After a fallow period in the late 1970s, renowned TV writer Nigel Kneale had something of a renaissance at the turn of the decade, bringing back his most famous creation Professor Bernard Quatermass in a prestige series for Thames Television’s … Continue reading From Mercury with Love: Nigel Kneale’s Kinvig
Growing up in the 1970s, I was far too young to have experienced Nigel Kneale’s seminal trilogy of sci-fi serials, The Quatermass Experiment, Quatermass II and Quatermass and the Pit during their original broadcast on the BBC in the 1950s. … Continue reading Quatermass – The Hammer Years
I dug up this piece, originally intended as the first part of a sprawling history of British Sci-Fi on film and television for the original run of Strange Skins magazine, and thought it might be of interest. Please excuse any … Continue reading A History of British Sci-Fi on Film and Television – Part One (1895 to 1955)
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