Quatermass: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In the near future, civilisation has broken down to the barest fragment of recognisable life. Young people are forming gangs and dominating the wrecks of cities like London. But the strangest Earth-children are the Planet people, following plumb-bobs to sacred sites, waiting to be "Taken Up". Professor Quatermass, seeking his granddaughter, teams up with Joe Kapp, who is trying to analyse strange signals from space using the last working pieces of electronic equipment. They find the Planet People at a nearby stone circle, a light appears, the signal appears, - and the hippy children are gone. Russian plot? Nirvana? Or something altogether more sinister?

Series details

• Title: Quatermass
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 1979-10-24
• Final broadcast date listed: 1979-11-14
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 33240
• IMDb ID: tt0078129
• TVDB ID: 94441

Cast and credited roles

• John Mills — Prof. Bernard Quatermass
• Simon MacCorkindale — Joe Kapp

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1979-10-24; final listed air date 1979-11-14; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Quatermass on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.