Alex Cox returns with another season of the cult film series, beginning with a science fiction double bill.
Producer Nick Freand Jones
The Andromeda Strain
Thriller, based on a novel by Michael Crichton , and starring Arthur Hill
David Wayne , James Olson When a satellite crash-lands in a remote desert town, a lethal extraterrestrial organism is released. Broadcast for the first time in its original widescreen ratio. With Kate Reid, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell, Ramon Bieri. Director Robert Wise (1971)
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12.45-2.05am Fiend without a Face
British-made monster horror.
A scientist working on the materialisation of thought unleashes a deadly force. With Kynaston Reeves, Terence
Kilburn, Marshall Thompson. Director Arthur Crabtree (1957)
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