Plateau of Fear
| Plateau of Fear | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Written by | Malcolm Stuart Fellows Ross Sutherland |
| Directed by | Kim Mills |
| Starring | Gerald Flood John Barron Ferdy Mayne |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Guy Verney |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | ABC Weekend Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 24 September – 29 October 1961 |
Plateau of Fear is a British science-fiction television drama series which aired in a six parts on ITV in 1961.[1] A British journalist investigates as a series of attacks on a nuclear power station, located in the Andes in South America, which he comes to believe may have been caused by some giant beast.
Cast
[edit]- Gerald Flood as Mark Bannerman
- John Barron as Dr. Miguel Aranda
- Ferdy Mayne as General Villagran
- Richard Coleman as Ralph Morton
- Stewart Guidotti as Peter Blake
- Jan Miller as Dr. Susan Fraser
- Peter Allenby as Lorca
- Maureen Lindholm as Julietta Aranda
- Roger Delgado as General Perera
Sequels
[edit]Flood and Guidotti appeared as Bannerman and Blake in two further series, City Beneath the Sea and Secret Beneath the Sea.
References
[edit]- ^ Baskin p.57
Bibliography
[edit]- Ellen Baskin. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.