Quatermass And the Pit (1958-59): "Hob"

Chaos reigns in the pit and the long-dormant Martian inheritance begins to assert itself in many people in the area - including Quatermass himself - driving them to a new racial purge.

Production company/iesBroadcast station(s)Broadcast date(s)
BBCBBC Television Service (1958)
BBC TV (1960)
January 26, 1959
Omnibus Part 2 (Eps 4-6): January 9, 1960

Production credits

Producer(s)Director(s)Writer(s)Other notable credits
Rudolph CartierRudolph CartierNigel KnealeFilm Cameraman: A A Englander
Film Editor: Ian Callaway
Designer: Clifford Hatts
Military Adviser: Lt Col P J Hands
Make-up Supervisor: Christine Hillcoat
Wardrobe Supervisor: Pamela Glanville
Special Effects: Jack Kine, Bernard Wilkie
Music specially composed by: Trevor Duncan
Special Effects (Sound): BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Acting credits

  • Dr Matthew Roney: Cec Linder
  • Barbara Judd: Christine Finn
  • Professor Quatermass: Andre Morell
  • Colonel Breen: Anthony Bushell
  • Captain Potter: John Stratton


  • Edward Burnham: Official
  • Harold Siddons: Electrician
  • Brian Worth: James Fullalove
  • Richard Dare: Private secretary to the Minister
  • Bill Shine: First journalist
  • Allan McClelland: Second journalist
  • Ian Ainsley: Police Inspector
  • Anthony Pendrell: TV interviewer
  • John Hamblin: News Vendor
  • Bernard Spear: First customer
  • Louise Gainsborough: Blonde
  • Arthur Brander: Man in the blazer
  • Sydney Bromley: Tattered man
  • Tony Quinn: News Editor
  • Stuart Nichol: Newscaster
  • Budd Knapp: American Pilot
  • Richard Shaw: Sladden

Notes

Additional production credits appeared in the Radio Times listing for episode 6. We learned that Jack Kine and Bernard Wilkie were responsible for the special effects and Trevor Duncan, the music. These were repeated when the omnibus editions were aired in January 1960, and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop were credited for sound effects The telerecordings made from the original live broadcasts were edited by Sheila Tomlinson for the omnibus edition.


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