Doctor Who collaborators Mark Gatiss and Stephen Moffat, academics Una McCormack and Claire Langhamer and Matthew Kneale join Matthew Sweet to celebrate Nigel Kneale's groundbreaking 1953 BBC TV sci-fi serial The Quatermass Experiment, which spawned two late 1950s sequels and an ITV final run in autumn 1979. Cobb and Hassall may not know what they're seeing but we do this is a haunting not from the past but the future. Volume 90% 00:00 43:48 The Road [ BBC] by BBC Radio 4 Publication date 2018 Topics BBC, Radio, 4, Drama BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Nigel Kneale TV show Addeddate 2021-06-07 19:34:55 Identifier the-road-bbc Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4 Add Review - - June 7, 2022 Subject: The Road. Gideon Cobb Mark GatissSir Timothy Hassall Adrian ScarboroughLady Lavinia Hassall Hattie MorahanJethro Colin McFarlaneTetsy Susan WokomaLukey Platt Francis MageeBig Jeff Ralph Ineson, The Stone Tape (adapted by Matthew Graham and Peter Strickland) Oct 31, 2015. Get help and learn more about the design. The Road is a piece thats known because of this brilliant genre concept, but actually what most of the play is about is two very well-drawn characters sparring with each other against the backdrop of a haunting. The original 1963 BBC production has been called "one of the great missing masterpieces of British television. So whats the most obviously Kneale-y element of Halloween III? The blinding light is the detonation of a nuclear warhead that annihilates all these families in their cars. He plays Gideon Cobb in The Road and is joined by Adrian Scarborough (A Town Called Mercy), Hattie Morahan (Eighth Doctor audio companion, Helen Sinclair), and Colin McFarlane (Voyage of the Damned; Under the Lake/ Before the Flood). So unfair! WebKneale, Nigel. Further related material held by Manx National Heritage includes papers (reference number: MS 12319) and photographs (reference number:PG/13541) belonging to his father, journalist William Thomas Kneale. Kneales script places Silver Shamrocks factory community in a town called Sun Hills, a name which strikes a fittingly upbeat-yet-bland note. For Years, Actually, Russell T Davies Criticises BAFTA for Failing to Honour Bernard Cribbins, Kris Marshall Would Love to Play Doctor Who, Toby Whithouse Wouldve Loved to be Doctor Who Showrunner, Phil Ford: Theres Every Chance Doctor Who Spin-Off Torchwood Could Return, Leonard Nimoy Nearly Directed Doctor Who: The TV Movie with Paul McGann, Big Finish Rereleases the Doctor Who Excelis Saga as a Special Boxset. Quantum Physics can say that all Time is happening at once but we only experience it in a linear fashion. M. Night Shayamalan's movie The Village seems to have been influenced by The Road, though its twist is a lot more obvious and less mind-blowing. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. https://www.scripts.com/writer/nigel_kneale/5667. Any Nigel Kneale is greatly appreciated. In 1968 he saw one of his ideas surface without acknowledgement in Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: a Space Odyssey. Many of his works contain SF and horror elements, though he fiercely resisted being labelled as "a science fiction writer". A rare interview with H5 screenwriter Michael Jacobs! Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window), You Can Now Buy the Wester Drumlins House from Doc, Scares This Halloween: The Next Doctor Who Watch-A, An Entirely Fictitious Account of Doctor Who, How Long Does Russell T Davies Plan to Stay on as Doctor Who Showrunner? Kneale does that so well and you dont need Hadoke to mess with it. I was waiting for the call to go no, its not happening and it just never came. ", In the mid-1990s, when he was 73, he agreed to the ultra-jobbing assignments, for a man with his record, of writing episodes for the series Sharpe's Rifles and Kavanagh QC (1997), his final script. An Australian remake was aired the following year. Its particularly extraordinary given that no-one has actually seen it since. 9 ratings2 reviews. Commentdocument.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a1db1daf35ad5219aac3af884cd97a57" );document.getElementById("b81fcbbab5").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Still searching for many. He was most active in television, joining BBC Television in 1951; his final script was transmitted on ITV in 1997. The Horror of "The Road": The Road takes place in the English countryside in 1768. