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A for Andromeda

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A for Andromeda is a British television science fiction drama serial first made and broadcast by the BBC in seven parts in 1961. [1]

41 relations: A come Andromeda, A for Andromeda (2006 film), Andromeda, Anthony Valentine, Barry Jackson (actor), British television science fiction, Christopher Riley, David Haig, Esmond Knight, First contact (science fiction), Fred Hoyle, Galaxies in fiction, John Elliot (author), Julie Christie, Kevin Davies (director), List of British television programmes, List of fictional computers, List of fictional gynoids, List of fictional robots and androids, List of lost television broadcasts in the United Kingdom, List of science fiction television programs, A, Lost television broadcast, Lovell Telescope, Mary Morris, Message from space (science fiction), Michael Hayes (director), Ossian's Ride, Out of This World (UK TV series), Patricia Kneale, Peter Halliday, Random Shoes, Science fiction on television, Species (film), Susan Hampshire, Tele-snaps, The Andromeda Breakthrough, The Big Pull, The Quatermass Experiment, Timeline of Jodrell Bank Observatory, Tommie Manderson, 2008 in film.

A come Andromeda

A come Andromeda (RAI, 1971), is an Italian television remake of A for Andromeda (BBC, 1961).

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A for Andromeda (2006 film)

A for Andromeda is a 2006 remake of the 1961 TV series of the same name by Fred Hoyle and John Elliot.

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Andromeda

Andromeda most commonly refers to.

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Anthony Valentine

Anthony Valentine (17 August 1939 – 2 December 2015) was an English actor best known for his television roles: the ruthless Toby Meres in Callan (1967–72), the sadistic Major Horst Mohn in Colditz (1972–74), and the suave gentleman thief title character in Raffles (1977).

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Barry Jackson (actor)

Barry Jackson (29 March 1938 – 5 December 2013) was an English film and television actor.

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British television science fiction

British television science fiction refers to popular programmes in the genre that have been produced by both the BBC and Britain's largest commercial channel, ITV.

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Christopher Riley

Christopher Riley (born 1967) is a British writer, broadcaster and film maker specialising in the history of science.

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David Haig

David Haig Collum Ward, MBE (born 20 September 1955) is an Olivier Award-winning English actor and FIPA Award-winning writer.

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Esmond Knight

Esmond Penington Knight (4 May 1906 – 23 February 1987) was an English actor.

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First contact (science fiction)

First contact is a common science fiction theme about the first meeting between humans and extraterrestrial life, or of any sentient race's first encounter with another one, given they are from different planets or natural satellites.

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Fred Hoyle

Sir Fred Hoyle FRS (24 June 1915 – 20 August 2001) was a British astronomer who formulated the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis.

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Galaxies in fiction

Galaxies other than the Milky Way are popular settings for creators of science fiction, particularly those working with broad-scale space opera settings.

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John Elliot (author)

John Herbert Elliot (4 July 1918 – 14 August 1997) was a British novelist, screenwriter and television producer.

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Julie Christie

Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1940) is a British actress.

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Kevin Davies (director)

Kevin Jon Davies is a British television and video director primarily associated with documentaries and spin-off videos associated with Doctor Who, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Blake's 7.

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List of British television programmes

This is a list of British television programmes.

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List of fictional computers

Computers have often been used as fictional objects in literature, movies and in other forms of media.

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List of fictional gynoids

This list of fictional gynoids is sorted by media genre and alphabetised by character name or media title.

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List of fictional robots and androids

Robots and androids have frequently been depicted or described in works of fiction.

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List of lost television broadcasts in the United Kingdom

This is an incomplete list of lost television broadcasts that are lost to broadcasters in the United Kingdom.

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List of science fiction television programs, A

This is an inclusive list of science fiction television programs whose names begin with the letter A.

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Lost television broadcast

Lost television broadcasts are composed of mostly early television programs and series that for various reasons cannot be accounted for in personal collections or studio archives.

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Lovell Telescope

The Lovell Telescope is a radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey, Cheshire in the north-west of England.

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Mary Morris

Mary Lilian Agnes Morris (13 December 1915 – 14 October 1988) was a British actress.

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Message from space (science fiction)

"Message from space" is a type of "first contact" theme in science fiction.

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Michael Hayes (director)

Michael Hayes (3 April 1929 – 16 September 2014) was a British television director and newsreader.

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Ossian's Ride

Ossian's Ride is a science fiction novel written by astrophysicist Sir Fred Hoyle in 1959.

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Out of This World (UK TV series)

Out of This World is a British science fiction anthology television series made by ABC Television and broadcast in 1962.

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Patricia Kneale

Patricia Kneale (17 October 1925 – 27 December 2008) was a British stage and television actress.

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Peter Halliday

Peter Halliday (2 June 1924 – 18 February 2012) was a Welsh actor.

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Random Shoes

"Random Shoes" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was broadcast on 10 December 2006.

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Science fiction on television

Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late 1930s, during what is called the Golden Age of Science Fiction.

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Species (film)

Species is a 1995 American science fiction horror film directed by Roger Donaldson and written by Dennis Feldman.

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Susan Hampshire

Susan Hampshire, Lady Kulukundis, CBE (born 12 May 1937) is an English actress, known for her many television and film roles.

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Tele-snaps

Tele-snaps (often known as Telesnaps) were off-screen photographs of British television broadcasts, taken and sold commercially by John Cura (born Alberto Giovanni Cura in Clapham, South London, England; 9 April 1902 – 21 April 1969).

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The Andromeda Breakthrough

The Andromeda Breakthrough was a 1962 sequel to the popular BBC TV science fiction serial A for Andromeda, again written by Fred Hoyle and John Elliot.

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The Big Pull

The Big Pull (1962) is a highly innovative BBC science-fiction series concerning an alien invasion of earth.

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The Quatermass Experiment

The Quatermass Experiment is a British science-fiction serial broadcast by BBC Television during the summer of 1953 and re-staged by BBC Four in 2005.

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Timeline of Jodrell Bank Observatory

This is a Timeline of Jodrell Bank Observatory.

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Tommie Manderson

Tommie Manderson (13 September 1912 – 28 January 2015) was an English make-up artist.

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2008 in film

The year 2008 involved many major movie events.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_for_Andromeda

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