British telefantasy of the 1960s
Mostly based on the now defunct Telefantasy List website plus a few bonus ones I've found that weren't listed on there.
Missing 'Tobias and the Angel' (BBC, 1960).
Missing 'Tobias and the Angel' (BBC, 1960).
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- CreatorGerry AndersonArthur ProvisStarsKenneth ConnorNicholas ParsonsDenise BryerSheriff Tex Tucker makes sure all is well in Four Feather Falls with the help of his dog Dusty and Rocky the horse. Done with puppets, even the animals talk and sing along with the humans as problems are quickly wrapped up.
- StarsEric ShillingJulia ShelleyStephen MantonThe object of the professor's affections has more time for a green alien.
- StarsPeter WilliamsHarold GoldblattGerald FloodProfessor Norman Wedgewood and his team are planning another rocket mission to the Moon. Once again, Geoff, Valerie and Jimmy are on hand to witness the launch of a new rocket MR1 (Moon Rocket 1), along with journalist friend Conway Henderson.
- StarsGeorge CoulourisGerald FloodPamela BarneyA secondary mission in a new rocket, MR4 (Moon Rocket 4), to the Moon takes off from Buchan Island. This time Henderson takes the lead role as pilot accompanied by Professor Wedgewood's oldest son Geoff as radio operator, Professor Mary Meadows, Henderson's niece Margret along with Hamlet. One of the crew turns out to be the science writer named Harcourt Brown. Brown has plans to divert the ship to Mars as he is determined to prove that there is life on the planet. Brown succeeds in getting MR4 to Mars, but with the length of the journey, the crew decide that the only way to get home is to find water on Mars.
- DirectorDavid BoisseauStarsMichael AtkinsonDaphne SlaterAnthony NewlandsPolitical maneouvring ensues when a scientist discovers a device that can harness the sun's power, turning it into a solar-powered weapon more powerful than the H-bomb.Wiped
- DirectorCyril CokeStarsLee MontagueMelissa StriblingSally BazelyThe inhabitants of a remote village on Salisbury Plain are stricken by a sudden intense heatwave, and discover that it is the result of hideous aliens who are plotting to invade the planet.Wiped
- DirectorGeorge R. FoaStarsMervyn JohnsOwen HolderNeil WilsonDr. Gage, involved in cryogenics, volunteers to be the first frozen man after murdering his wife. Dr. Mortimer discovers who killed his wife and ponders whether he should play judge and jury by switching Dr. Gage's freezing machine off?
- StarsDavid MarkhamJohn CairneyFrank FinlayGeoffrey Wedgwood secretly replaces an astronaut and Professor Wedgwood launches Geoffrey into space.
- 1960–1963TV EpisodeDirectorHal BurtonStarsPatrick McAlinneyGerald CrossPamela Strong
- StarsEsmond KnightPatricia KnealePeter HallidayIn 1970, a team of scientists decrypts a mysterious signal from space with instructions to create a supercomputer. This in turn contains instructions to create a living organism.1/7 episodes survive complete, 3 exist partially and 1 full soundtrack
- DirectorCharles JarrottStarsPatrick McGoohanKatharine BlakeClifford EvansA Russian astronaut trapped in space in a faulty rocket, has five hours to live when his radio makes contact with Marie, a hunter's wife also trapped, in a blizzard swept area of Canada. Her daughter is dying of diphtheria, he as a doctor can help her.
- DirectorAlan CookeStarsHarold BerensRichard BriersPatience CollierIn the year 2110, Stanley Frelaine is urged by his boss to improve his social connections by taking up hunting.Wiped
- DirectorCharles JarrottStarsJohn BaileyRaymond BarryJeremy BrettA corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.Wiped
- DirectorAlan CookeStarsScott ForbesFrank PettingellDonald ChurchillA ship powered by a nuclear reactor, is heading for the port of New York and is unable to slow down.
- CreatorSydney NewmanStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggHonor BlackmanA quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.3/26 episodes of series 1 survive complete and part of another series 1 episode wiped
- StarsJennifer DanielJeremy BrettHeron CarvicWiped
- StarsValentine DyallRoy PurcellNigel Arkwright1/5 episodes survive
- StarsBarbara MurrayJennifer WrightEllen PollockVirologist Dr Anna Hastings creates a virus, R.D.7, which she believes will wipe out rats. But after a lab assistant is bitten she is ordered to halt her work, and determined to finish her work takes to a remote boathouse in the Essex marshes to finish it. But when she too is infected by the virus, she is forced to ask the shady Patrice Constantine for help, and discovers that the infection might have begun to spread...Wiped
- StarsGeorge CoulourisGerald FloodGraydon GouldReturning from their unexpected trip to Mars the crew of MR4 intercept a distress signal from Captain Wilson, a U.S astronaut, and must change course for Venus to attempt a rescue in space. However, through the space periscope, Brown sees what appears to be a settlement or a city of some sort. Desperate to investigate, Brown edits Wilson's message and tricks the crew into landing Venus so as they can rescue him.
