Oktober (1997)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 2 April 1997 - 16 April 1997
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 3
Average Episode Running Times: 50 mins
Format: colour
Sound: stereo

EPISODES

•  2 April 1998
•  9 April 1998
•  16 April 1998

PLOT SUMMARY

An innocent schoolteacher, Jim Harper, finds himself drawn into an international conspiracy when he accidentally discovers a drug that acts upon the shared unconscious. Pursued by agents of the corporation behind the drug, Harper goes on the run but can't be sure of what's real and what is hallucination.

A rare successful foray into SF for the ITV network, this is a cracking paranoid thriller with a top notch central performance from Stephen Tompkinson as the bewildered hero. The reality bending plot demands attention and rewards it with a well structured narrative that never fails to grip.

UK
Television Distributor: ITV

1997
April
2: UK - Episode 1 television broadcast (on ITV)
9: UK - Episode 2 television broadcast (on ITV)
16: UK - Episode 3 television broadcast (on ITV)

1998
September
Day Unknown: UK - feature version premiered at the 9th Festival of Fantastic Films, Manchester

2001
December
1: USA - feature version television broadcast (on TFZL)

Oktober - Blutspur ins Jenseits - German title

PERIODICALS

Dreamwatch no.44 pp.67-68 (UK)
illustrated article

Eyepiece vol.18 no.6 (December 1997 / January 1998) p.12 (UK)
credits, production note

Radio Times vol.297 no.3871 (18 April 1998) p.122 (UK)
illustrated review

TV Zone no.10 (May 1998) pp.26-29 (UK)
illustrated production notes, interview

BOOKS

Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction p.371
credits, synopsis

KEYWORDS

book into film, drugs, hallucinations, conspiracies, mind control, human experiments, paranoia

CONTRIBUTORS

Kevin Lyons; MJ Simpson

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009