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.
John Paul
Dr Spencer Quist
Joby Blanshard
Colin Bradley
Simon Oates
Dr. John Ridge
Vivien Sherrard
Barbara Mason
John Barron
The Minister
Robert Powell
Tobias Wren
John Nolan
Geoff Hardcastle
Gerry Davis
Creator / Writer
Kit Pedler
Creator / Writer
John Bown
Commander Neil Stafford
Wendy Hall
Pat Hunnisett
Elizabeth Weaver
Dr. Anne Tarrant
Darrol Blake
Director
Jonathan Alwyn
Director
Lennie Mayne
Director
Terence Dudley
Director / Writer
Eric Hills
Director
Paul Ciappessoni
Director
David Sullivan Proudfoot
Director
Pennant Roberts
Director
Quentin Lawrence
Director
Joan Kemp-Welch
Director
Frank Cox
Director
Vere Lorrimer
Director
Roy Battersby
Director
Hugh David
Director
Jim Stephens
Editorial Services
Martin Worth
Writer
Louis Marks
Writer
Don Shaw
Writer
Brian Hayles
Writer
Dennis Spooner
Writer
John Gould
Writer
Roger Parkes
Writer
Roy Russell
Writer
Patrick Alexander
Writer
Harry Green
Writer
N.J. Crisp
Writer
Robert Holmes
Writer
Ian McDonald
Writer
Ian Curteis
Writer
Elwyn Jones
Writer
Robin Chapman
Writer
John Howlett
Writer
Stuart Douglass
Writer
John Lee
Captain - Second Airline Crew
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
Patrick Troughton
Lyon McArthur
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
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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