Doomwatch (1970)
Doomwatch (1970)
Plot.
Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present-day, and dealt with a scientific government agency led by Doctor Spencer Quist, responsible for investigating and combating various ecological and technological dangers.
The series was followed by a film adaptation produced by Tigon British Film Productions and released in 1972, and a revival TV film was broadcast on Channel 5 in 1999.
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Cast & Crew.
Joby Blanshard
Colin Bradley
Simon Oates
Dr. John Ridge
Vivien Sherrard
Barbara Mason
Robert Powell
Tobias Wren
John Nolan
Geoff Hardcastle
Gerry Davis
Creator / Writer
Kit Pedler
Creator / Writer
John Bown
Commander Neil Stafford
John Paul
Dr Spencer Quist / Dr Spencer Quist / Dr. Spencer Quist
John Barron
The Minister / Minister
Darrol Blake
Director
Lennie Mayne
Director
Jonathan Alwyn
Director
Eric Hills
Director
Terence Dudley
Director / Writer
David Sullivan Proudfoot
Director
Paul Ciappessoni
Director
Joan Kemp-Welch
Director
Quentin Lawrence
Director
Pennant Roberts
Director
Vere Lorrimer
Director
Frank Cox
Director
Hugh David
Director
Roy Battersby
Director
Alastair Mackay
Editor
Christopher Rowlands
Editor
Jim Stephens
Editorial Services
Sheila S. Tomlinson
Editor
Ronald Sangster
Editor
Martin Winterton
Editor
Martin Worth
Writer
Louis Marks
Writer
Don Shaw
Writer
Brian Hayles
Writer
Dennis Spooner
Writer
John Gould
Writer
Roger Parkes
Writer
Ian Curteis
Writer
Ian McDonald
Writer
Elwyn Jones
Writer
Harry Green
Writer
John Howlett
Writer
Roy Russell
Writer
Patrick Alexander
Writer
Robin Chapman
Writer
Robert Holmes
Writer
Stuart Douglass
Writer
Robert James
Barker
Hamilton Dyce
Minister
Morris Perry
Prof. Alec Hetherington
Bruce Purchase
Norman Sylvester
Emrys Jones
Colonel Archibald Smithson
Leslie Schofield
Harry
Cec Linder
Sen. Connell
Katherine Kath
Lady Janette Holroyd
Jonathan Pryce
Police Constable
Desmond Llewelyn
Thompson
Michael Keating
Stephen Grigg
June Brown
Kit Pedler
Kevin Stoney
Prof. Hal Symonds
Jennifer Daniel
Dana Colley
William Lucas
Benjamin Fielding
Olaf Pooley
Dr. Ensor
Joseph Fürst
Dr. Charles Goldsworthy
Maurice Roëves
Peter Shipton
Erik Chitty
Old Man
George Baker
John Mitchell
Peter Copley
Admiral Sir Richard Tranton
Michael Ripper
Tom Reid
Ray Brooks
Geoff Harker
Shelagh Fraser
Joan Prentice
Freda Dowie
Hilda
Edward Underdown
Chairman of Tribunal
Patrick Godfrey
Grant
James Maxwell
Dr. Whittaker
Noel Johnson
Priestland
Judith Furse
Mary Lincoln
Trevor Bannister
Dr. Anthony Lewis
Margaret John
Mrs. Joan Simpson
Geoffrey Palmer
Major Sims
Talfryn Thomas
Mr. Hetherington
John Savident
The Minister
Michael Elwyn
Richard Duncan
Peter Welch
Tom Hedley
Jay Neill
Laing
Nicholas Courtney
Phillip
Brian Wilde
Prof. Fairbairn
Paul Eddington
Reynolds
Richard Hurndall
Dr Robert Whitehead
Michael Aspel
BBC Man Houston
William Fox
Scott
Patricia Maynard
