TV series
Set in the near future against the background of a British space programme, the story of the first crewed flight into space, supervised by Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group.
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The Quatermass Experiment premiered July 18, 1953. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Set in the near future against the background of a British space programme, the story of the first crewed flight into space, supervised by Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group.
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Episode 1
A British experimental rocket orbits the Earth. After being out of contact for 57 hours, the capsule crashes back to Earth in Wimbledon, London. When the capsule is opened, only one member of the three-man crew emerges, Victor Carroon.
Directed by Rudolph CartierGuest stars Moray Watson, Oliver Johnston
Episode 2
Victor Carroon is subjected to various tests which indicate that he has taken on the identities of the other two men. Quatermass and Paterson find a gelatinous substance spread around the capsule's interior.
Guest stars John Glen, Ian Colin, Frank Hawkins, Christopher Rhodes, Moray Watson, Oliver Johnston, Peter Bathurst
Episode 3
Carron is taken back to the crash site and a recording of what happened during the orbit is played back to him, with disturbing results. A group of journalists try to kidnap him, but he, in turn, attacks one of them as he begins to change.
Guest stars John Glen, Ian Colin, Frank Hawkins, Christopher Rhodes, Peter Bathurst
Episode 4
Carroon takes refuge inside a cinema (where a spoof film 'Planet of the Dragons', is on screen). He then goes to a chemist where he appears to in pain and his hand is seen to be badly mutated.
Guest stars John Glen, Ian Colin, Frank Hawkins, Oliver Johnston
Episode 5
Quatermass picks up Carroon's trail and believes that the mixture of chemicals he has taken will accelerate his metamorphosis. Meanwhile, the killing starts - and Westminster Abbey a pulsating mass is revealed clinging to the building.
Guest stars John Glen, Ian Colin, Frank Hawkins, John Kidd
Episode 6
A state of emergency is declared and the army is brought in. Quatermass plays the creature the rocket tapes and appeals to the last vestiges of humanity left in Carroon to fight what he has become. The creature finally dies, just before it is due to spore.
Guest stars John Glen, Ian Colin, Frank Hawkins, Christopher Rhodes, John Kidd, Peter Bathurst
Episode information updated Jul 26, 2026
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