Doomwatch (1970)
Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present-day, and dealt with a scientific government agency led by Doctor Spencer Quist, responsible for investigating and combating various ecological and technological dangers. The series was followed by a film adaptation produced by Tigon British Film Productions and released in 1972, and a revival TV film was broadcast on Channel 5 in 1999.
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Episode 1 - You Killed Toby Wren
Release Date: 1970-12-14Quist's authority is questioned from all directions, and Ridge does some quiet investigations into hybrid science in Norwich.
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Episode 2 - Invasion
Release Date: 1970-12-21Ridge and Hardcastle are sent on what seems a simple enough assignment, but stumble onto a major government cover up in an abandoned English manor.
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Episode 3 - The Islanders
Release Date: 1971-01-04Doomwatch become involved with the inhabitants of a small, secluded island who have been forced to leave for the English mainland and are struggling to survive.
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Episode 4 - No Room for Error
Release Date: 1971-01-11A deadly new strain of typhoid is sweeping through local schools. There is a treatment, though, and the team at Doomwatch endorse this in spite of its side effects.
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Episode 5 - By the Pricking of My Thumbs...
Release Date: 1971-01-18The Doomwatch team investigates the myth about the XYY chromosome after a schoolboy is expelled for possessing it.
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Episode 6 - The Iron Doctor
Release Date: 1971-01-25A computer oversees the wellbeing of patients at a local hospital. The Doomwatch team look into whether it is saving patients or if something more sinister is afoot.
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Episode 7 - Flight into Yesterday
Release Date: 1971-02-01After a long-haul flight Dr Quist's reputation is put seriously in doubt when he arrives drunk to a meeting with the Prime Minister. Is it a simple case of jet-lag, or sabotage?
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Episode 8 - The Web of Fear
Release Date: 1971-02-08The Doomwatch team investigate the mysterious outbreak of a deadly subtropical disease which somehow has cropped up on an isolated island off the coast of the UK.
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Episode 9 - In the Dark
Release Date: 1971-02-15The death of a young man off the Scottish coast leads to the Doomwatch team investigating a cover up in the case of a sunken ship, and the discovery of a revolutionary life-changing science.
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Episode 10 - The Human Time Bomb
Release Date: 1971-02-22The government wants direction for the possible construction of more high-rise apartment buildings. Fay Chantry is asked to live in one and supply a report based on her experiences.
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Episode 11 - The Inquest
Release Date: 1971-03-01An inquest is held into the death of a local girl from rabies. How was she infected? A local woman thinks she knows, and she doesn't believe dogs are involved.
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Episode 12 - The Logicians
Release Date: 1971-03-15A powerful antidote formula has been stolen near a school full of gifted boys. Are they responsible, and is computer technology somehow to blame?
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Episode 13 - Public Enemy
Release Date: 1971-03-22A young boy dies while attempting to retrieve a ball from a high roof, but the cause of his death is not from falling. Doomwatch investigate.