Miss Sephton
Glyn Owen
'Griff' Griffiths
Colin Jeavons
Botting
George A. Cooper
Thomas Prentice
Anthony Ainley
Senior House Officer
Frederick Hall
Dennis Pritchard
Glyn Houston
Gerald Marlowe
Frederick Jaeger
Richard Massingham
Elisabeth Sladen
Sarah Collins
Philip Bond
Inspector Drew
Peter Hawkins
Computer (voice)
Christopher Chittell
Dick Burns
Aubrey Richards
Bernard Colley
George Waring
Busby
Michael Culver
Minister's PPS
John Quarmby
PM's Secretary
Paul Seed
Michael Pratt
Bernard Horsfall
Steven Granger
Edward Kelsey
Captain Tommy Gort
George Pravda
Prof. Miklos Egri
Nigel Stock
Commander Charles Keeping
Rhoda Lewis
Mrs. Freeman
Llewellyn Rees
Rev. Charles Garrison
John Gregg
Roger Halls
Trevor Eve
Neil Tannahill
John Lee
Captain - Second Airline Crew / Jenson
Amanda Ooms
Meg Tannahill
Philip Stone
Spencer Quist
Steve Toussaint
Luke
Tony Sibbald
Captain - First Airline Crew
Alex Scott
Dr. Patrick
Donald Morley
Air Commodore Parks
John Wood
Nigel Waring
Moultrie Kelsall
Alexander Drummond
Ronald Hines
Ian Drummond
Viviane Ventura
Paola Maria Totti
Penelope Lee
Dr. Mary Bryant
Jennifer Wilson
Miss Wills
Michael Hawkins
Jim Bennett
Monty Brown
Co-Pilot - First Airline Crew
Gracie Luck
Stewardess - First Airline Crew
Richardson Morgan
Engineer - First Airline Crew
Eric Corrie
Co-Pilot - Second Airline Crew
Pat Wallen
Stewardess - Second Airline Crew
Caroline Rogers
Stewardess - Second Airline Crew
Christopher Hodge
Comisionaire
Andreas Malandrinos
Passenger
Mike Lewin
Passenger
Pat Beckett
Passenger
Toba Laurence
Passenger
Wendy Hall
Pat Hunnisett / Pat Hunisett
Cynthia Bizeray
Passenger
Peter Thompson
Passenger
Michael Earl
Passenger
Tony Haydon
Passenger
Craig Hunter
Bill Edwards
Eileen Helsby
Joyce Chambers
Ray Roberts
Fred Chambers
Stephen Dudley
Small Boy
John Berryman
Reporter
Marcelle Samett
Nurse
Ian Elliott
Ambulance Driver
Hildegard Neil
Dr. Stella Robson
Philip Brack
Jack Foster
John Linares
Young Man
Michael McGovern
Dick Larch
Veronica Strong
Carol Larch
Grant Taylor
Colonel Kramer
Kevin Scott
Gus Clarke
Noel Sheldon
Max Friedman
John Kidd
Johnson
John Boxer
Brown
James Burke
BBC Man London
John Young
Dr. Alan Benson
John Law
Pegg
Pamela Sholto
Miss James
Penny Dixon
Miss Cooper
Bay White
Mrs. Tyler
John Comer
Jack
Pat Connell
Dr. Green
Dudley Jones
Dr. O'Brien
David Markham
Wilfred Ellis
William Wilde
Branston
Brian Badcoe
Stephens
Rosemary Turner
Miss Jones
Robert Sansom
Dr. Hugh Preston / Dr. Somerville
Peter Whitaker
Ministry Inspector
Ron Gregory
Guard
Mark Sinclair
Boy
Jeremy Young
Vincent Llewellyn
David Davies
The Minister
Mary Hignett
Mrs. Adams
Ray Mort
Bill Jones
Eliza Ward
Elizabeth Llewellyn
Sheila Raynor
Mrs. Smith / Mrs. Knott
Michael Newport
Bryn
Elizabeth Weaver
Dr. Anne Tarrant
Tommy Godfrey
Sam Billings
Shirley Dixon
Dr. Judith Lennox
Robert Gillespie
Dr. Warren
Graham Leaman
Professor Eric Hayland
Edwin Brown
Len White
MacDonald Hobley
