Andromeda

[Malcolm Robinson]

Andromeda as seen from Hubble...........

[threegee]

Can anyone remember A for Andromeda from way back in the early 1960's?  It had a very smart early Julie Christie in it, but that's not why I remember it (honest!).  The cultural thugs (or maybe it pre-dated those and it was the accountant thugs) at the Beeb destroyed the original recordings, but it was a real classic.

 

 

One of the reasons for its status was the writers involved scientists to get the physics right, and to ensure that they didn't patronise the audience with the usual "Hollywood science".  That was, of course, the days when UK science hadn't become heavily contaminated with politics, and so was worthy of respect (Doomwatch, anyone?).  The early me found it quite gripping, and I bet that wasn't because of early BBC SFX!