- StarsGerald FloodJohn BarronFerdy MayneA journalist investigates mysterious attacks on a nuclear power station in the Andes, possibly caused by a strange giant beast.Wiped
- DirectorCyril CokeStarsFredric AbbottIan AndersonPatrick BarrA thrilling adventure set against the backdrop of the first manned mission to the Moon in 1968, involving espionage, intrigue and germ warfare.Wiped
- DirectorCasper WredeStarsMichael GoughFrederick BartmanJoseph FürstA new nuclear bomb is being developed which will explode but supposedly will produce no fall out afterwards, military chiefs are keen on the possibilities but the local town's residents close to the base are not.
- DirectorJames MacTaggartStarsAntony CarrickHelen LindsayPatrick NewellBroadcast live, not recorded
- DirectorAlan BromlyStarsNicholas SelbyGary WatsonSheila BallantinePressure mounts on a group of scientists as they urgently prepare to test a new top secret weapon.Wiped
- StarsDavid GrahamGraydon GouldSylvia AndersonThe adventures of the crew of Supercar, an amazing land, sea, and air vehicle, based at a secret laboratory in the Nevada Desert in 1961.
- StarsJohn LaurieAnn CastleMichael AldridgeSupernatural drama series adapted from the short stories of Algernon Blackwood.Wiped
- DirectorStephen HarrisonStarsWilliam MervynGraham AzaJanina FayeBroadcast live, not recorded
- StarsPeter HallidaySusan HampshireMary MorrisFleming and Andromeda are recaptured by the British government but then kidnapped along with Professor Dawnay by the forces of Intel, headed by Kaufman and the evil Gamboule, and are taken to the Middle East country Azaran, whose leaders hope to make use of Fleming and Dawnay's skills and Andromeda's other worldly abilities.
- DirectorCharles JarrottStarsRaymond AdamsonRay BarrettMichael BirdOn Mars, Withers a gruff, bigoted pioneer buys himself a Martian wife for company. Like all her race, Lellie cannot speak and Withers treats her like a slave. But he becomes jealous when Weaver, a young scientist, lodges at his camp and treats Lellie sympathetically.Wiped
- StarsWilliam DexterJune TobinRay RobertsA deadly alien force is brought to Earth by a US astronaut after a space orbit through the Van Allen belt.Wiped
- StarsStephen MantonTrevor AnthonyChristopher BrettOn Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife. Scrooge dismisses the apparition but the first of the three ghosts, the Ghost of Christmas Past, visits as promised. Scrooge sees those events in his past life, both happy and sad, that forged his character. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shows him how many currently celebrate Christmas. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows him how he will be remembered once he is gone. To his delight, the spirits complete their visits in one night giving him the opportunity to mend his ways.
- StarsGerald FloodStewart GuidottiDenis GoacherScience Journalist Mark Bannerman and his photographer assistant Peter Blake meet the Professor Westfield at a London gala who is kidnapped. Blake identifies a man who was with the Professor as former U-Boat Commander Captain Kurt Swendler who vanished at the closing events of WWII. At the same time, a U-Boat is reported to have been spotted off the coast of Dover. The Royal Navy intends to track it by using the new atomic-submarine Cyana. Bannerman and Blake are invited aboard as part the restricted press coverings. However, the Cyana is hijacked by Swendler and his crew and the Cyana's own crew are set adrift whilst Bannerman and Blake remain hidden where they come upon a dangerous secret on the seabed...
- DirectorStuart BurgeStarsJeremy BrettRobert HelpmannBeatrix LehmannA young student makes the acquaintance of the mysterious man who helps him to find his way into the apartment of betrayal and sickness.
