NewlandMichael PlantSeptember 22, 1959 (1959-09-22)
A woman enlists the aid of a hypnotist to cure her deformed son.
25"Brainwave"John NewlandCharles Beaumont and Larry MarcusOctober 6, 1959 (1959-10-06)
An inexperienced medic is guided by the ghost of his brother.
26"Doomsday"John NewlandLarry MarcusOctober 13, 1959 (1959-10-13)
In the 1600s an innocent woman, before being burned as a witch, curses the Earl's family so that each generation the eldest son dies before the father.
27"Night of the Kill"John NewlandMerwin GerardOctober 20, 1959 (1959-10-20)
Little Davey Morris, lost in the woods, is protected by giant furry friend.
28"The Inheritance"John NewlandLarry MarcusOctober 27, 1959 (1959-10-27)
A seemingly sentient diamond necklace strangles its wearers.
29"The Open Window"John NewlandLarry MarcusNovember 3, 1959 (1959-11-03)
Time and again, a struggling artist witnesses the vision of a woman (Louise Fletcher) attempting suicide through an open window of his Greenwich Village apartment.
30"Message From Clara"John NewlandLarry MarcusNovember 10, 1959 (1959-11-10)
The gift of a broach causes a woman teaching English to immigrants to write messages in a foreign language from a dead woman.
31"Forked Lightning"John NewlandMerwin GerardNovember 17, 1959 (1959-11-17)
A premontion of death causes a desperate man to fulfill his own demise.
32"Reunion"John NewlandLarry MarcusNovember 24, 1959 (1959-11-24)
A six year old murder is exposed at a reunion of friends after WWII, in a bizarre manner.
33"Dead Ringer"John NewlandCatherine TurneyDecember 1, 1959 (1959-12-01)
A woman sees a vision of her twin sister committing arson.
34"The Stone Cutter"John NewlandGail IngramDecember 8, 1959 (1959-12-08)
A gravestone cutter writes people's death date (correctly) before they die.
35"Father Image"John NewlandMerwin GerardDecember 15, 1959 (1959-12-15)
A man (Jack Lord) inherits an old burlesque theater, and learns more about his father than he expected.
36"Make Me Not a Witch"John NewlandGail IngramDecember 22, 1959 (1959-12-22)
A girl with psychic powers has to prove she is not an evil witch.
37"The Hand"John NewlandLarry MarcusDecember 29, 1959 (1959-12-29)
A murderer can't seem to wash the blood off his hand.
38"The Justice Tree"John NewlandMerwin GerardJanuary 5, 1960 (1960-01-05)
A dangerous criminal threatens a widow and her son, but they have an unlikely protector.
39"Earthquake"John NewlandLarry MarcusJanuary 12, 1960 (1960-01-12)
A lowly bellhop tries to convince people of his vision of an earthquake that destroys San Francisco.
40"Forests of the Night"John NewlandCatherine TurleyJanuary 19, 1960 (1960-01-19)
Three friends play a Chinese game using Confucius' "Book of Changes". Ted Dolliver's symbol is a tiger.
41"Call from Tomorrow"John NewlandGabrielle UptonJanuary 26, 1960 (1960-01-26)
An actress hears the sounds of a crying child while performing Desmodera in Othello.
42"Who are You?"John NewlandMerwin GerardFebruary 2, 1960 (1960-02-02)
Laurie recovers from an illness, claiming her name is Alice.
43"The Day the World Wept: The Lincoln Story"John NewlandLarry MarcusFebruary 9, 1960 (1960-02-09)
Several people have premontions that Abraham Lincoln (Barry Atwater) will be assassinated, including Lincoln himself.
44"The Lovers"John NewlandJoseph Petracca, Russell BeggsFebruary 16, 1960 (1960-02-16)
Comical love story about an older man, young woman, and a poltergeist.
45"Vanishing Point"John NewlandLarry Marcus, J.G. EzraFebruary 26, 1960 (1960-02-26)
A couple go to a summer house to try to repair their marriage. The wife vanishes, and the husband is accused of murder.
46"The Mask"John NewlandJoseph Petracca, Russell BeggsMarch 1, 1960 (1960-03-01)
A pilot believes he is possessed by an Egyptian prince.
47"The Haunting"John NewlandGabrielle UptonMarch 8, 1960 (1960-03-08)
In the Swiss Alps, a paranoid man kills the best man of his upcoming wedding. A strange chill surrounds him and anyone he associates with.
48"The Explorer"John NewlandDon M. MankiewiczMarch 15, 1960 (1960-03-15)
An explorer in the Sahara desert is led to water by a man who died a year ago.
49"The Clown"John NewlandGabrielle UptonMarch 22, 1960 (1960-03-22)
After murdering his wife (Yvette Mimieux, in her debut), a man continually sees the image of Pippo the Clown (Mickey Shaughnessy), whom she befriended, in reflections, trying to strangle him.
50"I Saw You Tomorrow"John NewlandMerwin GeràrdApril 5, 1960 (1960-04-05)
An American diplomat staying at an Englishwoman's 'stately home' experiences a vision of a murder. Later, as fellow guests, the murderer and his victim wife arrive.
51"Encounter"John NewlandDe Witt CoppApril 12, 1960 (1960-04-12)
A plane disappears and the pilot turns up a thousand miles away claiming he was kidnapped by a UFO.
52"The Peter Hurkos Story (Part I)"John NewlandJerome GruskinApril 19, 1960 (1960-04-19)
Coming out of a coma after a 50-foot fall, Peter Hurkos (Albert Salmi) develops psychic powers, and goes into show business.
53"The Peter Hurkos Story (Part II)"John NewlandJerome GruskinApril 26, 1969 (1969-04-26)
Dissatisfied with being a carnival freak, Hurkos undergoes testing to proves he is genuine, and assists in solving a terrible murder.
54"Delia"John NewlandMerwin GerardMay 3, 1960 (1960-05-03)
A man spends eight years searching for a girl who vanished from an island.
55"The Visitor"John NewlandLarry MarcusMay 10, 1960 (1960-05-10)
A bitter wife (Joan Fontaine) is visited by a younger version of her husband (Warren Beatty), who wants to rekindle their failing marriage.
56"Gypsy"John NewlandGail UptonMay 17, 1960 (1960-05-17)
After a prison escape, a young kid (Robert Blake) is convinced by one of the other convicts to turn himself in. But the gypsy convict was killed in the attempt and never made it over the wall.
57"Contact"John NewlandPaul DavidMay 24, 1960 (1960-05-24)
A gift of a pocket watch from his wife causes a man (Ron Randell) to foresee a murder and attempt to prevent it.
58"The Lonely Room"John NewlandLarry MarcusMay 31, 1960 (1960-05-31)
Shy Henri wants to date Therese, but his biggest competition is, a more confident version of himself!
59"The House of the Dead"John NewlandDon M. MankiewiczJune 7, 1960 (1960-06-07)
A Chinese girl fears her ethnicity will harm her British fiancé's military career. She runs away to the title dwelling, while he searches for her.
60"Goodbye Grandpa"John NewlandGabrielle UptonJune 14, 1960 (1960-06-14)
Before Grandpa passes on, he promises his grand children he will signal them with his special train whistle.
61"The Storm"John NewlandMichael PlantJune 21, 1960 (1960-06-21)
"The Storm" is a new painting done in the style of a painter who died in the Korean War.

