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    From the Triffids to Blake’s 7 and Ghostwatch: the BBC’s greatest cult classics

    Oct 18, 2022 5 minutes

    R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) (1927 on radio, 1938 on TV)

    Sadly nothing survives of either production beyond the listings in the Radio Times, but in February 1938 an excerpt of Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) was broadcast on the BBC’s fledgling television service. The play gave the English language the word “robot” and is widely credited as the first ever piece of television science-fiction. The BBC made a radio version in 1927, and would remake the play several times over the years in both mediums, including in 2022.

    The Quatermass Experiment (1953)

    Sometimes described as the first purpose-written sci-fi for adults on British television, Nigel Kneale delivered a series that was scientifically plausible, nerve-jangling and unlike anything the BBC had made before that point. Sadly much of the original is lost, as it was transmitted live. Follow-ups Quatermass II (1955) and Quatermass and the Pit (1958) continued the adventures of professor Bernard

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