Bernard's Watch

In 1991, Alexander John Howard conceived of a series based on the same concept but it took six years to get funding.

The show eventually began as a single 15-minute episode; however, it was suggested it could work as a series.

Four more stories were written by creator Andrew Norriss, who thought, in his own words, "that would be it".

The original series aired from 14 November 1997 to 7 December 2001 and was produced by Central Television.

It was written by Norriss, who also wrote the book "Bernard's Watch", a novelisation based on the first three series, which was published in 1999 by Puffin.

The concept of the show originally formed the basis of one of the most famous episodes of The Twilight Zone, entitled "A Kind of a Stopwatch", first broadcast in 1963.