- DirectorKen RussellSequences exist but complete programme is lost
- StarsWilliam GreeneElizabeth WeaverMark DignamA couple honeymooning in a small lakeside Northern England village, get involved in the mysterious death of a government agent, possibly caused by strange creatures that locals claim lurk in the lake - or maybe not?Wiped
- StarsBoris KarloffPiers KeelanRaymond Adamson"Out of This World" was a hosted science fiction anthology television series with Boris Karloff as host, screening on ITV - Independent Television (UK).1/13 episodes survives complete, soundtracks from 2 episodes exist
- DirectorStuart BurgeStarsBernard CribbinsFay ComptonRuth DunningThe ghost of Sir Simon De Canterville has terrified visitors to his family home for centuries - but when a family of Americans rent the place, he's the one who's terrified.Soundtrack exists
- DirectorPatrick DromgooleStarsAlexander KnoxAlan GiffordJohn PhillipsWiped
- DirectorStephen HarrisonStarsRichard LongmanBrenda KayeAnne HudsonAn ordinary flu virus mutates into something more deadly and starts killing people off. The only person who can help is Dr. Bennett but he has gone missing.Wiped
- StarsRobin BaileyKatharine BlakePeter CopleyA space research centre near a sleepy English village is threatened by an other-wordly force.Wiped
- CreatorDonald WilsonSydney NewmanStarsWilliam HartnellPatrick TroughtonJon PertweeThe adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.97 episodes are wiped, soundtracks exist for all of them and short clips from many more
- DirectorHerbert WiseStarsCarol AustinGeoffrey BayldonRodney BewesIn order to survive, inhabitants from the future are playing havoc with the present day (1963). A pulse from the TV set puts the present day population into a trance, however this time a group of individuals are not affected, and begin to understand that the world maybe not of their making...Wiped
- CreatorGerry AndersonSylvia AndersonStarsDavid GrahamSylvia AndersonPaul MaxwellThe interplanetary adventures of the crew of the World Space Patrol (W.S.P.) spacecraft Fireball XL5, patrolling Sector 25 of the galaxy in the year 2062.
- DirectorChristopher MorahanStarsJohn PhillipsJames MaxwellAnn BellA scientist and a philosopher investigate a haunted wood in eighteenth century Britain.Wiped
- DirectorGeorge More O'FerrallStarsErnest ClarkPatrick DunnGeorge GoldenAirline boss Henry Brunewald deliberately flies eight famous celebrities into a nuclear testing zone in an attempt to stop the test.
- StarsGerald FloodStewart GuidottiPeter WilliamsA sequel to City Beneath the Sea. A journalist goes to the ocean floor to look for Phenicium, a rare metal vital for space research. Of course, the bad guys want it, too.
- StarsDavid SumnerDeborah StanfordMax KirbyA team of scientific troubleshooters who travel around the world, stopping those who upset world peace with a stolen missle, new weapon, secret formula, etc.Footage from 1/13 episodes exists but without soundtrack
- CreatorRoberta LeighStarsRonnie StevensDick VosburghMurray KashCapt. Dart, Slim and Husky patrol the solar system in their Galasphere 347 as part of the peace-keeping force, the United Galactic Organization.
- DirectorRex TuckerStarsGeorgina WardDavid SaireNoel HowlettWiped
- CreatorFrancis DurbridgeStarsIvor BarryRobin GammellJohn HardingeSequence missing
- DirectorWaris HusseinStarsJoss AcklandKenneth FortescuePatrick WestwoodWiped
- DirectorGraham EvansStarsJoss AcklandKenneth FortescuePatrick WestwoodWiped
- StarsJohn RobinsonOliver ReedMichael HawkinsThe adventures of the staff of Research Centre Number Three (R3), headed by director Sir Michael Gerrard, and its trouble-shooting department the Consultancy Service, run by Philip Boult. They dealt with all manner of scientific ideas and issues, including drugs, new technology, space flight, and undersea exploration.Wiped
- CreatorGerry AndersonSylvia AndersonStarsRay BarrettDavid GrahamRobert EastonFollows the adventures of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol, particularly the crew of its most advanced combat submarine called Stingray.
- DirectorPeter SasdyStarsPeter CushingJohn CarsonKenneth J. WarrenIn the future New York City, the Deputy Commissioner of Police is assisted by a robot detective in solving the murder of a scientist.Wiped
- DirectorMichael ElliottStarsHarry AndrewsMaxwell ShawWolfe MorrisA megalomaniac dictator, in charge of a former colony, installs a nuclear bomb in its London Embassy. He threatens to set it off, unless a huge ransom is paid. The question for the government is whether he will set it off anyway?
