The Omega Factor: The Undiscovered Country (1979)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 13 June 1979
Running Time: 50 mins
Format: colour
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC Scotland
Producer: George Gallacio
Production Unit Manager: Brian Roberts

SCRIPT
Script / Created By: Jack Gerson
Script Editor: Maggie Allen

DIRECTION
Director: Paddy Russell

PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio Lighting: David Ogle
OB Lighting: John Black

MUSIC
Music: Anthony Isaac

SOUND
Sound: Brian Dewar

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Tulah Tuke
Costume Designer: Catherine Westray

VISUAL EFFECTS
Electronic Effects: Dave Chapman

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Campbell Gordon
Graphic Designer: Ian Roan

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Bruce Millar

CAST
James Hazeldine (Tom Crane)
Louise Jameson (Anne Reynolds)
John Carlisle (Roy Martindale)
Brown Derby (Andrew Scott-Erskine)
Cyril Luckham (Edward Drexel)
Joanna Tope (Julia Crane)
Colin Douglas (Alfred Oliphant)
Denis Agnew (Alistair)
Nicholas Coppin (Michael Crane)
Raymond Ross (Harry Gilchrist)
Natasha Gerson (Morag)

PLOT SUMMARY

Journalist Tom Crane is writing a series of articles on the supernatural and the occult which lead him to Edinburgh in search of infamous psychic Edward Drexel. But Drexel is unhappy about being found and after a series of mysterious events which Crane attributes to Drexel - including the death of his wife - a vengeful Crane finds himself drafted by secret government agency Department 7 which is dedicated to exploring the paranormal.

UK
Television Distributor: BBC
DVD Distributors: DD Video Home Entertainment (DD21466

1979
June
13: UK - television broadcast (on BBC2)

MAGAZINES

Radio Times 9-15 June 1979 p.52 (UK)
credits, synopsis

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

governments, journalists, psychics

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009