The Ray Bradbury Theater (Season 3)

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.

The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl (Episode 1)
Writer: Ray Bradbury
Air date: 1988-01-23
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: A hasty murderer tries to wipe off the fingerprints that he left at the crime scene... and realizes the overwhelming nature of his task.
Skeleton (Episode 2) 6.0
Writer: Ray Bradbury
Air date: 1988-02-06
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: A hypochondriac goes to a bone specialist for a cure to his latest ailment.
The Emissary (Episode 3)
Writer: Ray Bradbury
Air date: 1988-02-13
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: A lonely, bedridden boy sends his dog on a quest to locate a companion for him.
Gotcha! (Episode 4)
Writer: Ray Bradbury
Air date: 1988-02-20
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: A man discovers that his new girlfriend is obsessed with a game called Gotcha!... and will go to any lengths to win.
The Man Upstairs (Episode 5)
Writer: Ray Bradbury
Air date: 1988-03-05
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: An American boy living with his grandmother in Paris for the summer takes an interest in a new boarder.
The Small Assassin (Episode 6) 8.0
Writer: Ray Bradbury
Air date: 1988-04-09
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: A woman is terrorized by her newborn infant.
Punishment Without Crime (Episode 7)
Writer: Ray Bradbury
Air date: 1988-04-16
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: A man contracts to have an android made to look exactly like the wife he hates... so he can murder it.
On the Orient, North (Episode 8)
Writer: Ray Bradbury
Air date: 1988-04-30
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: A nurse gives aid to a ghost on a transcontinental train trip and escorts him to his final destination.
The Coffin (Episode 9) 8.0
Writer: Ray Bradbury
Air date: 1988-05-07
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: An aging inventor builds a custom designed casket as his final creation... and to inflict revenge on a greedy brother.
Tyrannosaurus Rex (Episode 10)
Writer: Ray Bradbury
Air date: 1988-05-14
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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.
There Was an Old Woman (Episode 11)
Writer: Ray Bradbury
Air date: 1988-05-21
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Elderly Matilda isn't ready to die when Death arrives to carry her off in a wicker basket.
And So Died Riabouchinska (Episode 12)
Writer: Ray Bradbury
Air date: 1988-05-28
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.