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, 1978-12-23 The Photograph [from Late Night Story], 1988-09-06 The Pond (read by George Parsons), 2015-10-31 The Stone Tape [adpt by Peter Strickland & Matthew Graham], 2018-10-27 The Road [adpt by by Toby Hadoke], 2019-11-05 Free Thinking: Quatermass (radio interview), 2022-04-17 Remembering Nigel Kneale (radio doc), Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). WebThe Road Episode aired Sep 29, 1963 55 m YOUR RATING Rate Drama A scientist and a philosopher investigate a haunted wood in eighteenth century Britain. Free Thinking: Quatermass (radio interview) Nov 5, 2019. But his place is secure, alongside Wells, Arthur C Clarke, John Wyndham and Brian Aldiss, as one of the best, most exciting and most compassionate English science fiction writers of his century. Sarah Michelle Gellar's & Pedro Pascal's nostalgic trip down Buffy the Vampire Slayer memory lane has now officially come full circle. That's because Nigel Kneale was one of those outlier writers who seemed to effortlessly innovate the Science Fiction and Horror genres without even meaning to. Entry updated 12 September 2022. During the early 1950s Kneale met talented writer (Anne) Judith Kerr (b.1923), daughter of a refugee German theatre critic, Alfred Kerr (1867-1948) and composer Julia ne Weismann (1898-1965). The Road (adapted by Toby Hadoke) Oct 27, 2018. WebThomas Nigel Kneale (18 April 1922 29 October 2006) was a British screenwriter. Kneale wrote original scripts and successfully adapted works by writers such as George Orwell, John Osborne, H. G. Wells and Susan Hill. WebConsidered to be one of the great masterpieces of missing British television, Nigel Kneale's The Road was originally broadcast in 1963 as a half hour teleplay part of the BBC anthology series First Night. The final twist of The Road is meant to linger in the mind for a long time. Then they had to OK me as the writer and then they had to OK the script, so every time theres a potential hurdle, and usually a potential hurdle is a hurdle for a reason and you fall over it. Nigel Kneale's adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four starring Peter Cushing is released by the BFI on Blu ray DVD in April. Reference number: PG/13645. WebKneales first professional script was the radio drama The Long Stairs in 1950; in 1951 a chance meeting with Michael Barry (1910-1988), a former RADA tutor of his, now head of drama for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) television service, led to Barry hiring Kneale as a staff writer. Just over 55 years since it was broadcast, on a Sunday night in September 1963 just after Songs of Praise, The Black & White Minstrel Show and an episode of Perry Mason, Nigel Kneales BBC TV play The Road continues to exert an uncanny power. Ive done a bit more haunting in the woods stuff to introduce it more like a traditional ghost story. In 2000, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association. Thomas Nigel Kneale (18 April 1922 29 October 2006) was a British screenwriter. Everything leads to the big twist at the end, and it's impossible to discuss why The Road is so significant without spoiling it. The biographical information was gathered from MS 11631's deposit file and Philip Purser, Kneale, (Thomas) Nigel (19222006), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Jan 2010; online edn, Sept 2010 [ http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/97498, accessed 15 Feb 2016]. That was a different commission, though. The Road is a 1963 British television play by Nigel Kneale. Summarize this article for a 10 years old. One of the great missing masterpieces of British television, The Road is rising again at long last, in the form of a new BBC Radio 4 adaptation written by Toby Hadoke. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. This remake has been conceived by Peter Strickland in collaboration with writer Matthew Graham (Life On Mars). A rare interview with H5 screenwriter Michael Jacobs! Do you happen to know what the copyright situation is for anyone who wants to read aloud or adapt the script for performance online eg YouTube? It was broadcast as part of the BBC Television anthology drama series First Night. Director Christopher Morahan Writer Nigel Kneale Stars John Phillips James Maxwell Ann Bell See production, box office & company info Add to Watchlist Photos Add photo Top cast Edit John Phillips In 1995 he went back to the subject for The Quatermass Memoirs on Radio 3, dedicated "to those who remember hiding behind the sofa when Quatermass came on. When things get complicated, they need excuses not to make stuff, because theres only so many slots. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. What has survived though is Kneales script and The Roads towering reputation. Picturehouse Crouch End in London will be hosting a day-long event on 23 April featuring expert panelists and members of cast and crew looking at Kneales film and TV work and his influence and legacy. (1922-2006) UK author and screenwriter, married to the well-known children's author Judith Kerr (1923-2019) from 1954 until his death; active from around 1944, very occasionally as by Nigel Neale. As an archive fan and somebody curious about the television version, I would be disappointed if I listened to it and found that it didnt bear much resemblance to the original apart from the basic premise. This version of The Road was recorded and broadcast in 2018, initially as part of Radio 4s Halloween Fright Night. Toby Hadoke considers the legacy of Quatermass writer Nigel Kneale, whose trademark fusion of science fiction and folk horror famously transfixed the nation at the dawn of TV drama and continues to influence it to this day. Uploaded by WebConsidered to be one of the great masterpieces of missing British television, Nigel Kneale's The Road was originally broadcast in 1963 as a half hour teleplay part of the BBC anthology series First Night. