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you can see the full list of candidates on your screen now. for more information please go the bbc website. tonight marks a very special moment in the history of british television and science fiction. exactly 70 years ago, the first episode of the quatermass experiment aired on the bbc, the only television service in the uk at the time. written by nigel kneale and produced by rudolph cartier, the serial gripped the nation with imaginative storytelling and bold, inventive production techniques. tv sequels and film adaptations followed. the rest, as they say, is history, with a host of science fiction programmes for ever in the debt of the quatermass serials. in a moment, i ll be speaking to quatermass historian the writer and performer toby haydoke. first let s travel back in time.