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    Kids TV TV Shows - 1950s 2 Mins Read

    Stranger from Space

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    A Martian boy called Bilaphodorous (Michael Newell) crash lands on Earth and is befriended by English youngster Ian Spencer (Brian Smith).

    Stranger From Space has the distinction of being the first science fiction production ever made for British television, predating even the adventures of Bernard Quatermass.

    The series was broadest live every two weeks as part of the children’s show Whirligig and was written by Hazel Adair (who created Compact and Crossroads) and Ronald Marriott. The fortnightly broadcast schedule allowed time for viewer’s letters and suggestions to be incorporated into subsequent episodes.

    The second season of the series cast radio’s “Man in Black” Valentine Dyall as Gorgol, a Martian villain.

    Ian Spencer
    Brian Smith
    Bilaphodorous
    Michael Newell
    Professor Watkins
    Richard Pearson
    John Armitage
    John Gabriel
    Mrs Spencer
    Betty Woolfe
    Pamela Vernon
    Isabel George
    Delpho
    Bruce Beeby
    Petrio
    Peter Hawkins
    Gorgol
    Valentine Dyall
    Humphrey Lestocq
    Himself

    Episodes

    Crash Landing | On The Run | Come To The Fair | The Trap | The House on Reigate Downs | The Intruders | Lost Energy | The New Forest | Journey Through Space: Part 1 | Journey Through Space: Part 2 | The Prisoner || Message From Mars | Return Journey | The Cage | Trouble in the Air | Total Eclipse | The Battle of Power

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