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FORTEAN TV REVISITED

In 1997, Channel 4 viewers were treated to a television version of Fortean Times in which REV LIONEL FANTHORPE presented “a celebration of the miraculous, the mysterious and the downright weird”. Join RYAN SHIRLOW as he wraps up the first series of Fortean TV…
FORTEAN TV REVISITED
Welcome back! Or if you missed last month, please sneak in quietly and don’t disturb your fellow forteans. We are currently halfway through our watch party, reappraising the first classic series of Fortean TV. Despite the show covering some familiar ground – including subjects covered by Arthur C Clarke in his Mysterious World (FT410:32-39, 411:42-47, 412:44-49) and Strange Powers (FT432:32-39, 433:42-49, 434:42-49) series – we’ve been most impressed by the unusual approach of our host, the motorcycle mad Reverend Lionel Fanthorpe. Unlike the presenter of many a po-faced paranormal programme, Fanthorpe never seeks to convince us of a particular explanation or to overexplain. If he has any Christian agenda, it is only to wonder – in the most inclusive sense – at the many mysteries of God’s creation. The rich…
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