Season 3: 1960–1961

Episode no. Title Director Writer(s) Original air date
62"Tidal Wave"John NewlandCharles LarsonAugust 30, 1960 (1960-08-30)
A wheelchair-bound woman is helpless on an island with an approaching tidal wave.
63"Anniversary of a Murder"John NewlandLarry Marcus, Jane Anna PritchardSeptember 27, 1960 (1960-09-27)
A couple having an illicit affair accidentally run down a bicyclist. Not wanting to expose their affair, they conceal their crime.
64"The Death Waltz"John NewlandCharles Larson, Amanda EllisOctober 4, 1960 (1960-10-04)
Lilly (Elizabeth Montgomery), a manipulative general's daughter, arranges for one of her suitors to go on a dangerous mission so she can go to a ball with the other. When he is killed, his remark "I would come back from Hell to be with you." rings true.
65"The Return"John NewlandLarry MarcusOctober 11, 1960 (1960-10-11)
During the Korean War, a wounded soldier makes his way back, despite being blind.
66"If You See Sally"John NewlandHoward Rodman, Roberta MartinOctober 18, 1960 (1960-10-18)
Sally Ellis, unjustly blamed for the death of her brother, runs away from home. Finally forgiven, she tries and tries to return home, even after death.
67"Moment of Hate"John NewlandCharles Larson, David PeltzOctober 25, 1960 (1960-10-25)
Bad-tempered dress designer Karen Wadsworth (Joanne Linville) can, when angry, literally wish someone to death.
68"To Know the End"John NewlandLarry MarcusNovember 1, 1960 (1960-11-01)
In 1939 a woman has a vision of losing her husband (whom she has not met) in the war. In 1943, it begins to come true.
69"The Trap"John NewlandLarry MarcusNovember 15, 1960 (1960-11-15)
Dominic is in Chicago, dehydrated and suffocating, unaware his twin brother is trapped in a mine shaft in Arizona.
70"The Voice"John NewlandCharles LarsonNovember 22, 1960 (1960-11-22)
In 1902 a reporter (Robert Lansing) covers the trial of some villagers who burned down a barn trying to kill a demon.
71"The Promise"John NewlandLarry MarcusNovember 29, 1960 (1960-11-29)
In London after WWII, a former German soldier (William Shatner) redeems himself defusing bombs, with a baby on the way.
72"Tonight at 12:17"John NewlandLarry Marcus, Jane Anna PritchardDecember 6, 1960 (1960-12-06)
Every night at 12:17 expectant mother Laura Perkins (Peggy Ann Garner) hears the sound of a small plane crashing through her roof.
73"Where Are They?"John NewlandLarry Marcus, Merwin GerardDecember 13, 1960 (1960-12-13)
Two stories of strange disapearnces. In the first a man calling himself The Ghost causes stones to rain daily on Chico, California, before vanishing. In the second, Charles Elton invented a pellet that turns water into gasoline, but disappeared, taking the secret with him.
74"Legacy of Love"John NewlandHoward RodmanDecember 20, 1960 (1960-12-20)
A couple who have never met before, are inexplicably drawn together, and begin to experience memories of another life.
75"Rendezvous"John NewlandMerwin Gerard, Josefina SeilerDecember 27, 1960 (1960-12-27)
A widow is protected from harm by her husband's ghost.
76"The Executioner"John NewlandBob and Wanda DuncanJanuary 3, 1961 (1961-01-03)
A Confederate soldier is protected by the ghost of his loyal dog.
77"The Last Round"John NewlandDon M. MankiewiczJanuary 10, 1961 (1961-01-10)
Yank Dawson (Charles Bronson) is an aging boxer in a haunted auditorium in WWII England.
78"Dead Man's Tale"John NewlandMerwin Gerard, C.V. TrenchJanuary 17, 1961 (1961-01-17)
