British Invaders 427: Quatermass 70th Anniversary!

Episode 1 of The Quatermass Experiment was first broadcast on July 18, 1953 — 70 years ago today! The Quatermass serials would become some of the most influential television programs from the UK. Join us as we celebrate the anniversary of this classic.

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British Invaders 159: Quatermass 60th Anniversary!

Episode 1 of The Quatermass Experiment was first broadcast on July 18, 1953 — 60 years ago today! The Quatermass serials would become some of the most influential television programs from the UK. Join us as we celebrate the anniversary of this classic.

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Episode 8: Quatermass (Part 2)

This is the second half of our discussion of Quatermass. We talk about the Hammer Films remakes and the television and radio revivals.

The promo in this episode is for StarShipSofa.

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Episode 7: Quatermass (Part 1)

Quatermass was a science fiction series about early attempts at space travel and various alien influences. It was introduced in the 1950s and revived in both 1979 and 2005. It is available on a variety of region 2 (and occasionally region 1) DVDs.

The promo in this episode is for Cadmium 2.

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British Invaders 64: Bonus Episode

This is another bonus episode! We talk about online video distribution on Blinkbox, MSN, YouTube, YouTube, YouTube and YouTube. We discuss some new DVDs and audio productions that are on the way. We also talk about a mysterious Red Dwarf “tweet” and the various broadcasters in the UK.

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British Invaders 46: Beasts (Part 2)

Nigel Kneale (of Quatermass fame) wrote all six episodes of Beasts. That was a 1976 anthology horror series.

This time, we focus on the final three episodes and a similar 1975 show called Murrain (also written by Nigel Kneale).

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