Influenced by the social and geopolitical situation of the early nineteen-seventies and the hippie youth movement of the late nineteen-sixties, Quatermass is set in a near future in which large numbers of young people are joining a cult, the “Planet People”, and gathering at ancient sites, believing they will be transported to a better life on another planet.

• Thames Television
• John Mills
• Barbara Kellerman
• Simon MacCorkindale
• Margaret Tyzack
• Brewster Mason
• Ralph Arliss
• Paul Rosebury
• Jane Bertish