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★ 6.0/10•1991•50m•18•Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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A journalist investigates the death of his girlfriend at a fertility clinic where she worked and uncovers a plot to create a new breed of human based on crossing the genetics of man and ape.

Stephen Gallagher · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime50m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJul 7, 1991

Episodes

E150m

Part One

While working in a busy NHS hospital, nurse Tracy Pickford gets a better job in a private fertility clinic. The Jenner Clinic is out in the country, very quiet and far away from the bustle of the city. All seems normal, but for the off-limits section where they keep test animals, and the nightshift Tracy is assigned to would be boring except for mysterious activities centring on those out of bounds laboratories.

Jul 7, 1991

E250m

Part Two

On his arrival in the sleepy Yorkshire town nearest the Jenner Clinic, the fiendish Government official, Hennessey, orders all police out of the area, and calls up an army of khaki-clad 'specialists' who throw a security web around the site. Highly placed and powerful, Hennessey conducts a cover-up; mutilated victims disappear en route to the mortuary; the press are officially gagged by a 'D' notice; and the regular police's mass-murder inquiry is abruptly cancelled without any explanation to the detective in charge.

Jul 14, 1991

E350m

Part Three

Peter Carson's subversive investigation uncovers Dr Jenner's dark past, including details of the probably illegal, certainly unethical genetic engineering experiment, he initiated a decade ago.

Jul 21, 1991

E450m

Part Four

"It's not over yet," vows Carson. But later, in a post office sorting room, we see Hennessey confiscate copies of an incriminating video that had been mailed to the press.

Jul 28, 1991

Actors

Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

Hennessey

David Calder

David Calder

Dr. Jenner

John Lynch

John Lynch

Peter Carson

George Costigan

George Costigan

Schaffer

Pip Torrens

Pip Torrens

Windeler

Christine Kavanagh

Christine Kavanagh

Alison Wells

Paul O'Grady

Paul O'Grady

Donaldson

Peter Armitage

Peter Armitage

Sgt. Crichton

Emer Gillespie

Emer Gillespie

Nurse Tracy Pickford

Sarah Winman

Julia

Douglas Mann

Chad

David O'Hara

David O'Hara

Fred Pearson

Fred Pearson

Gary Mavers

Forester

Pippa Haywood

Pippa Haywood

Diane Rohmer

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