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Plateau of Fear (1961) Country of Origin: UK Date(s) of Broadcast: 24 September 1961 - 29 October 1961 Number of Seasons: 1 Total Number of Episodes: 6 Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins Format: black and white Sound: mono CREDITS PRODUCTION Production Company: ABC Network Television Producer: Guy Verney SCRIPT Script: Malcolm Stuart Fellows, Sutherland Ross DIRECTION Director: Kim Mills MUSIC Music: Clive Rogers DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION Designers: Roger King, James Douglas MISCELLANEOUS Programme Advisor: Mary Field CAST John Barron (Dr Miguel Aranda) Jan Miller (Dr Susan Fraser) Gerald Flood (Mark Bannerman) Stewart Guidotti (Peter Blake) Peter Allenby (Lorca) Maureen Lindholm (Julietta Aranda) Ferdy Mayne (General Villagran) Richard Coleman (Ralph Morton) Roger Delgado (General Perera) Cognac the dog SUMMARY
A nuclear power plant high in the Andes is under
attack from a strange monster. A reporter and his young assistant set
out to investigate and discover the real reason for all of the acts
of sabotage.
EPISODES
Terror at Potencia One (24 September 1961)
Menace in the Night (1 October 1961)
Cavern of Death (8 October 1961)
The Growing Peril (15 October 1961)
The Invisible Shield (22 October 1961)
Slam-Down (29 October 1961)
LINKS
SEQUELS
City Beneath
the Sea (1961)
Secret Beneath the
Sea (1963)
REFERENCES
BOOKS
The Encyclopaedia of TV Science Fiction (3rd
edition) p.326
credits, episode guide
Serials on British Television 1950 - 1994 p.57
credits, episode guide
KEYWORDS
nuclear power plants; monsters; sabotage; military; journalists
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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