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The Stone Tape 90 minutes, UK (1972), PG
Average user rating (4 / 6 votes)

Slow-burning and expertly chilling tele-play from Quatermass writer Nigel Kneale. Don't let the early Seventies BBC production values put you off

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The Stone Tape: It's hard for 21st Century whippersnappers to appreciate the impact Nigel Kneale's 50s Quatermass serial had on the nation. Back when there was only one channel, and the programmes all went out live, a writer could step out of Alexandria Palace, look out across the TV aerials rigging the dark London skyline and know that everyone with a set had just been watching his show...
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