A former reporter in hard times spontaneously writes a story of two brothers' greed.
79"The Sacred Mushroom"John NewlandLarry Marcus, Collier YoungJanuary 24, 1961 (1961-01-24)
See section above.
80"The Gift"John NewlandCharles LarsonJanuary 31, 1961 (1961-01-31)
A fake psychic suddenly has genuine powers and sees a vision of her son committing murder.
81"Persons Unknown"John NewlandLarry Marcus, James CrenshawFebruary 7, 1961 (1961-02-07)
In Mexico, a doctor is accused of a murder actually committed by an invisible ghost with huge hands.
82"Night of Decision"John NewlandMerwin GerardFebruary 9, 1960 (1960-02-09)
George Washington in 1777, considering surrendering, has a vision of the future.
83"The Stranger"John NewlandLarry MarcusFebruary 28, 1961 (1961-02-28)
A prison convict, dead for 20 years, appears to help those in need.
84"Justice"John NewlandGuy MorganMarch 7, 1961 (1961-03-07)
In England, a police officer falls under suspicion of murder because the banker who confessed, was asleep in church at the time.
85"The Face"John NewlandDerry QuinnMarch 21, 1961 (1961-03-21)
Stephen Bolt has a reoccurring nightmare of a bearded man (Roger Delgado) stabbing him to death. He decides to kill him first.
86"The Room Upstairs"John NewlandMerwin Gerard, Larry MarcusMarch 28, 1961 (1961-03-28)
Esther Hollis (Lois Maxwell) is afraid of family madness affecting both her, and her unborn baby when she sees a apparition of a sick child in their upstairs sewing room.
87"Signal Received"John NewlandDerry QuinnApril 4, 1961 (1961-04-04)
In WWII, three British sailors receive premontions about their ship, the HMS Hood.
88"The Confession"John NewlandLarry MarcusApril 11, 1961 (1961-04-11)
An innocent man is hanged because barrister Harvey Lawrence (Donald Pleasence) destroys a confession that would have cleared the man he was prosecuting, for political reasons. Later, that confession just won't go away.
89"The Avengers"John NewlandMartin Benson, Rosamunt Harcout-SmithApril 25, 1961 (1961-04-25)
A ruthless Nazi general (Andre Morell) and his girlfriend celebrate at a chateau notorious for its vengeful ghosts.
90"The Prisoner"John NewlandLarry MarcusMay 2, 1961 (1961-05-02)
In 1943, a refugee from the Warsaw ghetto finds herself in control of a wounded German soldier (Anton Diffring).
91"Blood Flower"John NewlandMerwin GerardMay 16, 1961 (1961-05-16)
A parasitic flower, grown from the blood of a South American revolutionary, turns a pacifist scholar into a dictator.
92"The Sorcerer"John NewlandDerry QuinnMay 23, 1961 (1961-05-23)
In 1915, so German officer (Christopher Lee) insists he murdered his unfaithful lover, despite the fact that he was 800 kilometers away at the time.
93"The Villa"John NewlandDerry QuinnJune 6, 1961 (1961-06-06)
A flashing strobe light causes a woman to see a vision of someone dying in a lift in a dark villa.
94"The Tiger"John NewlandIan Stewart BlackJune 20, 1961 (1961-06-20)
A cruel governess locks little Pamela in a "punishment room" where her only friend is an imaginary tiger.
95"Nightmare"John NewlandMartin BensonJune 27, 1961 (1961-06-27)
No matter how hard he tries Paul Rollins (Peter Wyngarde) can only paint a woman named Claire, much to the dismay of his fiancée, Jill.
96"Eye Witness"John NewlandDerry QuinnJuly 4, 1961 (1961-07-04)
One night in1883, the night editor of the Boston Star has a seizure, and writes about the eruption of Krakatoa, weeks before it could be confirmed.

