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2001: A Space Odyssey

Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Classic sci-fi in which a monolith is discovered on the moon. Astronauts following its radio signal are drawn into a struggle for survival with HAL, the spacecraft's computer. Show more

Contributors

Dave Bowman:
Keir Dullea
Frank Poole:
Gary Lockwood
Dr Heywood R Floyd:
William Sylvester
Voice of HAL 9000:
Douglas Rain
Dr Andrei Smyslov:
Leonard Rossiter
Moon-watcher:
Daniel Richter
Dr Ralph Halvorsen:
Robert Beatty
Dr Bill Michaels:
Sean Sullivan
Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain:
Edward Bishop
Director of photography:
Geoffrey Unsworth

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