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The Best Episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater

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A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 3 Episode 11 - There Was an Old Woman
    9.0/10(205 votes)

    #1 - There Was an Old Woman

    S3:E11

    Elderly Matilda isn't ready to die when Death arrives to carry her off in a wicker basket.

    Director:Bruce MacDonald
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  2. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 3 Episode 6 - The Small Assassin
    8.0/10(265 votes)

    #2 - The Small Assassin

    S3:E6

    A woman is terrorized by her newborn infant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  3. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 3 Episode 9 - The Coffin
    8.0/10(157 votes)

    #3 - The Coffin

    S3:E9

    An aging inventor builds a custom designed casket as his final creation... and to inflict revenge on a greedy brother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  4. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 1 - The Dwarf
    8.0/10(223 votes)

    #4 - The Dwarf

    S4:E1

    A dwarf uses his writing and the distorted image of a funhouse mirror to escape the prison of his own body, but an evil showman decides to have some fun at the man's expense.

    Director:Costa Botes
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  5. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 2 Episode 3 - Banshee
    7.8/10(247 votes)

    #5 - Banshee

    S2:E3

    An eccentric film director plays pranks on his screenwriter, only to discover the story of a local Banshee is terrifyingly true.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  6. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 1 Episode 3 - The Crowd
    7.3/10(395 votes)

    #6 - The Crowd

    S1:E3

    A neon sign artist named Joe Spelliner is injured in a car crash and sees a crowd of onlookers quickly gather. Days later he sees another car crash and notices that again the same crowd quickly gathers. He begins to investigate a series of accidents and news footage reveals that the same crowd arrives at every scene. What's more, Joe notices that the faces in the crowd match photographs of people at the city morgue.

    Director:Ralph L. Thomas
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  7. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 1 Episode 2 - The Playground
    7.0/10(412 votes)

    #7 - The Playground

    S1:E2

    When Charles Underhill was a boy, he was tormented by neighborhood bullies. When his son begins playing in a local playground, he becomes deeply disturbed when he sees a bully from his youth.

    Director:William Fruet
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  8. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 2 Episode 1 - The Town Where No One Got Off
    7.0/10(269 votes)

    #8 - The Town Where No One Got Off

    S2:E1

    A city writer learns a lesson when he takes an idealistic view of rural life, but discovers the truth is far different when he impulsively leaves a train to explore a small town.

    Director:Don McBrearty
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  9. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 3 Episode 1 - The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl
    7.0/10(191 votes)

    #9 - The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl

    S3:E1

    A hasty murderer tries to wipe off the fingerprints that he left at the crime scene... and realizes the overwhelming nature of his task.

    Director:Gilbert M. Shilton
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  10. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 3 Episode 8 - On the Orient, North
    7.0/10(153 votes)

    #10 - On the Orient, North

    S3:E8

    A nurse gives aid to a ghost on a transcontinental train trip and escorts him to his final destination.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  11. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 3 Episode 12 - And So Died Riabouchinska
    7.0/10(160 votes)

    #11 - And So Died Riabouchinska

    S3:E12

    A police detective investigates a murder at a theater and questions ventriloquist John Fabian, his wife, and his agent. However, he discovers a fourth witness: Fabian's dummy. Riabouchinska, who has a mind of her own.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  12. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 1 Episode 1 - Marionettes, Inc.
    6.7/10(450 votes)

    #12 - Marionettes, Inc.

    S1:E1

    John Raleigh Braling is a computer salesman who receives a cryptic message on his computer screen. Later he receives the same message in a newspaper and on a lunch bill. He tracks down source of the messages and meets a man who offers to sell him a robot replica of himself.

    Director:Paul Lynch
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  13. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 2 Episode 2 - The Screaming Woman
    6.3/10(248 votes)

    #13 - The Screaming Woman

    S2:E2

    A girl can't convince anyone that she hears a screaming woman buried in the forest near her house.

    Director:Bruce Pittman
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  14. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 3 Episode 2 - Skeleton
    6.0/10(171 votes)

    #14 - Skeleton

    S3:E2

    A hypochondriac goes to a bone specialist for a cure to his latest ailment.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  15. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 3 Episode 10 - Tyrannosaurus Rex
    6.0/10(161 votes)

    #15 - Tyrannosaurus Rex

    S3:E10

    A film animator sculpts a dinosaur for a tyrannical movie producer's latest film, but the man isn't satisfied unless it's the most terrifying beast of all.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  16. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 3 Episode 3 - The Emissary
    5.0/10(185 votes)

    #16 - The Emissary

    S3:E3

    A lonely, bedridden boy sends his dog on a quest to locate a companion for him.

    Director:Sturla Gunnarsson
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  17. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 6 Episode 21 - Fee Fie Foe Fum
    2.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Fee Fie Foe Fum

    S6:E21

    A vicious prankster convinces his wife's mean old grandmother that he is planning to kill her and her pets and grind them up in the new garbage disposal that he bought for her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  18. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 3 Episode 4 - Gotcha!
    0.0/10(161 votes)

    #18 - Gotcha!

    S3:E4

    A man discovers that his new girlfriend is obsessed with a game called Gotcha!... and will go to any lengths to win.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  19. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 3 Episode 5 - The Man Upstairs
    0.0/10(181 votes)

    #19 - The Man Upstairs

    S3:E5

    An American boy living with his grandmother in Paris for the summer takes an interest in a new boarder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  20. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 3 Episode 7 - Punishment Without Crime
    0.0/10(152 votes)

    #20 - Punishment Without Crime

    S3:E7

    A man contracts to have an android made to look exactly like the wife he hates... so he can murder it.

    Director:Bruce MacDonald
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  21. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 2 - A Miracle of Rare Device
    0.0/10(199 votes)

    #21 - A Miracle of Rare Device

    S4:E2

    Two drifters sell views to a desert mirage, a mirage that provides miraculous views, but a rival tries to buy the land and shut them down.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  22. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 3 - The Lake
    0.0/10(128 votes)

    #22 - The Lake

    S4:E3

    An artist returns to the lake where years before he had a childhood sweetheart who drowned. Now he must try and bring her back.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  23. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 4 - The Wind
    0.0/10(141 votes)

    #23 - The Wind

    S4:E4

    After he learns their secret, a man is followed by violent winds.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  24. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 5 - The Pedestrian
    0.0/10(171 votes)

    #24 - The Pedestrian

    S4:E5

    A man's night-time walks are considered subversive in a world of the future.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  25. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 6 - A Sound of Thunder
    0.0/10(128 votes)

    #25 - A Sound of Thunder

    S4:E6

    Time Safari, Inc., uses time travel to allow big game hunters the ultimate thrill: killing dinosaurs.

    Director:Costa Botes
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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Best Episodes Summary

"There Was an Old Woman" is the best rated episode of "The Ray Bradbury Theater". It scored 9/10 based on 205 votes. Directed by Bruce MacDonald and written by Ray Bradbury, it aired on 5/21/1988. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Small Assassin".