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The Quatermass Experiment by Nigel Kneale the Quatermass Experiment by Nigel Kneale Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Quatermass Experiment by Nigel Kneale The Quatermass Experiment by Nigel Kneale. He died in a London hospital after a period of ill health, his agent said. Kneale's The Quatermass Experiment in 1953 was the UK's first sci-fi serial and created its first TV hero, the alien-battling Bernard Quatermass. The writer, from the Isle of Man, has been cited as an influence by Stephen King and film-maker John Carpenter. The Quatermass Experiment told the story of an alien monster brought back to Earth by a British space rocket. Robert Simpson, on Hammer Films' official website, said it was "event television, emptying the streets and pubs for the six weeks of its duration". Last year BBC Four broadcast a live remake starring David Tennant and Jason Flemyng. Channel controller Janice Hadlow described the original as "one of the first 'must watch' TV experiences that inspired the water cooler chat of its day". It was followed by two further serials in the 1950s, Quatermass II and Quatermass and the Pit, with all three dramas later turned into films. A fourth serial, Quatermass, was made in 1979. Kneale also scripted TV dramas including 1984, The Year of the Sex Olympics and The Stone Tape, which are regarded as modern classics. His 1954 adaptation of George Orwell's 1984 was so shocking that questions were asked in the House of Commons about the suitability of such material for television. Kneale earned two Bafta best screenplay nominations for his film adaptations of John Osborne's plays Look Back in Anger and The Entertainer. He continued working until the late 1990s, writing Sharpe's Gold and episodes of Kavanagh QC. His wife Judith Kerr is the creator of the Mog children's books. The couple had two children: Matthew Kneale, who won the Whitbread Book of the Year award for his novel English Passengers, and Tacy Kneale, a special effects designer who has worked on the Harry Potter films. Thank you for your memories of the work of Nigel Kneale and your reactions to his death, many of which are published below: I wonder if he would get a chance to produce such superb work these days? Current TV sci-fi/fantasy has a dreary preoccupation with the back story and emotional life of characters. Yet in works like Quatermass and the Pit and The Stone Tape, Kneale concentrated on the science or the horror and still managed to say a lot more about raw human emotion and the state of society than today's rubbish. Jon Sutcliffe, Enfield, UK. Nigel Kneale was one of the great TV writers. If he had been working in any other genre, this would have been recognised much more readily. However, the quality of his work shines out whenever it is seen again. Long may we be given that opportunity. A worthy tribute might be a restaging of his brilliant The Road, which the BBC so carelessly mislaid decades ago. Inga, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire. One of this country's finest writers. ever. He helped to define what was possible with the new medium of television. Extraordinary stories, and their impact on ordinary lives. Quatermass and the Pit has got to be one of the most perfectly crafted stories ever written. The world is richer place for what he has left, and a poorer place for his passing. Mark Slater, Stockport. Kneale was certainly innovative and way ahead of his time. But he was also compassionate, moral and concerned about humanity, shown most effectively in Quatermass and the Pit, where Bernard Quatermass strenuously defends his view that militarism should not be taken into space. Brian Anderson, Bedford, Beds. Kneale was a great talent and seemed to have an intuitive understanding of the potential and power of television as a medium for popular and intelligent drama. A creator of iconic television drama matched only in his visceral use of the medium by Dennis Potter. David Ballantyne, Liverpool UK. Up there with Wyndham, Wells and Orwell - the fathers of intelligent, plausible science-fiction. Nigel Kneale was a true genius whose influence on the genre is undoubted and undiminished. David Moody, Halesowen, UK. Nigel Kneale was the founding father of quality sci-fi TV. The fact that 50 years on Quatermass is still reverently spoken of says it all. He will be sorely missed, yet leaves behind a wonderful legacy. My thoughts are with his family and friends. Mark Jobson, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Quatermass films terrified me as a child and entertained me as an adult. Superb imagination and way ahead of his time. Dave, Kidderminster, England. Kneale was a true pioneer and visionary. His body of work was staggering, with Quatermass, The Stone Tape, The Year of the Sex Olympics still holding up today as prime examples of great television. He had a unique understanding of the human character and exploited it to shocking effect in his work. British television owes Kneale a tremendous debt. Andy, London, UK. One of my earliest memories as a child was my dad telling me about Quatermass, and how the whole country seemed to stop for it. Only last week me and some friends held a Quatermass night; the plots, if not the special effects, still hold up remarkably. Even though he hated science fiction per se, I'll never forget how he summed up the first three serials. 