BBC 4 season of Brit Sci-fi

mike65

Starting Monday next inlcuding the following

SCIENCE FICTION SERIES: Doctor Who
On: BBC 4 (Freeview)
Date: Monday 13th November 2006 (starting in 7 days)
Time: 19:10 to 20:00 (50 minutes long)

Spearhead From Space. Series 7, episode 1.
Classic sci-fi drama series. The Doctor pits his wits against the Nestenes, aliens who plan to colonise Earth through their ability to make plastic replicas of humans.
(Subtitles, 3 Star)

Starring: Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, Hugh Burden, Neil Wilson, John Breslin (Holy Crap! :eek:)
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SCIENCE FICTION SERIES: The Day of The Triffids
On: BBC 4 (Freeview)
Date: Monday 13th November 2006 (starting in 7 days)
Time: 20:30 to 21:00 (30 minutes long)

A six-part adaptation of John Wyndham's classic sci-fi tale of invasion by man-eating plants, which blind their human prey. Recovering in hospital from a blinding triffid sting, Bill Masen wakes to an uncanny silence.
(Subtitles, 1981, 3 Star)

Director: Ken Hannam
Starring: John Duttine, Emma Relph, Maurice Colbourne
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DOCUMENTARY: The Martians and Us
On: BBC 4 (Freeview)
Date: Monday 13th November 2006 (starting in 7 days)
Time: 21:00 to 22:00 (1 hour long)

From Apes to Aliens.
Series about the history of British science fiction. This edition looks at our relationship with aliens, from Wells's invading Martians to the Daleks via 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Midwich Cuckoos, and the Mekon. It also explores the genre's preoccupation with the big questions of evolution, and includes interviews with Arthur C Clarke, Brian Aldiss, Doris Lessing and Steve Jones.
(New Series, Subtitles, Audio Described)
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DRAMA: A for Andromeda
On: BBC 4 (Freeview)
Date: Monday 13th November 2006 (starting in 7 days)
Time: 22:00 to 23:25 (1 hour and 25 minutes long)

Richard Fell's contemporary adaptation of Fred Hoyle and John Elliot's 1961 sci-fi classic. A radio signal from the Andromeda constellation provides instructions on how to build a computer. In a very short period of time, the machine amasses a wealth of information about life on Earth and soon becomes more powerful than anyone could have anticipated. Using its vast intelligence, and with the connivance of the MoD, it fashions a robot from flesh and blood to carry out its wishes.
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 2006)

Director: John Strickland
Starring: David Haig, Jane Asher, Kelly Reilly, Tom Hardy
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DRAMA: H G Wells: War with the World
On: BBC 4 (Freeview)
Date: Monday 13th November 2006 (starting in 7 days)
Time: 23:25 to 00:55 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)

Drama telling the story of the father of science fiction, HG Wells. Wells earned global fame with his prophetic novels such as War of the Worlds and used his celebrity to meet the world's greatest leaders. His almost messianic ambition was to create a World State and avert humankind's headlong course towards self-destruction. Wells was also infamous for his radical thinking on sexual freedom, but ultimately his belief in free love was to have catastrophic consequences.
(Subtitles, Audio Described)

Starring: Michael Sheen, Sally Hawkins
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SCIENCE FICTION SERIES: Adam Adamant Lives
On: BBC 4 (Freeview)
Date: Tuesday 14th November 2006 (starting in 8 days)
Time: 19:10 to 20:00 (50 minutes long)

A Vintage Year For Scoundrels.
Cult 1960s sci-fi drama series about an Edwardian time-traveller transported to Swinging London. 1902, and dashing swordsman Adam Adamant is caught in a trap by his fiendish nemesis The Face and frozen in a block of ice. Uncovered and revived 64 years later, he resumes his fight against evil accompanied by his reluctant aide Miss Jones.
(Subtitles)

Starring: Gerald Harper, Juliet Harmer
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TALK SHOW: Mark Lawson Talks to...
On: BBC 4 (Freeview)
Date: Tuesday 14th November 2006 (starting in 8 days)
Time: 22:55 to 23:55 (1 hour long)

Iain Banks.
Mark Lawson in conversation with writer Iain Banks.
(Subtitles)
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DOCUMENTARY: Machine Men On: BBC 4 (Freeview)
Date: Monday 20th November 2006 (starting in 13 days)
Time: 00:00 to 01:00 (1 hour long)

Daisy Donovan narrates a documentary looking at the history of robots, androids and cyborgs in both fact and fiction. Contributors include actor Anthony Daniels, writers Brian Aldiss and Kim Newman, and experts in the field of robotics.
(Subtitles)
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SPECIAL INTEREST: The Kneale Tapes
On: BBC 4 (Freeview)
Date: Monday 20th November 2006 (starting in 14 days)
Time: 23:40 to 00:20 (40 minutes long)

A celebration of the career of pioneering TV writer Nigel Kneale, whose Quatermass serials terrified audiences in the 1950s, and whose later works such as The Year of the Sex Olympics and The Stone Tape are regarded as modern classics. In an in-depth interview, Kneale talks about the challenges of bringing his vision to the screen, and how his dramas both reflect the issues of their time and frequently anticipate the future.
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DOCUMENTARY: The Cult of...Doomwatch
On: BBC 4 (Freeview)
Date: Tuesday 21st November 2006 (starting in 15 days)
Time: 20:30 to 21:00 (30 minutes long)

Series looking at cult sci-fi series recalls Doomwatch, an early 1970s TV drama by Dr Kit Pedlar and Gerry Davies which took real scientific advances and created stories around them that exaggerated their dangers to apocalyptic levels. With new interviews with the actors and production team, the programme reveals the inspiration for stories, outlines how the team knew they were upsetting the government and big business, and explains why Robert Powell left at the height of its popularity.
(Subtitles)


Mike.

mike65

More info here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/features/sfb.shtml

Mike.

popebenny16

A good line up, 2 b shure.