UK, 3 October 1961
42m
videotape, black and white, 4:3
mono, English
Series: A for Andromeda (1961) – episode 1
A British science fiction television episode directed by Michael Hayes.
Plot Summary
In 1970, a new British radio telescope picks up a signal from the Andromeda Nebula. One of the project scientists, John Fleming realises that the signal is a computer program.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Michael Hayes
BBC
Produced by: Michael Hayes, Norman James
Written by: John Elliot
Based on a Story by: Fred Hoyle
Film Camera: Peter Sargent
Film Editor: Agnes Evan
Designed by: Norman James
Cast
Esmond Knight (Professor Ernest Reinhart)
Peter Halliday (John Fleming)
Patricia Kneale (Judy Adamson)
Noel Johnson (J.M. Osborne)
John Nettleton (Harries)
John Murray-Scott (Harvey)
Bernard Kilby (Whelan)
Donald Stewart (General Vandenberg)
Brenda Peters (Secretary to Osborne)
Frank Windsor (Dennis Bridger)
Mary Chester (Grace)
Peter King (newsreader)
Kenneth Kendall (interviewer)
Terry Lodge (Jenkins)
John Barrett (Oldroyd)