- StarsDonald DouglasMadeleine ChristieIsobel BlackDuring the 17th century, a Presbyterian minister struggles against witchcraft being practiced amongst his congregation.Wiped
- DirectorBill BainStarsRonald BrandonWalter CarrRoger CroucherWiped
- DirectorGuy VerneyStarsDenis GoacherPaul DanquahPaul MaxwellAfter a calamitous space trip, an astronaut returns to Earth to say that he has spoken to God and God wants the world destroyed by a secret organization with nuclear weapons.Wiped
- StarsSarah LawsonVictor BrooksDavid AndrewsA modern day reworking of Theseus and the Minotaur in the Labyrith.Wiped
- StarsMargaret NealeDenys PeekRalph NossekA mysterious object is sighted heading towards Earth and causes panic. But what is the nature & origin of the object, and how can it be stopped?
- StarsJohn GabrielCharles 'Bud' TingwellErik ChittyA classic anthology science fiction series which features adaptations of stories by famous authors including Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Frederik Pohl and John Wyndham.20/49 episodes exist, plus various clips and soundtracks
- DirectorJohn McGrathStarsElizabeth MacLennanTamara HinchcoPauline BotyA drama about an impending nuclear war in which two mysterious women lead dozens of women to a vigil in a London park.
- DirectorChristopher MorahanStarsDavid BuckJoseph O'ConorJane MerrowIn 1984, love is outlawed, freedom does not exist and those who defy Big Brother may lose more than their lives.
- CreatorGerry AndersonSylvia AndersonStarsSylvia AndersonPeter DyneleyDavid GrahamIn the year 2065, the Tracy family run International Rescue - a top-secret organization whose ongoing mission is to rescue people trapped in extraordinarily dangerous situations using their advanced Thunderbirds machines.
- StarsJeremy WilkinRosemary NicolsDenis QuilleyPersonnel Officer Drew Heriot returns to England after working in Australia to discover his brother behaving oddly, to the distress of his sister-in-law Anne. Investigating together they discover that a disembodied alien force is using high frequency signals to brainwash people - including Drew's brother - into committing subversive acts, as a prelude to a full-scale invasion. Together, Drew and Anne battle to stop the acts of sabotage while trying to alert the authorities to the danger...
- DirectorMoira ArmstrongStarsBarry FosterJeremy KempDavid BauerAstronaut Osborne is stuck in a malfunctioning capsule. As he goes round and round the Earth, he starts telling jokes and secrets. When the time comes to bring him down to Earth, he can't face it as he feels like a sexual failure.Wiped
- DirectorChristopher MorahanStarsKeith BarronEileen AtkinsRonald LaceyIn Great Britain, a reversal of African apartheid comes into place, and the country is governed by black people with whites being subservient.
- DirectorBrian ParkerStarsDudley FosterIsobel BlackNorman RodwayNight club girl Victory Ducann is found murdered, the main suspect is an astronaut, but police are prevented from approaching him as he is due to fly off to the Moon.Wiped
- CreatorRichard HarrisDonald CottonStarsGerald HarperJuliet HarmerJack MayIn 1902, Edwardian adventurer Adam Adamant is frozen alive in a block of ice by his archnemesis, the Face. In 1966, workmen discover him and he is revived, perfectly preserved but completely bewildered by his new environment, "swinging '60s" London, until he meets beautiful Georgina Jones, who helps him adapt. Before long, he is back to adventuring, solving crime, and fighting evil wherever it lurks.16/29 episodes exist, plus soundtrack from 1 episode
- CreatorEdward BoydStarsElizabeth ShepherdJohn SharpGary CockrellA short-lived surreal detective adventure centred around the exploits of security agents Scrotty & Kronk and their battles with the evil but seductive Syrie Van Epp.
- DirectorPeter PlummerClaude WhathamStarsRichard VernonDenholm ElliottMichael GoverAn American ornithologist is found dead. The coroner thinks an accidental death but the police think murder. And how is this linked to a new car and the occult? Time to call in Room 17.
- StarsOlaf PooleyPaul GuessAdrienne PostaTwo children are marooned on an island that is ruled by a 150-year old telepathic, Shakespeare-quoting maniac who has plans to take over the world.Wiped
- StarsDavid BuckMark MossFreddie Jones"Mystery and Imagination" was a UK hosted horror anthology series running from 1966 until 1970 with host David Buck as "Richard Beckett". who was a romantic young Victorian adventurer always had a tale to tell.8/24 episodes exist, plus 6 soundtracks and a clip
- StarsTrevor BannisterMargaret NealeArthur WhiteFollowing events from "Object Z" Professor Ramsay is released from prison to help deal with three more mysterious objects which are hurtling towards Earth... only this time, they are what they seem - alien craft bent on a mission deadly to mankind!Wiped
- DirectorAlan BridgesStarsJudi DenchDinsdale LandenBernard ArchardSet in the future where people live in peace in a sealed bubble, they are divided into four levels - Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and deviants who cannot conform to the society. Elizabeth is from a Beta family and her father wants to pair her off with Bindon a civil servant with prospects. Elizabeth however is in love with Jon a modest rocket pad official. When Elizabeth's father decides to have her mind altered to remove feelings for Jon, the lovers escape the city and discover fresh air and the beauty and cruelness of nature for the first time.Wiped
- DirectorGareth DaviesStarsLeonard RossiterKeith BarronDavid LangtonThe discovery of mysterious egg-shaped objects at the sites of a series of disasters lead people to believe that we are being attacked by alien beings, but it is revealed to be a conspiracy hatched by a team of scientists intent on using an alien menace to unite the world. But their scheme backfires with fatal consequences...
