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Summary

Des Kinvig (Tony Haygarth) runs a seedy electrical repair shop in the small town of Bingleton. He's a dreamy, absent-minded man who barely manages to scrape a living from his business.

One day, he meets the mysterious Miss Griffin (Prunella Gee). She turns out to be an alien from Mercury.

Kinvig embarks on a remarkable interplanetary journey, helping to save Earth from the fiendish Xux creatures.

Kinvig's friend Jim Piper (Colin Jeavons) is a lifelong UFO watcher. He's consumed by jealousy when he discovers that Kinvig has actually become involved with aliens.

It was never really clear whether the things that happen to Kinvig are intended to be regarded as 'real' events or just part of a prolonged 'dream sequence'.

Cast List

  Tony Haygarth as Des Kinvig
  Patsy Rowlands as Netta Kinvig
  Colin Jeavons as Jim Piper
  Prunella Gee as Miss Griffin
  Stephen Bent as Loon
  Alan Bodenham as Bat
  Betty Hardy as Mrs Snell
  Don McKillop as Howard
  Patrick Newell as Mr Horsely
  Danny Schiller as Sagga
  Simon Williams as Buddo

Production Details

Written by:
Nigel Kneale

Directed by:
Les Chatfield, Brian Simmons

Produced by:
Les Chatfield

1 series, 7 episodes

Transmitted: 1981

TV Channel: ITV

London Weekend Television