The Escape of R.D.7 | |
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Genre | Sci-Fi, Drama |
Written by | Thomas Clarke |
Directed by | James Ormerod |
Starring | Barbara Murray Jennifer Wright Ellen Pollock |
Composer | Eric Spear |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 5 |
Production | |
Producer | James Ormerod |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Television |
Release | 21 November 19 December 1961 | –
The Escape of R.D.7 is a British television series first broadcast in 1961.[1] A serial, it was transmitted by the BBC in five episodes.[2]
Virologist Doctor Anna Hastings develops a R.D.7, a virus she believes will wipe out rats. After her laboratory is closed down after her assistant is injured, she continues her work on a remote location in the marshes of Essex but soon becomes concerned that virus is beginning to spread amongst humans.