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time and only occasionally produced science fiction. The film, though, renames it Santa Mira, aka the fictional setting of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. His Quatermass trilogy of science fiction serials and his adaptation of George Orwell's 1984 - mostly performed live in the studio - were among the glories of British television drama throughout the 1950s, and are still seen as such. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Starring Mark Gatiss. Here's a look at Saturday Night Live host, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, and the SNL cast during the read-thru for this weekend. WebKneale, Nigel. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". In 1950, when he was 27, his first collection of short stories, Tomato Cain, won the Somerset Maugham Award. Great post! 4.00. There is a PDF of the script for The Road on the BFI DVD release of Kneales The Stone Tape. Quatermass 1 and 2 will also be available on BFI Player. Their daughter Tacy is an actor, and an art director on the Harry Potter films. His adventures have gone down in cultural history," said the producer Paul Quinn. Kneale and Kerr married on 8 May 1954 and had one daughter, Tacy (b.1958), an actress and painter and one son Matthew (b.1960), a writer. We got a really good cast and the price of that is that nobodys ever available at the same time. "He was an independent-minded man who refused to be typecast," his agent said. Mark Gatiss and Adrian Scarborough star as a philosopher and scientist investigating ghostly outbreaks in a country wood in 1768. Judith went on to publish the bestselling Mog children's books. Kneale wrote well-received television dramas such as The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968) and The Stone Tape (1972) in addition to the Quatermass serials. WebKneales first professional script was the radio drama The Long Stairs in 1950; in 1951 a chance meeting with Michael Barry (1910-1988), a former RADA tutor of his, now head of drama for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) television service, led to Barry hiring Kneale as a staff writer. Broadcast between December 1958 and January 1959, the six-part serial saw Kneales most famous character face his most terrifying scenario. The Road is a piece thats known because of this brilliant genre concept, but actually what most of the play is about is two very well-drawn characters sparring with each other against the backdrop of a haunting. Why not buy us a cup of coffee? Sir Timothy Hassall, accompanied by his friend Gideon Cole, investigate. Kerr went on to become a hugely successful childrens author, publishing works such as The Tiger Who Came to Tea (1968) and the Mog series (1970-2015). The Road: The Legacy of Nigel Kneale's Legendary Lost TV Play Lives On, Supernatural: Collins & Ackles Want Some Sweet "The Last of Us" Money, Hasbro Loses Their Minds By Dropping $75 Carbonized Star Wars 2-Pack, Spider-Man Receives Spectacular Wave of Marvel Legends Figures, Marvel Releases New Guardians Of The Galaxy Trailer, South Park Season 26 Ep. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Oh, and its all seriously unsettling. on April 27, 2022. "That was probably because he liked the producer.". They hear the panicked cries of mothers and children, the screams of men before a blinding explosion wipes out the vision. Those of you whove followed my reviews will by now know Nigel Kneales name. This version of The Road was recorded and broadcast in 2018, initially as part of Radio 4s Halloween Fright Night. Neither is quite prepared for the shocking truth that they uncover. Kneale was by no means the only author to have been largely wasted by television, and to have seen his status overtaken by soap opera hacks. Kneale's name remained a byword for deft, exceptionally imaginative storytelling; but the medium in which he worked best, television, never again used him with any consistent flair. Ive had to cut the number of characters down, too. It's all very literary and BBC. Tagged: Author. It was remade into an Australian teleplay in 1964, although all copies of both versions of the play are believed to have been destroyed. WebThe script for The Road was published alongside those for Kneale's teleplays The Year of the Sex Olympics and The Stone Tape under the title The Year of the Sex Olympics and Other TV Plays in 1976. During the broadcast a special live listening event, followed by an audience Q&A with Hadoke, will be held at HOME in Manchester as part of the Film Fear festival: https://homemcr.org/film/listening-event-nigel-kneales-the-road/. ", Update this biography Acclaimed British filmmaker Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio, The Duke of Burgundy, In Fabric) re-imagines a classic 70s horror. Cobb and Hassall believe the visions are of Queen Boudicea and her army fighting the Romans. 