Quatermass And the Pit (1958-59): "The Halfmen"
| During excavation work at a building site in Hobbs Lane, London, workmen discover a skull and other fossilised bones. But are they really remains from a five million-year-old skeleton as claimed by Dr Roney, or something altogether more sinister? Meanwhile, Professor Quatermass, head of The Rocket Group, is resisting government plans to install missiles on the Moon, in a menacing project known as the Dead Man’s Deterrent. |  |
| Production company/ies | Broadcast station(s) | Broadcast date(s) |
|---|---|---|
| BBC | BBC Television Service (1958) BBC TV (1960) | December 22, 1958 Omnibus Part 1 (Eps 1-3): January 2, 1960 |
Production credits
| Producer(s) | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Other notable credits |
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| Rudolph Cartier | Rudolph Cartier | Nigel Kneale | Film Cameraman: A A Englander Film Editor: Ian Callaway Designer: Clifford Hatts Special Effects (Sound): BBC Radiophonic Workshop Special Effects (Vision): Jack Kine, Bernard Wilkie Telerecording Editor: Sheila Tomlinson Music composed by: Trevor Duncan |
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Notes
Some of the production credits that originally only appeared in the Radio Times listing for episode 6 shown in January 1959, appear in the listing for the omnibus editions broadcast the following January. As well as the credits for special effects work by Jack Kine and Bernard Wilkie and Trevor Duncan's music, we learned that the BBC Radiophonic Workshop provided sound effects, and the telerecordings made from the original live broadcasts were edited by Sheila Tomlinson.
BBC production BBC Television Service Live broadcast Science fiction Nigel Kneale Rudolph Cartier Quatermass First broadcast in 1958 A A Englander Ian Callaway Clifford Hatts Cec Linder Christine Finn Andre Morell Anthony Bushell John Stratton Van Boolen Michael Raghan Lionel Ngakane George Dudley John Rae Malcolm Watson Stanley Vine Mark Eden Patrick Maynard Arthur Hewlett Michael Bird Janet Burnell Tony Lyon Anne Bushell Janet Joye Richard Dare Robert Purceval Nan Braunton Ian Ainsley Michael Ripper Harold Goodwin John Walker Victor Platt Kenneth Warren Hilda Barry Clifford Cox Brian Gilmar Howell Davies Peter Grisewood John Barrett Charles Maunsell Lee Richardson Edward Malin Quatermass And The Pit (1958-59) December 22 BBC Radiophonic Workshop Jack Kine Bernard Wilkie Sheila Tomlinson Trevor Duncan January 2
