British Invaders 78: Ultraviolet (Part 1)
August 8, 2010 2 Comments
Ultraviolet was a slick investigation series from 1998. This Channel 4 show gave us a battle between humans and people infected with Code V. Code V (or “Code 5”) individuals have a striking resemblance to vampires….
This is the first half of a special British Invaders presentation with an all Canadian team. Eamonn will be back for our next full discussion. Thank you to Eric and Ilona for joining the team for this episode.
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This time, Brian is doing a bonus episode on his own. Listen to find out how he does!
We now conclude our discussion of Dark Season. This 1991 BBC children’s series featured three children who investigated strange unusual events in their school. Listen to find out more about some of the things they encountered!
H. G. Wells’ Invisible Man ran for two years in late 1950s. It showed the title character as a hero and a spy.
Oktober was a 1998 medical sci-fi miniseries. It was a “man on the run” thriller that featured lots of European chase sequences. It was also a paranormal drama that dealt with the workings of dreams, life and death….
The 1968 telefilm The Year of the Sex Olympics was about the future of television. Nigel Kneale’s strange vision of the future may have predicted a television genre that would emerge nearly three decades later….
We now continue our discussion about Edge of Darkness, the BBC thriller about a detective investigating his daughter’s murder. This 1985 mini-series deals with nuclear power and includes a few speculative fiction aspects.
Thunderbirds was a classic “Supermarionation” series from 1965 and 1966. International Rescue and the five Tracy brothers saved people in danger using the futuristic vehicles called Thunderbirds. This could only be a Gerry Anderson puppet show!
This is the conclusion of our discussion of Century Falls, the spooky BBC children’s TV serial from 1993. What secrets hide in the village of Century Falls?
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic novel by George Orwell. We now conclude our discussion of the 1954 BBC adaptation. Let’s look at more of the story and some of the extraordinary controversy that followed it.
M. R. James wrote classic spooky ghost stories. We now conclude our discussion of three television adaptations of stories by M. R. James. Last time, we looked at A Warning to the Curious (1972) and Casting the Runes (1979). Now, we are focusing on Whistle and I’ll Come to You (1968). We also look at some other M. R. James adaptations for television, radio and film.
In this special extended episode, we conclude our discussion of The Prisoner. This 1967 cult classic featured a village full people with numbers instead of names. The residents cannot leave. Who are the prisoners and who are the warders?
We now conclude our discussion of The Stone Tape, the BBC’s Christmas ghost story for 1972. It did not have many seasonal elements, but it did blend science and technology with ghost stories. Is there a ghost or simply an echo of the past?
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