Cutler Hammer

Cutler Hammer is an author credited in the science fiction television series "Out of the Unknown," which aired on BBC2 from 1965 to 1971. The series featured adaptations of short stories and original scripts. Hammer's contribution, like others, would have been part of a broadcast that spanned four series, with varying production details and survival rates for episodes.

"Out of the Unknown" initially aired in black and white, transitioning to color for its later series. The show's archival status is precarious, with only twenty of the original episodes fully surviving, and one existing partially. The source material for the show often consisted of literary works, with specific writers credited for the original stories and others for their adaptation into television scripts. When a script was an original creation, the writer was listed as the author.

The television series "Out of the Unknown" aired on BBC2 over four distinct series between October 1965 and June 1971. The initial two series were produced and broadcast in monochrome, while the subsequent two were filmed and transmitted in color. A significant portion of the episodes were adaptations derived from existing short stories and novels. In instances where a story was adapted, the original author received credit, with the adapter's name listed separately. If an adaptation was presented under a title different from its source material, this was noted. For scripts that were original commissions, the screenwriter was identified as the author, with the adaptation credit marked as not applicable.

Of the total episodes produced, only twenty are currently held in archival collections, with an additional episode existing in an incomplete state, missing approximately twenty minutes. The survival status of each episode is indicated, and in some cases, short visual clips or audio recordings of otherwise missing episodes have been preserved and noted in footnotes. The show's production involved different producers and script editors across its run, with Irene Shubik, Alan Bromly, Michael Imison, and Roger Parkes all playing key roles in its development and execution.