UK, 4 September-9 October 1984
1 series, 6 episodes, average 30m
videotape, colour, 4:3
mono, English
A British science fiction television television mini-series directed by Brian Lighthill.
Plot Summary
A mysterious man, wrapped head to toe in bandages, arrives in the small village of Iping. He’s a scientist named Griffin who has experimented on himself and rendered himself invisible.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Brian Lighthill
© BBC MCMLXXXIII [1983]
Producer: Barry Letts
Production Associate: Ros Wolfes
Production Manager: Thea Murray
Assistant Floor Manager: Charles Beeson
Technical Manager: Malcolm Martin
Dramatised by: James Andrew Hall
[Based on the Book] By: H.G. Wells
Script Editor: Terrance Dicks
Studio Lighting: Bert Postlethwaite
O.B. Lighting: John Wiggins
Studio Camera Supervisor: Mike Harrison
O.B. Camera Supervisor: Martin Matthewson
Engineering Manager: Dennis Butcher
Videotape Editor: Phil Southby
Vision Mixer: John Barclay
Music Composed and Conducted by: Stephen Deutsch
Studio Sound: Brian Hiles
O.B. Sound: Douglas Whittaker
Costume Designer: Anna Stubley
Make Up Designer: Cheryl Wright
Visual Effects Designer: John Brace
Video Effects: Dave Jervis
Effects Artist: Jack Purvis
Designer: Don Giles
Graphic Designer: Graham McCallum
Properties Buyer: Madga Olender, Helen Mackenzie
Production Assistant: Patricia O’Leary
Stunt Co-ordinator: Stuart Fell
Cast
Pip Donaghy (Griffin) [episodes 1-6]
Lila Kaye (Mrs Hall) [episodes 1, 2, 3]
Ron Pember (Mr Hall) [episodes 1, 2, 3]
Jonathan Adams (Teddy Henfrey) [episodes 1, 2]
Roy Holder (Sandy Wadgers) [episodes 1, 2]
Gerald James (Dr Cuss) [episodes 1, 2, 3]
Michael Sheard (Reverend Bunting) [episodes 1, 2, 3]
Anna Wing (Mrs Roberts) [episodes 1, 2]
Nigel Gregory (youth) [episode 2]
Rachael Heaton-Armstrong (girl) [episodes 1, 2]
John Quarmby (Comstable Jaffers) [episodes 2, 3]
Deddie Davis (Mrs Bunting) [episode 2]
David Trevena (postman) [episode 2]
Nigel Gregory (youth) [episode 2]
Frank Middlemass (Thomas Marvel) [episodes 3, 6]
Ivor Salter (barman) [episode 3]
Anthony Brown (mariner) [episode 3]
Jiggy Bhore (barmaid) [episode 3]
David Gwillim (Samuel Kemp) [episodes 4, 5, 6]
Donald Bisset (Professor Hobbema) [episode 4]
Merelina Kendall (Lucy) [episodes 4, 5, 6]
Esmond Knight (blind man) [episode 5]
Cyrial Shaps (landlord) [episode 5]
Bernard Stone (shop owner) [episodes 5, 6]
Ruby Buchanan (Miss Hood) [episode 5]
Janos Kurucz (beared man) [episode 5]
Helen Gold (cook) [episodes 5, 6]
Frederick Treves (Colonel Adye) [episode 6]
John Patrick (prison officer) [episode 6]
Alan Mason (Wickstead) [episode 6]
Keith Ashton (navvy) [episode 6]
Episodes
The Strange Man’s Arrival (4 September 1984)
The Unveiling of the Stranger (11 September 1984)
Mr Marvel’s Visit to Iping (18 September 1984)
Dr Kemp’s Visitor (25 September 1984)
Certain First Principles (2 October 1984)
The Hunting of the Invisible Man (9 October 1984)
References
Periodicals
- Radio Times vol.244 no.3173 (1 September 1984)
- Television Today 17 March 1983 p.17
- Television Today 18 August 1983 p.18
- TV Zone no.67 (June 1995) pp.45-47 – illustrated interview with Ian Stuart Black (Ian Stuart Black Part 2: the Spying Game – by David Richardson)
Books
- Serials on British Television 1950-1994 by Ellen Baskin p.207
