UK, 6 January 1975-10 March 1975
1 series, 10 episodes, average 25m
videotape, 16mm film, colour, 4:3
mono, English
A British science fiction television series based on the series of novels by Peter Dickinson.
Premise
In Britain a strange noise drives the populace to rebel against all forms of machinery and technology. In the aftermath teenager Nicky Gore is separated from her parents and sets out to find them in a world that has reverted to a pre-industrial way of life.
Credits
Regular Crew
Directed by: John Prowse
BBC
Produced by: Anna Home
Written by: Anna Home
Based on the Novels by: Peter Dickinson
Regular Cast
Vicky Williams (Nicky)
Keith Ashton (Jonathan)
Rafiq Anwar (Chacha)
Bartlett Mullins (old man)
Sahab Qizilbash (grandmother)
Episodes
The Noise (6 January 1975)
The Bad Wires (13 January 1975)
The Devil’s Children (20 January 1975)
Hostages! (27 January 1975)
Witchcraft! (3 February 1975)
A Pile of Stones (10 February 1975)
Heartsease (17 February 1975)
Lightning! (24 February 1975)
The Quarry (3 March 1975)
The Cavern (10 March 1975)
Links
Includes extracts from
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
References
Books
- A Green and Pagan Land: Myth, Magic and Landscape in British Film and Television by David Huckvale pp.20, 121
- The Hill and Beyond: Children’s Television Drama – an Encyclopedia by Alistair D. McGown & Mark J. Docherty pp.87-89
- The Routledge Companion to Folk Horror by Robert Edgar and Wayne Johnson (eds.) pp.211-212, 227, 231-232
- Serials on British Television 1950-1994 by Ellen Baskin p.131 – credits, synopsis
