Quatermass (1979)
Quatermass (1979)
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Cast & Crew.
John Mills
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Simon MacCorkindale
Joe Kapp
Ralph Arliss
Kickalong
Paul Rosebury
Caraway
Nigel Kneale
Creator / Writer
Jane Bertish
Bee
Toyah Willcox
Sal
Ted Childs
Producer
Rebecca Saire
Hettie Carlson
Norton Knatchbull
Associate Producer
Verity Lambert
Executive Producer
Tony Sibbald
Chuck Marshall
Nic Rowley
Music
Barbara Kellerman
Clare Kapp
Margaret Tyzack
Annie Morgan
Marc Wilkinson
Music
Michael Barnes
Casting
Arnold Chapkis
Production Design
Terry Parr
Art Direction
Michael Baldwin
Costume Design
Eddie Knight
Makeup Artist
Mary Sturgess
Hairstylist
Laurie Greenwood
Production Manager
Steve Lanning
Second Assistant Director
Bill Westley
Assistant Director
Bert Gardner
Property Buyer
Rex Hobbs
Property Master
Charlie Simmons
Construction Coordinator
Chris Gurney
Boom Operator
Dudley Plummer
Sound Mixer
Ian Toynton
Sound Editor
Roger Wilson
Sound Editor
Neil Binney
Camera Operator
Ray Hearne
Still Photographer
Alan Martin
Gaffer
Chris Blunden
First Assistant Editor
Stephen Pushkin
Location Manager
Pat Rambaut
Continuity
Sally Croft
Publicist
Peter Harvey
Production Accountant
Ian Wilson
Director of Photography
Keith Palmer
Editor
Joy Harington
TV Producer
Barbara Keogh
Make-up Lady
James Leith
Cop
Luke Hanson
Police Captain
Charles Bolton
Mugger
Christopher Driscoll
Mugger
Stewart Harwood
Taxi Driver
Rita Webb
Charm Seller
Trevor Lawrence
Catskin Man
Frederick Radley
Medicine Man
Bruce Purchase
Tommy Roach
David Yip
Frank Chen
Brenda Fricker
Alison Thorpe
Sophie Kind
Sara
Joanna Joseph
Debbie
Neil Stacy
Toby Gough
Annabelle Lanyon
Isabel
Tudor Davies
Choreographer / TV Director
Kevin Stoney
Prime Minister
David Ashford
David Hatherley
Jan Murzynowski
Russian Astronaut
Kathleen St John
Winnie
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 24, 1979
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes4
Running Time50m
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
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Quatermass (also known as Quatermass IV, or The Quatermass Conclusion for its intended international theatrical release) is a 1979 British television science fiction serial. Produced by Euston Films for Thames Television, it was broadcast on the ITV network in October and November 1979. Like its three predecessors, Quatermass was written by Nigel Kneale. It is the fourth and final television serial to feature the character of Professor Bernard Quatermass who was played by John Mills.
Influenced by the social and geopolitical situation of the early 1970s and the hippie youth movement of the late 1960s, Quatermass is set in a near future in which large numbers of young people are joining a cult known as the Planet People who gather at prehistoric sites, believing they will be transported to a better life on another planet. The series begins with Professor Quatermass arriving in London to look for his granddaughter, Hettie Carlson, and witnessing the destruction of two spacecraft and the disappearance of a group of Planet People at a stone circle by an unknown force. He investigates this force, believing that Hettie may be in danger. As the series progresses, it becomes apparent that the Planet People are being harvested by an alien force rather than transported.
Quatermass was originally conceived as a BBC production, but after the corporation lost faith in the project because of spiralling costs, work was halted. The scripts were acquired by Euston Films and Kneale, who was commissioned to rewrite the scripts into two versions: a four-part television serial and The Quatermass Conclusion, a 100-minute film, intended for international theatrical release.
Despite ITV making the series its flagship premier for its 1979 autumn schedule, the four-part serial was met with lukewarm reviews. Reasons were blamed on the plot, casting and character development. The cinematic edited version, The Quatermass Conclusion, was given a limited release due to lack of interest from distributors.