The Quatermass Experiment

The Quatermass Experiment is a British science fiction serial written by Nigel Kneale and broadcast by BBC Television during the summer of 1953. It was re-staged by BBC Four in 2005. Set in the near future against the background of a British space programme, it tells the story of the first crewed flight into space, supervised by Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group.