Jan
20
British Sci-Fi Telly.
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Right since its very earliest days, British television has provided us with some truly cracking morsels of science fiction. One of the first fine examples to grace our screens was the 1958 BBC adaption of, ‘Quatermass and the Pit’. Starring Andre Morell as the intrepid rocket scientist, this was genuinely scary stuff for the time; even when it is watched today, there is something decidedly creepy about this superb BBC TV dramatization. And (if you still aren’t convinced of its scare factor), you should be aware that both John Carpenter and Stephen King have cited ‘Quatermass and the Pit’as a major influence on their work.
