The Slide

Tremors threaten a new town built in Kent.

But the bigger subterranean threat is yet to emerge...

Victor Pemberton's sci-fi serial in seven parts.

Professor Josef Gomez - Roger Delgado

Janet Marshall - Elisabeth Proud

Tug' Wilson - Stephen Jack

Mrs Wilson - Miriam Margolyes

Police Sergeant - Wilfred Babbage

Constable - Anthony Jackson

Newscaster - Nigel Graham

Victor Pemberton was a writer and TV producer. As script editor on the BBC's Doctor Who, he was the brains behind the Sonic Screwdriver.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1966.

A new town in Kent is threatened by tremors, but there is a bigger subterranean threat.

Tremors threaten a new town in Kent – but the bigger subterranean peril is yet to emerge. Stars Roger Delgado. From 1966.

Tremors threaten a town in Kent, but there's an even bigger hazard... Stars Roger Delgado.

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Birds and animals are being wiped out following an earthquake in the Kent countryside.

A strange kind of mud has started oozing from the fissure in Holly Mill Lane as the mystery deepens in the new town of Redlow.

Victor Pemberton's sci-fi mystery serial.

Professor Josef Gomez - Roger Delgado

Tug' Wilson - Stephen Jack

Mrs Luke - Noel Hood

Nursing Sister - Eva Haddon

Janet Marshall - Elizabeth Proud

Sorensen - Fraser Kerr

RAF Corporal - Anthony Hall

Barry - Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1966.

As local bird and animal life dies en masse, Redlow is again threatened by oozing mud.

Following wholesale deaths among local bird and animal life, Redlow is again threatened by oozing mud. Stars Maurice Denham.

As wildlife dies en masse, more oozing mud threatens Redlow.

Following wholesale deaths of local birds and animals, Redlow is threatened by more oozing mud. Stars Roger Delgado. From 1966.

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On the instructions of the dominating MP Hugh Deverill, seismologist, Josef Gomez has been called in to examine earth tremors in Kent.

But the effects of the oozing mud on both people and animals is becoming increasingly evident...

Victor Pemberton's vintage sci-fi serial starring Roger Delgado and Maurice Denham.

Sorensen - Fraser Kerr

Josef Gomez - Roger Delgado

Nursing Sister - Eva Haddon

Janet Marshall - Elizabeth Proud

Nurse - Patricia Leventon

RAF Corporal - Anthony Hall

Tug' Wilson - Stephen Jack

Mrs Wilson - Miriam Margolyes

AC2 Gibbons - Nigel Graham

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1966.

Analysis of the mud has disturbing results, and its effect on humans is becoming evident.

Analysis of the mud displays disturbing results, and its effect on humans is becoming increasingly evident. Stars Roger Delgado.

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Redlow's MP becomes increasingly distant and erratic. Then his old enmity with Professor Gomez surfaces.

Meanwhile scientists who've been examining a sample of mud from the slide get a nasty surprise...

Victor Pemberton's sci-fi mystery serial.

Josef Gomez - Roger Delgado

RAF Corporal - Anthony Hall

Tug' Wilson - Stephen Jack

Nursing Sister - Eva Haddon

Mrs Wilson - Miriam Margolyes

Mrs Luke - Noel Hood

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1966.

Redlow's MP becomes increasingly erratic. His old enmity with Professor Gomez surfaces.

Redlow's MP becomes increasingly distant and erratic. His old enmity with Professor Gomez surfaces. Stars Maurice Denham.

Redlow's MP becomes more erratic. His old enmity with Professor Gomez surfaces.

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The oozing mud begins to surround the new town of Redlow in an apparently organised manner.

The local residents of Kent are increasingly in danger...

Victor Pemberton's sci-fi mystery serial.

Josef Gomez - Roger Delgado

Mrs Luke - Noel Hood

Janet Marshal - Elizabeth Proud

Sergeant Johnson - Wilfred Babbage

Nursing Sister - Eva Haddon

Dr Robeson - Michael Kilgarriff

First Journalist - Anthony Jackson

Second Journalist - Hector Ross

Third Journalist/Policeman - Brian Hewlett

RAF Corporal - Antnony Hall

American Journalist - Peter Marinker

Vicar - Noel Howlett

Tug' Wilson - Stephen Jack

Mrs Wilson - Miriam Margolyes

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1966.

The seeping mud begins to surround Redlow in an apparently organised manner.

The seeping mud begins to surround Redlow in an apparently organised and horrifying manner... Stars Roger Delgado.

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As the mysterious mud encroaches even further, the new town of Redlow is declared a Disaster Area and a complete evacuation is underway.

Now even local MP Hugh Deverill is feeling the effects...

Victor Pemberton's sci-fi mystery serial.

Josef Gomez - Roger Delgado

Pilot - Anthony Jackson

Ground Control - Brian Hewlett

Sergeant Johnson - Wilfred Babbage

Margaret Griffiths, MP - Joan Matheson

RAF Corporal - Anthony Hall

Mrs Luke - Noel Hood

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1966.

As the mud encroaches, Redlow is declared a Disaster Area and an evacuation is underway.

As the mud encroaches, Redlow is declared a Disaster Area and a complete evacuation is underway. Stars Maurice Denham.

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Lives and buildings have been endangered by the relentless slide of mud in the new town of Redlow.

Residents have succumbed to its remorseless power.

Unless Professor Gomez finds the solution it is possible that the whole world could be destroyed.....

Gripping conclusion of Victor Pemberton's vintage sci-fi serial.

Professor Josef Gomez - Roger Delgado

Sgt Johnson - Wilfred Barrage

RAF Corporal - Anthony Hall

Margaret Griffiths, MP - Joan Matheson

TV Interviewer - Henry Stamper

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1966.

The scientists fighting the mud have one last, desperate plan as it encircles Redlow.

The scientists fighting the encroaching mud have one last, desperate plan as it encircles Redlow. Stars Roger Delgado.

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