UK, 1962
28m
videotape, black and white, 4:3
mono, English
A British science fiction televison serial directed by Terence Dudley.
Premise
A quarter of a century after he apparently died while in orbit, an astronaut is now believed to have returned to Earth heavily irradiated. As the contamination spreads the very real possibility that this is part of an alien attack is raised.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Terence Dudley
BBC
Produced by: Terence Dudley
Written by: Robert Gould
Music by: BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Designer: Lionel Radford
Telesnaps: John Cura
Cast
William Dexter (Sir Robert Nailer)
Ray Roberts (Dr Alan Tullis)
June Tobin (Lady Nailer)
Episodes
Episode 1 (9 June 1962)
With: Laura Graham (Pam); Frederick Treves (Anderson); Gertan Klauber (Russian PRO); Felix Deebank (Dr Weatherfield); Helen Horton (Mrs Weatherfield); Lawrence James (steward); Julie Webb (stewardess); Lorna Rosslyn (passenger); Rex Rashley (Professor Kraan); Ronnie Raymond (Spinks); Charles Simon (policeman at mic); Reginald Green (P.C. (conference)); Carole Ward (nurse); Jean Dallas (Nyra (doubles switchboard girl); Donald Hoath (Connolly); Peter Haigh; John Martin (Inspector Maxwell); George Street (Supt. Stroud); Michael Browning (Bruton); Susan Purdie (Janet Nailor)
Episode 2 (16 June 1962)
With: Joan Frank (Mrs Stone); Frederick Treves (Anderson); Laura Graham (Pam); Helen Horton (Mrs Weatherfield); Carole Ward; Julie Paul; John Moore; Leo Richardson; Ian Hughes; Robert Fyffe; Philip Stone; John Beorbohm; Frank Shelley; Lewis Teesdale; John Martin (Inspector Maxwell); Susan Purdie (Janet Nailor); Frank Fenter; Michael Browning (Bruton);; George Street (Supt. Street); Alex Mackintosh; John Colin; Edwin Brown; Geoffrey Hibbert; Tex Fuller; Monty Warren; Eric Hagan; Stephen Mann; John Barrett; Rex Robinson; John Lawrence
Episode 3 (23 June 1962)
With: Raymond Mason (Jeff Murray); Joan Frank (Mrs Stone); Laura Graham (Pam); Frederick Treves (Anderson); John Moore; Robert Fyffe; Frank Shelley; Lewis Teasdale; Arthur White; Desmond Jordan; Talfryn Thomas; Philip Stone; Keith Anderson; Martin Gordon; Graham Suter; Norman Pitt; Fred Ferris; Mellan Mitchell; Anne Hardcastle; Leslie Bates; John Walker; Frank Forsyth; Edwin Brown; Philip Anthony; Rex Robinson; John Lawrence; George Waring; John Colin; Geoffrey Hibbert; Jeffrey Segal; Frank Singuineau; George Street (Supt. Street); John Graham
Episode 4 (30 June 1962)
With: Keith Pyott (Air Vice-Marshal Collins); Paul Bacon (General Nant); Raymond Duparc (Aide); Raymond Mason (Jeff Murray); Joan Frank (Mrs Stone); Frederick Treves (Anderson); Alex Mackintosh; Keith Anderson; Susan Purdie (Janet Nailor); John Graham; Delia Paton; Geoffrey Lea; Rowena Torrence; Pauline Petrie; David Macmillan; Mary Webster; Kenneth Dight; Gabrielle Blunt; Armine Sandford; John Wilding; Ian Clark; Fred Ferris
Episode 5 (7 July 1962)
With: Paul Bacon (General Nant); Raymond Mason (Jeff Murray); Keith Pyott (Air Vice-Marshal Collins); Raymond Duparc (Aide); Frederick Treves (Anderson); Joan Frank (Mrs Stone); Frank Shelley; Fred Ferris; David Macmillan; John Wilding; Anna Wing; Geoffrey Tyrrell; Rosemary Leach; Mervyn Pascoe; Dorothy Batley; Wilfrid Grantham; Gabrielle Blunt; Charles Rea; Charles Simon; Ian Clark; Jean Leo; Mary Webster; George Little; Keith Anderson; Kenneth Dight; Kenneth Seeger; Michael Segal; Bill Wiesener; Edward Kilsey; Winifred Hill; Andrew Sachs; Richard Steele; Frank Fenter; Margaret Read; Valerie Stanton; David O’Connell; Ernest Jennings; Joanne Davis; Sheila Kennedy; Armine Sandford; Iris Baker
Episode 6 (14 July 1962)
With: Keith Pyott (Air Vice-Marshal Collins); Paul Bacon (General Nant); Raymond Duparc (Aide); Laura Graham (Pam); Joan Frank (Mrs Stone); Stanley Walsh; Ian Gray; Meadows White; Lewis Wilson; Rex Robinson; George Lee; Keith Goodman; Gordon Clyde; Robert Hunter; Tony Carrick; Roger Kemp; Desmond Cullum-Jones; Peter Thornton; Michael Bird; Allan Jeayes; Terence Holland; Ian Clark; Jean Leo; Michael Segal; Edward Kelsey; Noel Coleman; Brian Vaughan; Donald Webster; Michael Earl; Richard Davies; John Graham; Frank Fenter; John Colin; Harry Littlewood; Tom Sheridan; Christopher Coll; David Brierley; David Brewster; Robert Fyffe; Tex Fuller
References
Books
- Serials on British Television 1950-1994 by Ellen Baskin p.61 – credits, synopsis
Other sources
- BBC Programme as Broadcast file
