A for Andromeda (TV) (TV Miniseries)
1961 · Series · 45 min. · United Kingdom
TV Mniseries. 7 episodes. A for Andromeda is a British television science fiction drama serial first made and broadcast by the BBC in seven parts in 1961. Written by the noted cosmologist Fred Hoyle, in conjunction with author and television producer John Elliot, it concerns a group of scientists who detect a radio signal from another galaxy that contains instructions for the design of an advanced computer. When the computer is built, it gives the scientists instructions for the creation of a living organism named Andromeda (Julie Christie), but one of the scientists, John Fleming, fears that Andromeda's purpose is to subjugate humanity (from Wikipedia.org)
Direction Michael Hayes
Cast Julie Christie · Esmond Knight · Patricia Kneale · Peter Halliday · Donald Stewart · Geoffrey Lewis · Noel Johnson · Mary Morris · Peter Henchie · John Hollis · Jack May · Frank Windsor · Ernest Hare · Jack Gwillim · John Murray Scott · Brenda Peters
Screenplay Fred Hoyle · John Elliot
Cinematography Peter Sargent
Original title A for Andromeda (TV)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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