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Quatermass II

1955 Drama 1 season

TMDB rating 6.3/10 Ended

Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group is sought to examine strange meteorite showers. His investigations lead to his uncovering a conspiracy involving alien infiltration at the highest levels of the British Government. As even some of Quatermass's closest colleagues fall victim to the alien influence, he is forced to use his own unsafe rocket prototype, which recently caused a nuclear disaster at an Australian testing range, to prevent the aliens from taking over mankind.

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  • Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group is sought to examine strange meteorite showers. His investigations lead to his uncovering a conspiracy involving alien infiltration at the highest levels of the British Government. As even some of Quatermass's closest colleagues fall victim to the alien influence, he is forced to use his own unsafe rocket prototype, which recently caused a nuclear disaster at an Australian testing range, to prevent the aliens from taking over mankind.

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Cast and details

  • John RobinsonProfessor Bernard Quatermass
  • Monica GreyPaula Quatermass
  • Hugh GriffithDr Leo Pugh
  • Nigel KnealeNarrator (voice)
  • John StoneCaptain John Dillon
  • Stephen ScottGuard
  • Austin TrevorFowler
  • Roger DelgadoHugh Conrad
  • Rupert DaviesVincent Broadhead
  • Ian WilsonErnie
  • Michael GoldenPaddy
  • John RaeE.G. McLeod
Created by
Nigel Kneale
Network
BBC One
First aired
Oct 22, 1955
Latest episode
Nov 26, 1955

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