The Escape of R.D.7
Radio Times cover featuring the series along with another BBC serial A Chance of Thunder
GenreSci-Fi, Drama
Written byThomas Clarke
Directed byJames Ormerod
StarringBarbara Murray
Jennifer Wright
Ellen Pollock
ComposerEric Spear
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes5
Production
ProducerJames Ormerod
Running time45 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC Television
Release21 November (1961-11-21) –
19 December 1961 (1961-12-19)

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]

Synopsis

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.

Main cast

References

  1. ^ Fulton p.160
  2. ^ Baskin p.58

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