A for Andromeda (TV 2006)

In the Yorkshire Dales, a group of scientists receive radio signals from the Andromeda Galaxy. Once decoded, these give them a computer program that can design a human clone. One physicist ... See full summary »

Director:

John Strickland

Writers:

John Elliot (screenplay), Richard Fell (adaptation),

Stars:

Tom Hardy, Charlie Cox, Kelly Reilly

Cast

Cast overview:
Tom Hardy	...	John Fleming
Charlie Cox	...	Dennis Bridger
Kelly Reilly	...	Christine Jones / Andromeda
Jane Asher	...	Professor Madeleine Dawnay
David Haig	...	General Vandenberg
Colin Stinton	...	Kaufman
Robert Gill	...	Scientist
Thushani Weerasekera	...	Teacher
Janet Spencer-Turner	...	Doctor
David Maybrick	...	Orderly

Storyline

In the Yorkshire Dales, a group of scientists receive radio signals from the Andromeda Galaxy. Once decoded, these give them a computer program that can design a human clone. One physicist decides it is a Trojan horse and decides to destroy the computer.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 March 2006 (UK)

Also Known As:

El proyecto Andrómeda

Filming Locations:

Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Remake of A for Andromeda (1961)

User Reviews

Absolutely awful pseudoscience and wretched acting

Any schoolboy would be ashamed of the scientific mistakes in this. For example, the team send radio messages to Andromeda and get immediate replies! Andromeda is millions of light years away and so any radio signals would take millions of years to get there and back! Also, at one point in the story a technician saves a genome or record of the entire genetic code of a human being on a single floppy disk! Fred Hoyle would be rotating in his grave.

The acting is equally bad. The two male leads are the "geekiest" type of anoraks one could possibly hope not to meet, and they are as wet as they come. Neither speak their lines clearly. And the Army General is about as nonmilitary as you could get...he looks like your average window cleaner.

Please please please just go back to making them the way they originally did in the sixties, BBC...