Syndication

Following its first run cancellation in 1961, the series continued to be shown throughout the United States in off-network syndication until the early 1980s. It was revived by Gerard and Young, this time for first-run syndication in 1978, as The Next Step Beyond, once again hosted by Newland (who also directed most of the episodes). It ran for one season.

For its re-release to television on the Sci-Fi Channel in the 1990s, the opening and end titles were brought up to date with new theme music and graphics designed for the time, as if the show had continued into the 1990s. These episodes were also edited for time from 25 minutes to 22 minutes.

Despite the public domain status on most episodes, the series' remaining copyrights and format belongs to its distributor CBS Television Distribution. CTD is the successor to the series' previous distributors, which include ABC Films successor Worldvision Enterprises and CTD's predecessor Paramount Domestic Television.

Episodes are currently shown on the over-the-air Retro Television Network available as a digital subchannel in some US markets. Full episodes are also available for digital streaming on several web sites at no cost, and on the Hulu and Hulu Plus applications.

DVD release

In 2007, Mill Creek Entertainment released a 4-disc Region 1 DVD set entitled The Very Best of One Step Beyond. The set contains 50 episodes. The quality varied drastically from episode to episode (the picture is often jittery), and many of the episodes fail to play properly at all.

On September 15, 2009, CBS Home Entertainment (distributed by Paramount) released One Step Beyond - The Official 1st Season on Region 1 DVD.[4]

One Step Beyond is the first pre-1973 in-house production of ABC to get a DVD release from CBS/Paramount. Other shows once distributed by ABC Films (which became Worldvision Enterprises) were either released by CBS/Paramount because the company owns the libraries of the actual producers of the shows (such as The Fugitive or The Mod Squad), or were released by different companies because ancillary rights are owned by other entities (such as George of the Jungle).

The Film Chest Media Group released the series in a six Disc Collector's Box on April 7, 2015.[5] The box features only 70 Episodes of the series however (mostly episodes from the first two seasons). Very few of the third season episodes are on this set.[6]

A number of bootlegged box sets exist that contain all three seasons complete, but the quality varies from episode to episode (as the episodes all seem to have been copied from varied sources, and don't even have the same opening titles from show to show.)

The Next Step Beyond

In 1978, John Newland produced and hosted a revival of One Step Beyond titled The Next Step Beyond. The series ran for one year, 25 episodes, 14 of which were remakes of One Step Beyond episodes.

See also

References

  1. Muir 2001, pp. 190–192.
  2. 2003-2004, All content and images (c) The Lulu Show LLC,. "John Kenneth Muir's Retro TV Files: One Step Beyond". Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  3. Muir, John Kenneth (5 July 2006). An Analytical Guide to Television's One Step Beyond, 1959-1961. McFarland. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-7864-5534-8.
  4. Lambert, David (2009-06-15). "One Step Beyond - CBS/Paramount Goes Above and Beyond with DVDs of The Official 1st Season **UPDATE: Package Art is Now Included!". tvshowsondvd.com. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  5. ""One Step Beyond" Series (1959-1961) Gets Home Video Release". BD. 2009-06-15. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  6. "Go One Step Beyond on DVD". DC. 2009-06-15. Retrieved 7 November 2012.

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