1. We go to them. 2. They come to us. 3. They have always been here. Martin Winchester, Liverpool. Another one of my personal heroes gone. I don't think that his influence on TV drama in the UK has yet been fully realised, but I don't think it's overstating the case to say that Nigel Kneale pretty much invented popular drama on British television. These pioneering television writers truly are a dying breed and, maybe we don't all realise it yet, but we will miss them. Good on you, and thanks for the memories. Martin, High Peak, UK. The world is poorer for the passing of Nigel Kneale. He was a pioneer, a modern day prophet and hugely influential. The Year of the Sex Olympics was originally a prediction of what might happen in the future. Today it is a chilling parody of reality television. The collapse of society so clearly detailed in the final Quatermass story is a warning to us all. Jamie Dowling, Birmingham, England. I remember watching the film versions of the Quatermass stories as a teenager, after the 1979 story was aired, and being mortally terrified by Quatermass and the Pit. Since then I've been enthralled repeatedly by these classics. They don't date. Nigel was a genius in every sense of the word and I for one am sorry he has gone. I'll watch my DVD of the original series again tonight as a memorial. Thanks Nigel. Paul Jones, Grays, UK. Landmark TV - never to be forgotten series. John Rowney, Chesterfield. This is extremely sad news. His seminal Quatermass science fiction serials, particular the BBC trilogy, are still unsurpassed in the history of British broadcasting. Seeing them again on the recently issued DVD set is a reminder of a remarkable creative talent. Other works such as his adaptation of 1984, The Year of the Sex Olympics and the remarkable The Stone Tape are enduring testaments to a pioneer of television drama. His admirers will cherish his memory and watch again the works he wrote at the height of his imaginative powers. James Conway, London, UK. I remember my Dad telling me how he went to the doctor suffering from palpitations and lack of sleep during the Quatermass series. Turned out he was suffering from stress due to the scary nature of the programme! Now that's quality writing. Essex Havard, Cardiff, Wales. A true genius of TV, I only met him once at a screening of Quatermass and the Pit and he seemed a humble man that was just doing a job, but I believe TV as we know it would not be the same without him. DOMINIC FARNWORTH, UNITED KINGDOM. Directly responsible for some of the greatest television ever, indirectly responsible for most of the rest. he will be missed but never forgotten. James Hadwen, Nr Norwich. Always highly attuned to the anxieties of the nuclear age, he produced outstandingly original science fiction drama. In an era of primitive special effects, his ability to compel lay in his focus on the human reaction to whatever plot was unfolding, which is why his classic works are still so worth watching today. Mike Webb, San Diego, United States. Anyone who believes this man was just a writer of great television should unearth his novelization of the 1979 version of Quatermass - Kneale had an incredible command of language, wrapped around an insightful understanding of dynamics and reactions of society, even in a sci-fi setting. Simply put, Kneale shaped and influenced the tone and intelligence of science fiction in this country, from the 70s' Doctor Who through 80s' The Day of the Triffids to 90s' Ultraviolet. RIP Nigel, you'll be missed. Leonard Sultana, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire. I remember seeing The Stone Tape at the National Film Theatre, introduced by the author. Magic! I don't think he'll be fully appreciated until now - the mark of most geniuses. Perhaps a tribute season will be arranged, showing just how many 'firsts' he was actually responsible for. John Wall, Hampshire, UK. The Year of the Sex Olympics is scarily accurate about the whole reality TV craze - predicting where Big Brother and the like will eventually end up.
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