The Cult of... - Season 1
Season 1
Science Fiction
Episodes
Adam Adamant Lives!
Series looking at cult sci-fi series recalls Adam Adamant, an unwitting Edwardian time-traveller thwarting baddies while getting to grips with 1960s London.
Blake's Seven
Series looking at cult sci-fi series. Terry Nation sold his idea for Blake's Seven as 'Robin Hood in space', and his team of inter-galactic outlaws drew audiences of 10 million.
Doomwatch
Series looking at cult sci-fi series recalls Doomwatch, a 1970s drama which took real scientific advances and created stories around them that exaggerated their dangers.
Star Cops
Documentary series about cult sci-fi. A look at the late-80s BBC series Star Cops, which followed the adventures of the International Space Police Force in the year 2027.
Survivors
The series looking at cult sci-fi recalls Dalek creator Terry Nation's 1970s drama series Survivors, about the breakdown of society in a dystopian near-future.
Tripods
Series looking at cult sci-fi series. It took producer Richard Bates 15 years to get John Christopher's trilogy The Tripods on to our screens, and even then it was never finished.
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