- DirectorLeslie NormanStarsRoger MooreSuzan FarmerLaurence PayneA man and a dog are both killed by the shores of Loch Ness by what would appear to have been the Monster.
- DirectorPeter WatkinsStarsMichael AspelPeter GrahamDave BaldwinA docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain.
- DirectorJonathan MillerStarsAnne-Marie MallikFreda DowieJo Maxwell MullerA girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and wanders into the strange Wonderland.
- DirectorDavid BenedictusStarsAlec McCowenRobert EddisonDerek SydneyEighty years after a nuclear war ravaged the British Isles, a team of scientists from New Zealand come to conduct a survey.Wiped
- DirectorJames MacTaggartStarsNigel DavenportNeil McCarthyMarjie LawrenceMrs. Miller wants to know why her husband has been working nights. PC Miller claims that a statue of Jesus on the cross has spoken to him in the graveyard. When senior officers and the church get involved, is he a prophet or a fraud?Wiped
- DirectorBill BainStarsStafford ByrneJudy ChampRoy Dotrice
- CreatorGerry AndersonSylvia AndersonStarsEd BishopDonald GrayFrancis MatthewsIn 2068, the indestructible Captain Scarlet leads the agents of Spectrum in a war of nerves against the Mysterons from Mars.
- StarsPatrick MowerJohn NettletonMichael BarringtonA British university professor of philosophy travels around the United Kingdom investigating tales of the supernatural.Wiped
- StarsZuleika RobsonLiz CrowtherJack WoolgarFour children travel to the magical land of Narnia where they must battle an evil queen with the direction of the lion, Aslan.2/10 episodes exist
- DirectorGeorge HarrisonJohn LennonPaul McCartneyStarsJohn LennonPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonThe Beatles charter a special bus for a surreal mystery tour.
- CreatorPatrick McGoohanStarsPatrick McGoohanAngelo MuscatPeter SwanwickAfter he resigns, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is actually a bizarre prison. He refuses to give his warders information while attempting to escape.
- DirectorAnthea Browne-WilkinsonStarsPaul AngelisFelix AylmerKeith BuckleyWiped
- DirectorMichael HartStarsGábor BarakerJohn BarrieTimothy BatesonWiped
- DirectorRichard MartinStarsReginald BarrattEdmond BennettKeith BuckleyWiped
- DirectorPiers HaggardStarsPeter BowlesKeith BuckleyJohn CazabonWiped
- DirectorHerbert WiseStarsDaphne AndersonGeoffrey BayldonJeremy BrettWiped
- DirectorJames MacTaggartStarsAlan DobieFrank FinlayRosemarie Hall
- 1964–1968TV EpisodeDirectorPeter HammondStarsElsie ArnoldJohn BakerJohn BarcroftWiped
- DirectorGeoffrey NethercottStarsPamela BrownBarrie InghamFelicity Kendal"Rome, in the latter part of the 19th century. A plague is raging through all that part of Italy, and death is beginning to visit households in the city itself. A rich and famous hostess is determined to crown her social career by giving a splendid ball for the most awesome guest of honor of all--the lordly Death himself." (Radio Times)Wiped
- DirectorBrian HulmeStarsAlex ScottGeoffrey MatthewsJohn GabrielWiped
- StarsArthur LoweRobert DorningPatsy CrowtherWiped
- StarsPatrick KavanaghAnna PalkJohn PaulA man buys a farmhouse in a small country village and becomes convinced that the locals are practicing the black arts.Wiped
- CreatorMonty BermanDennis SpoonerStarsStuart DamonAlexandra BastedoWilliam GauntAfter a plane carrying three UN Agents crashes in the Himalayas, they are rescued by an advanced civilisation secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced versions of the ordinary five senses, and intellectual and physical abilities.