Permanent Secretary
Margie Young
Barmaid
Anthony Sagar
Sergeant Willie Harris
Victor Platt
Joe Bates
Arthur Brough
Sandy Larch
Barrie Cookson
Dr. Wilson
Leslie Meadows
Reggie Cornford
David Lincoln
Dave Cornford
Joyce Windsor
Mrs. Hunter
Kim Butcher
Wendy Hunter
Bill Straiton
Sergeant
Mary Loughran
Air Hostess / Dr. Gray
Simon Cain
Soldier
David Buck
Isaac Prentice
Geoffrey Chater
Mullery
Geraldine Sherman
Alice
Rachel Treadgold
Miss Marshall
Charles Rea
Inspector
Geoffrey Davion
Islander
Ian MacKenzie
Islander
Guy Graham
Islander
Jean Trend
Dr. Fay Chantry
Angus MacKay
Professor Lewin
Anthony Sharp
Dr. Ian Phelps
Norman Scace
Elliot
Sheila Grant
Gillian Blake
Barry Stokes
Stephen Franklin
Sally Thomsett
Judy Franklin
Martin Howells
Gerald Jenkins
David Janson
Arnold McPherson
Robert Yetzes
Painton
David Jarrett
Tom Avery
Bernard Hepton
Oscar Franklin
Patsy Byrne
Mary Franklin
Patrick Milner
Airport Policeman
Julie May
Shopper
Paula Smith
Ground Hostess
Keith Grenville
Dr. Eric Godfrey
Amanda Walker
Sister Trewin
Edward Evans
Dai / Coroner
Raymond Young
Mr. Tearson
Frederick Schiller
Mr. Faber
Harold Bennett
George Mason
Frank Littlewood
Mr. Kemp
Jeannie James
Nurse
Paul Nemeer
Doctor
Barry Foster
Dr. Carson
Michael Ely
Visitor
Clive Rogers
Visitor
Joyce Freeman
Visitor
Penny Service
Air Hostess
Bill Bailey
Reporter
Robert Urquhart
Jim Ainslie
Stephen Preston
Reporter
Stephanie Bidmead
Janine Griffiths
Anthony Newlands
Dr. George
Gloria Connell
Nurse / Police Woman
Walter Horsbrugh
Dr. Seaton
Desmond Cullum-Jones
Patterson
Joseph Greig
Dr. Jackson
Patrick Troughton
Lyon McArthur / Alan McArthur
Alethea Charlton
Flora Seton
Simon Lack
Andrew Seton
Jane Dore
Receptionist
Michael Ellison
Naval Officer
David Purcell
Journalist
Roddy McMillan
Scobie
John Quayle
Cavendish
Kevin Brennan
Sir Billy Langly
Joan Phillips
Mrs. Hetherington
Ray Armstrong
Donovan
Ursula Hirst
Mrs. Frank
Doreen Andrews
Mrs. Scobie
Laurence Bulaitis
Laurence Hetherington
Tom Collister
Man in Flat
Eric Kent
Drunk
Trevor Lawrence
Drunk
Steve Patterson
Drunk
Frederick Treves
Dr. Henry Fane
Robert Cawdron
John McAlister
Jean Marlow
Marge Pritchard
Garry Smith
Harry Pritchard
David Spurling
Philips
Bill Hayden
Mr. Duffy
Laurie Webb
Dog Owner
George Giles
Policeman
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 9, 1970
StatusEnded
Seasons4
Episodes40
Running Time50m
Genres
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Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present day, and dealt with a scientific government agency led by Doctor Spencer Quist (played by John Paul), responsible for investigating and combating various environmental and technological dangers.
The series was followed by a film adaptation produced by Tigon British Film Productions and released in 1972, and a revival TV film was broadcast on Channel 5 in 1999.
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