3: Randy's New Obsession? Episode 24 of The Three-Body Problem goes back in time to chart Science Grandma's road to hearing that first alien transmission from space. Nigel Kneale was born in Barrow-in-Furness, then in Lancashire, but grew up on the Isle of Man. Neither is quite prepared for the shocking truth that they uncover. Also available online and on demand. WebConsidered to be one of the great masterpieces of missing British television, Nigel Kneale's The Road was originally broadcast in 1963 as a half hour teleplay part of the BBC anthology series First Night. He was unafraid to experiment with many other genres as evidenced by Kinvig (1981) his sole attempt at a sitcom. It was broadcast as part of the BBC Television anthology drama series First Night. There was a radio version of Kneales The Stone Tape [in October 2015] and I listened to that and thought it was very good, but it was totally different to the original. Enter your email address to subscribe to this site and receive notifications of new posts by email. Kneales work came to the fore on TV, and his scripts for the BBC still present the perfect diving off point. Liked it? In 1953 Kneale broke ground by writing The Quatermass Experiment, the first science-fiction television serial which was received with success. Each of the first three iterations of his story has had two incarnations: first as a TV mini-series and then as a movie. It was broadcast as part of the BBC Television anthology drama series First Night. "[2], The Sydney Morning Herald review complained that the story was "too feeble to stand up to scrutiny". Quatermass was a heroic scientist who appeared in various television, film and radio productions written by Kneale for the BBC, Hammer Film Productions and Thames Television between 1953 and 1996. The strongest is the last of his 1950s Quatermass trilogy, Quatermass and the Pit. "We didn't think he'd want to bother with them but he did," the agent said. It was broadcast as part of the BBC Television anthology drama series First Night. But a rarely heard play entitled The Road, recently aired on BBC Radio 4, revealed another side of his work. In The Road, Kneale was the first writer to ever pose the idea that what if a ghost haunt isn't from the past but the future? He continued to work, apparently contentedly, as a consistently distinguished jobbing scriptwriter, proud of his versatility, with TV and film work as various as John Osborne's Look Back in Anger (1958), his first film script, and The Entertainer (1960), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), The Woman in Black by Susan Hill (1989) and Kingsley Amis's Stanley and the Women (1991). It's more than just a piece in a puzzle. Produced by BBC Radio 4, Toby Hadoke adapted the script, and Mark Gatiss and Adrian Scarborough star as the leads, lending it a certain genre cred. [Radiophonic Workshop archivist] Mark Ayres uncovered the original sound effects tape and I sent it on to Charlotte the producer. Take a second to support Andy Murray on Patreon! Last year's BBC4 remake of Quatermass proved that Kneale was honored among his peers, even those not born when his early work was first shown. Kneale had entered into a partnership with his brother Robert G. Kneale (c.1884-1942) and together they acquired the Monas Herald newspaper. WebThe Road Episode aired Sep 29, 1963 55 m YOUR RATING Rate Drama A scientist and a philosopher investigate a haunted wood in eighteenth century Britain. web pages In both this and his two equally popular sequels Quatermass II (1955) and Quatermass and The Pit (1959), Kneale, unusually for this time, emerged as an optimist as well as a humanist. Mark Gatiss and Adrian Scarborough star as a philosopher and scientist investigating ghostly outbreaks in a country wood in 1768. on June 7, 2021, BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Nigel Kneale TV show. The Road is a 1963 British television play by Nigel Kneale. (1922-2006) UK author and screenwriter, married to the well-known children's author Judith Kerr (1923-2019) from 1954 until his death; active from around 1944, very occasionally as by Nigel Neale. No recordings of the production on either video or audio are known to exist. The paradox was that Kneale never saw himself as a science fiction author. Dan Harmon's Krapopolis might have better success not airing, getting a Season 3 order while its debut was moved to the 2023-2024 season. An Australian remake was aired the following year. Hadn't realized he also adapted The Entertainer. So I kept expecting it to fail because none of it was straightforward. October 1768: A