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The Quatermass Experiment

30m1 SeasonTMDb 6.7

DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

EnglishEnded

1 · Contact Has Been Established

2 · Persons Reported Missing

3 · Very Special Knowledge

4 · Believed to be Suffering

5 · An Unidentified Species

6 · State of Emergency

Crew and Cast

Nigel KnealeNigel KnealeCreatorReginald TateReginald TateProfessor Bernard QuatermassIsabel DeanIsabel DeanJudith Carroon
Hugh KellyJohn PatersonDuncan LamontDuncan LamontVictor CarroonPaul Whitsun-JonesPaul Whitsun-JonesJames Fullalove
John GlenDr Gordon Briscoe
Ian ColinDI Lomax
Frank HawkinsDS BestChristopher RhodesChristopher RhodesDr Ludwig ReichenheimOliver JohnstonOliver JohnstonNews Editor
Peter BathurstCharles Greene
John KiddSir Vernon DoddsMoray WatsonMoray WatsonPeter Marsh

Storyline

Set in the near future against the background of a British space programme, the story of the first crewed flight into space, supervised by Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group.

  • BBC

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Info

Status
Ended
First aired
18 July 1953
Last aired
22 August 1953
TMDB score
6.7 / 10 (16 votes)

Production

Created by
Nigel Kneale
Studios
BBC
Countries
United Kingdom
Networks
BBC Television

Episodes

Seasons
1
Episodes
6
Runtime
30m
Type
Miniseries
In production
No

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English