On a long march through the anthologies I suspect I've seen the best of them. They are, since you ask, Twilight Zone (the original not the modern rubbish), Alfred Hitchcock Presents/Hour, and Thriller (1973).
Be that as it may, my Bradbury Theatre diamond/dross ratio is just 1 in 10, about the same as the underwhelming One Step Beyond. To save time quite a few could have been consolidated into one in which astronauts land on Mars and discover some kids who don't age and have no parents and nothing much happens until an ending without a twist or even a satisfactory conclusion. Two starred Richard Benjamin and Elliott Gould so I naturally hoped these would be good, but sadly it was not to be. May I suggest taking a punt on the following half dozen before trying any more.
15 The Coffin. Great performance from Denholm Elliott as a cad (what a novelty!) who gets his comeuppance when he tries to filch his dead brother's fortune.
24 A Sound of Thunder. Big game hunters go back in time to bag dinosaurs, and change the future. Hardly an original idea but I'm very partial to this kind of story.
31 Mars Is Heaven. Men land on Mars and find it rather familiar.
36 A Touch of Petulance. Man meets his future self who has come to warn him against killing his wife.
42 Here There Be Tygers. Exploration spaceship finds a planet to be a garden of Eden but strange things happen. Somewhat reminiscent of Star Trek's Shore Leave, though of course not as good.
47 The Concrete Mixer. Wry tale of invaders from (you guessed it) Mars corrupted by American consumerism. The only one of my picks rated poorly, but I thought it quite funny.
Be that as it may, my Bradbury Theatre diamond/dross ratio is just 1 in 10, about the same as the underwhelming One Step Beyond. To save time quite a few could have been consolidated into one in which astronauts land on Mars and discover some kids who don't age and have no parents and nothing much happens until an ending without a twist or even a satisfactory conclusion. Two starred Richard Benjamin and Elliott Gould so I naturally hoped these would be good, but sadly it was not to be. May I suggest taking a punt on the following half dozen before trying any more.
15 The Coffin. Great performance from Denholm Elliott as a cad (what a novelty!) who gets his comeuppance when he tries to filch his dead brother's fortune.
24 A Sound of Thunder. Big game hunters go back in time to bag dinosaurs, and change the future. Hardly an original idea but I'm very partial to this kind of story.
31 Mars Is Heaven. Men land on Mars and find it rather familiar.
36 A Touch of Petulance. Man meets his future self who has come to warn him against killing his wife.
42 Here There Be Tygers. Exploration spaceship finds a planet to be a garden of Eden but strange things happen. Somewhat reminiscent of Star Trek's Shore Leave, though of course not as good.
47 The Concrete Mixer. Wry tale of invaders from (you guessed it) Mars corrupted by American consumerism. The only one of my picks rated poorly, but I thought it quite funny.