A television adaptation, directed by Philip Saville, was shown in the UK on 6 October 1966 as part of the British science-fiction anthology TV series Out of the Unknown.
The story "Time in Advance" was adapted by Paul Erickson as one of twelve episodes of the first series of BBC anthology series Out of the Unknown.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier | Out of the Unknown | Challengers of the Unknown | Unknown Pleasures | The Unknown Warrior | Persons Unknown (TV series) | Persons Unknown | Domain of unknown function | XCOM: Enemy Unknown | Unknown Hinson | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Moscow) | The Unknown Comic | Letter from an Unknown Woman | X the Unknown | Unknown years of Jesus | Unknown to No One | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Unknown Component | Unknown Chaplin | Toward the Unknown | The Unknown Witches of Oz | The Unknown Child (disambiguation) | The Unknown Child | The Tale of the Unknown Island | The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath | Omega the Unknown | Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948 film) | Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal | Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings |
His other television credits include Compact (1962), Paul Temple (1970-1971), Z-Cars (1971-1978), Poldark (1975), The Onedin Line (1977), All Creatures Great and Small (1978-1980), Juliet Bravo (1980), Dramarama (1983) and other science fiction series', Out of the Unknown (1965), Moonbase 3 (1973) and The Tripods (1984).
She directed several television programmes between 1962 and 1981 and her work includes Out of the Unknown (1965), Late Night Horror (1968), Pere Goriot (1968), Little Women (1970), The Moonstone (1972) and The Omega Factor (1980).
Other significant programmes on which Saville worked include Out of the Unknown (1965) and the Boys from the Blackstuff (1982) for which Saville received a BAFTA to add to his earlier BAFTA for Hamlet at Elsinore (1964).
In the 1969 British television adaptation of The Naked Sun (an episode of the BBC2 series Out of the Unknown), Olivaw was played by David Collings.
It was the basis of episodes (using the same title) in three television series: Tales of Tomorrow in 1952, Out of the Unknown in 1969 and Night Gallery in 1970.