Doomwatch: Winter Angel (1999)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 7 December 1999
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 100 mins
Format: colour
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Channel 5 Television / Doomwatch Ltd / Vanson Productions / Working Title Television
Executive Producers: Simon Wright, Yvette Vanson
Producer: Peter Lee-Wright
Line Producer: Lorraine Goodman
Associate Producer: Analisa Barreto
Production Co-Ordinator: Phil Allarie
Company Co-Ordinator: Hazel Finch

SCRIPT
Script: John Howlett, Ian McDonald
TV Series Created By: Gerry Davis, Kit Pedler

DIRECTION
Director: Roy Battersby
1st Assistant Director: Peter Freeman
2nd Assistant Director: Jeff Taylor
3rd Assistant Director: Sue Wood

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: James Aspinall
Camera Operator: Mike Hiller
Focus Puller: Richard Brierley
Clapper Loader: Oliver Loncraine
Grip: Darren Quinn
Camera Trainee: Russell Taylor
Gaffer: Cephas Howard
Best Boy: John Haylen
Electricians: Josh Breckeen, Joe Allen
Stills: Sally Miles

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: David Spiers
Assistant Editor: Gill McDonald
Post Production Supervisor: Liz Pearson

MUSIC
Music: Debbie Wiseman
Music Engineer: Steve Price

SOUND
Sound Recording: Keith Quirk
Sound Mixer: Billy Mahoney
Sound Editors: Matt Grimes, Roger Dobson, Mark Laws
Sound Maintenance: Tom Mayhew
Foley Artists: Claire Mahoney, Jason Swanscott

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Mark Hillman, Stevie Hall
Hair: Mark Hillman
Costume Designer: Anne Sinclair
Costume Supervisor: Phil Rainforth, Jo Rainforth

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Graham Longhurst

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Mattes & Miniatures
Visual Effects Editor: Phil Eastabrook
Titles: GP Design

DIGITAL EFFECTS
Digital Effects: Shane Warden

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designers: Chris Robilliard, Sue Ferguson
Art Director: Lucy Dummer
Assistant Art Director: Ross Dempster
Production Buyers: Rebecca Alleway, Dini Robilliard
Property Master: Micky Lennon
Dressing Props: Barry Lennon, Larne Hampson
Stand-By Props: Bob Thorne, Roy Damson
Construction Manager: Lee Hosken
Carpenters: Martin Payne, Kevin Fleet
Stand-By Carpenter: Tony Leech
Painter: Imogen Jenkins
Stand-By Painter: Malcolm Chilcott
Stand-By Rigger: John Cooling

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Beverley Winston
Production Accountant: Wim De Greef
Production Assistant: Sophie Siegle
Production Runner: Lewis Sturgeon
Floor Runner: Mitch Skinner
Scientific Consultant: Dr Gerry Gilmore

LOCATIONS
Location Manager: Ian Aegis
Location Assistant: Lisa Jones

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks To: National Power; Littlebrook Power Station

STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Peter Brayham
Stunt Doubles: Dave Cronnelly, Crispin Laysfield, Dani Biernat, Tracy Caudle, Dean Forsetr, Morgan Johnson, Jo Da Silva

CASTING
Casting Director: Marilyn Johnson

CAST
Trevor Eve (Neil Tannahill)
Amanda Ooms (Meg Tannahill)
Philip Stone (Spencer Quist)
Dallas Campbell (Hugo Cox)
Allie Byrne (Teri Riley)
Miles Anderson (Toby Ross)
Steve Toussaint (Luke)
Bob Sherman (Bill Zeiss)
Willie Ross (Mr Fulton)
Ben Compton (Ewan)
John Vine (Special Branch officer)
Rob Dixon (security guard)
Christian Rodska (Shashton driver)
Rebecca Lamb (plainclothes woman)
Francesca Brown (Hannah Tannahill)
Olivia Hallinan (Jessica Tannahill)
Gillian Barge (Cheryl)
David Gilliam (Jack Sankey)
Jessica Turner (minister)
Grant Parsons (civil servant)
Wolf Kahler (Director of Ortogene)
Chu Omambala (Roffey)
Aliza James (Susan)
Raji James (Prideaux)
Janet Henfrey (Julie)
Ged Simmons (police sergeant)
Lawrence Elman (Omasoft executive 1)
Norman Naudain (Omasoft executive 2)
Martin McGlade (security operator 1)
John Cording (security operator 2)
Gordon Griffith (crane operator)
Alison James (flautist)
Judy Loe, Michael Sheen (voices of Angel)

Stand-In: Barry Wood

Astrophysics lecturer Neil Tannahill receives a note from former Doomwatch head Dr Spencer Quist that leads to him becoming involved in the uncovering of a conspiracy involving Soviet nuclear waste being stored at a British nuclear facility.

A watchable enough attempt to resurrect the classic 70s ecological thriller, though one that didn't quite gel as it should. It was a solid foundation on which to build a series which has, as yet, sadly failed to materialise. The inclusion of original Doomwatcher Quist was a nice touch providing the necessary link with the past. It labours somewhat under the yoke of the vastly superior Edge of Darkness (1985), though one can't fault it for ambition. A good effort and it would have been nice to see what might have developed had it been followed through.

UK
Television Distributor: Channel 5

1999
December
7: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 5)

SEQUEL TO
Doomwatch (1970 - 1972)

SEE ALSO
Doomwatch (1972)

OTHER SOURCES

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credits

conspiracies, cover-ups, governments, nuclear waste

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009