The Message (Original title)
Date: 03 October 1961 (Television)Country: United Kingdom
Synopsis: "The year is 1970 and it is the eve of the opening of a new giant radio- telescope. Professor Reinhart's staff are making routine tests, when something unexpected cuts across the usual background of outer space, and across all their lives." (Radio Times, 03/10/61)
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 03 October 1961Broadcast channel: BBCCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 20:30-21:15Slot duration: 45 mins
Date: 03 October 1961 (Television)Country: United Kingdom
Synopsis: "The year is 1970 and it is the eve of the opening of a new giant radio- telescope. Professor Reinhart's staff are making routine tests, when something unexpected cuts across the usual background of outer space, and across all their lives." (Radio Times, 03/10/61)
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 03 October 1961Broadcast channel: BBCCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 20:30-21:15Slot duration: 45 mins
Credits
(8)
Production Company: BBC, Producer: Michael Hayes, Producer: Norman James, Script: Fred Hoyle, Script: John Elliot, Film Cameraman: Peter Sargent, Editor: Agnes Evans, Designer: Norman James
Cast
(15)
Peter Halliday (John Fleming), John Nettleton (Harries), Esmond Knight (Professor Reinhart), Patricia Kneale (Judy Adamson), John Murray Scott (Harvey), Bernard Kilby (Whelan), Noël Johnson (J.M. Osborne), Donald Stewart (General Vandenberg), Brenda Peters (secretary to Osborne), Frank Windsor (Dennis Bridger), Mary Chester (Grace), Peter King (newsreader), Kenneth Kendall (interviewer), Terry Lodge (Jenkins), John Barrett (Oldroyd)