scientist and a philosopher clash whilst So we have, and I think thats a perfect piece of symmetry, that weve been able to feature some of the original radiophonic sounds.. This version of The Road was recorded and broadcast in 2018, initially as part of Radio 4s Halloween Fright Night. Writer of The Black Archive: The Pandorica Opens/ The Big Bang, The Silver Archive: The Stone Tape, and 100 Objects of Doctor Who. Kneales work came to the fore on TV, and his scripts for the BBC still present the perfect diving off point. The scientists begin to realize that their work has disturbed something hidden beneath the stone, something ancient and malevolent. As with the original British production, all recordings are thought to have been destroyed after transmission. Still looking for several of his movies. Neither is quite prepared for the shocking truth that they uncover. No recordings of the production on either video or audio are known to exist. An Australian remake was aired the following year. Having heard the finished radio play, We Are Cult can confirm that Hadoke and co have honoured Kneales original work with very evident love and respect and the result is something special. The first Quatermass miniseries was the first adult Science Fiction series on television anywhere in the world. WebNigel Kneale has been writing about Bernard Quatermass for decades. Kneales script places Silver Shamrocks factory community in a town called Sun Hills, a name which strikes a fittingly upbeat-yet-bland note. So whats the most obviously Kneale-y element of Halloween III? "[1] Having been wiped by the BBC, it is unknown if a copy of the play exists. Get your daily fix of news, reviews, and features with the Doctor Who Companion! Nigel Kneales legendary lost 1963 TV play is famed for its haunting climax. Web. An Australian remake was aired the following year. 23 sees Science Grandma go full Bond villain & things get real in the worst political party meeting of all time. The Night Manager, the hit adaptation of John le Carr's spy novel starring Tom Hiddleston, is getting Seasons 2 & 3 from the BBC & Amazon. This in turn is interweaved with soundtrack footage from the Quatermass TV dramas. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". Related material held by Manx National Heritage includes numerous library resources connected to Nigel Kneale's work. Any effects like fear are demanded by the story. 9 ratings2 reviews. He studied for the Manx bar but grew bored. Like what we do? WebThe script for The Road was published alongside those for Kneale's teleplays The Year of the Sex Olympics and The Stone Tape under the title The Year of the Sex Olympics and Other TV Plays in 1976. Other examples of Australian science fiction on TV include The End Begins (1961), Tomorrow's Child (1957) and The Stranger. Entry updated 12 September 2022. But the narrative was stomach-clawing and the underlying metaphor - of individuals slowly falling victim to an unprepared-for invasion - engrossed an audience caught in real life between the second world war, the onset of the cold war, nuclear testing, an epidemic of flying saucer reports and the stirrings of the space race. The play was filmed the following year for Australian TV. Kneale turned away from acting to write full time, remaining at the BBC until 1956 when his contract expired; thereafter he focused on writing film screen plays and conducted freelance work. The Road (adapted by Toby Hadoke) Oct 27, 2018. "He must have turned down scores of commissions. Suffice it to say that in terms of its setting alone, The Road is remarkable as its Kneales only original period piece. It was a chancey pitch that I got away with, Hadoke says. When asked why he chose to rework The Road into an audio drama, Toby said: Because its amazing, and because its one of the Great Lost Works. There's a good reason he's worshipped by Science Fiction and Horror writers and filmmakers like John Carpenter and Guillermo del Toro these days. Japanese Toilets, Star Trek: Picard Showrunner on Jurati Borg, "Real Borg" S03 Statuses, The Mandalorian Season 3 Opener Reveals Cara Dune's Fate (SPOILERS), Danny Earls, From Gail Simone Tweet To Marvel & DC Gigs In Two Months, The Spider-Man With Dots For Eyes Gets His Own Spider-Verse Version, Star Trek: Picard Showrunner Terry Matalas Teases Next TNG Alum Return, Sarah Michelle Gellar Shares "Buffy"/Pedro Pascal Reminder (RIP Eddie). Fonds-level description created by Eleanor Williams (MNH Project Archivist), February 2016. By 1931 W.T. Its an argument between two men who have very different ideas and whose input into the plot is one of the most surprising elements. Kneale's fee for it was 250. The original 1972 TV movie is now a cult favorite. WebThe Road is a 1963 British television play by Nigel Kneale. Its not proper to try to horrify the lights out of people. The strongest is the last of his 1950s Quatermass trilogy, Quatermass and the Pit. 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