Oktober

1 9 9 8 (UK)
3 x 60 minute episodes

This three-part thriller from LWT was based on a book by sci-fi writer Stephen Gallagher and starred Stephen Tompkinson from Ballykissangel and Drop The Dead Donkey as mild-mannered English teacher Jim Harper who is working at the International Chalet School in the Swiss Alps and is besotted with a Swiss woman called Rochelle Genoud (Lydzia Englert)

Rochelle is an executive with a multinational pharmaceutical company Risinger Genoud who are working on a mind-altering drug called Mentozone – all those exposed to the drug are experiencing a shared nightmare world.

What Jim doesn’t realise is that he is about to become their unwitting guinea pig – a walking experiment which could make illegal millions for the evil firm (Jim is described by Rochelle as “$50 billion on legs”).

As the plot thickens, Jim flees to England but – although he is aided by Linda (Maria Lennon) – he cannot escape the clutches of Risinger Genoud – wherever he turns he finds betrayal and his world edges on nightmares between life and death, waking and dreaming, insanity and sanity

Oktober came across as a low-budget Bond film but was thoroughly entertaining nonetheless.

Jim Harper
Stephen Tompkinson
Rochelle Genoud
Lydzia Englert
Linda
Maria Lennon
Viveros
James McCarthy
Daniel
James Duke
Dr Franks
Michael Bertenshaw
Bruno
Richard Leaf
Dr Bauer
Lisa Jacobs
Werner
Michael Harbour
Stephen
James Kerr
Terry
Tim Poole
Kim
Hermione Gulliford
Billy
Billy McColl
Dr Brandon
Lyndam Gregory

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