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British science fiction television shows
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The list British science fiction television shows includes
Doctor Who, The Sparticle Mystery, Misfits, UFO and Torchwood.
The list consists of 158 members
and 13 sublists.
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Doctor Who
British science fiction TV series
Overview: Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterrestrial ...
Release date: 23 November 1963Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, HorrorDirector: Douglas Camfield, David MaloneyProducer: John Nathan-Turner, Barry LettsWriter: Robert Holmes, Terry NationTime and Space traveling adventures of a Gallifreyan Time Lord only known as the Doctor and his companions, traveling through time and space.
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The Sparticle Mystery
British television series
Overview: The Sparticle Mystery is a British science fiction television series written and created by Alison Hume and produced by Sparticles Productions for CBBC. The series follows a group of ten children in modern ...
Release date: 1 February 2011Genre: Adventure, Sci-FiDirector: Jon East, Michael McDowellProducer: Alison Hume, Sue NottWriter: Alison Hume, Jonny KurzmanAll the world's adults vanish, leaving only those aged 15 and under on the planet. 0
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Misfits
British science fiction comedy-drama television show
Overview: Misfits is a British science fiction comedy-drama television show, on E4, about a group of young offenders sentenced to work in a community service programme, where they obtain supernatural powers after ...
Release date: 12 November 2009Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-FiDirector: Tom Green, Jonathan van TullekenProducer: Howard Overman, Murray FergusonWriter: Howard Overman, Jon BrownA group of young offenders doing community service get struck by lightning during a storm, and begin to develop superpowers. 0
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UFO
1970 British TV science fiction series
Overview: UFO is a 1970 British science fiction television series about the covert efforts of an international defence organisation (under the auspices of the United Nations) to prevent an alien invasion of Earth ...
Release date: 16 September 1970Genre: Sci-Fi, ActionDirector: David Lane, Ken TurnerProducer: Gerry Anderson, Reg HillWriter: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia AndersonIn the year 1980 the Earth is threatened by an alien race who kidnap and kill humans and use them for body parts... 0
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Torchwood
British television series and spin-off from Doctor Who
Overview: Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. A spin-off of the 2005 revival of Doctor Who, it aired from 2006 to 2011. The show shifted its broadcast channel ...
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, ThrillerDirector: Andy Goddard, Ashley WayProducer: Russell T. Davies, Julie GardnerWriter: Russell T. Davies, Chris ChibnallThe members of the Torchwood Institute, a secret organization founded by the British Crown, fight to protect the Earth from extraterrestrial and super ... 0
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Space: 1999
1970s British science-fiction TV series
Overview: Space: 1999 is a British science-fiction television programme that ran for two series from 1975 to 1977. In the premiere episode, set in the year 1999, nuclear waste stored on the Moon's far side explodes ...
Release date: 4 September 1975Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, AdventureDirector: Charles Crichton, Ray AustinProducer: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia AndersonWriter: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia AndersonThe crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space. 0
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Red Dwarf
British comedy programme
Overview: Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy programme created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, consisting of a sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, and on Dave since 2009, gaining a cult ...
Release date: 15 February 1988Director: Ed Bye, Doug NaylorCast: Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Chris Barrie, Robert Llewellyn, Norman Lovett, Hattie HayridgeProducer: Doug Naylor, Ed ByeWriter: Rob Grant, Doug NaylorThe adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf. 0
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Primeval
British science-fiction drama television series
Overview: Primeval is a British science fiction television series produced for ITV by Impossible Pictures. Primeval follows a team of scientists tasked with investigating the appearance of temporal anomalies across ...
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adventure, Action, MysteryDirector: Cilla Ware, Jamie PayneProducer: Tim Haines, Adrian HodgesWriter: Tim Haines, Adrian HodgesWhen strange anomalies in time start to appear all over England, Professor Cutter and his team have to help track down and capture all sorts of dangerous ... 0
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Goodnight Sweetheart
British science fiction time travel sitcom
Overview: Goodnight Sweetheart is a British science fiction time travel sitcom, starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, and produced by the BBC. The sitcom is about the life of Gary ...
Release date: 18 November 1993Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance, Sci-FiDirector: Robin Nash, Terry KinaneCast: Nicholas Lyndhurst, Victor McGuire, Christopher Ettridge, Elizabeth Carling, Emma Amos, Dervla KirwanProducer: Maurice Gran, Laurence MarksWriter: Maurice Gran, Laurence MarksMr Gary Sparrow is an ordinary bloke with an extraordinary life. By day, a very bored and uninspired TV repairman but by night, an accidental time traveler ... 0
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Humans
2015 British-American science fiction television series
Overview: Humans (styled as HUM∀NS) is a science fiction television series that debuted in June 2015 on Channel 4 and on AMC. Written by Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent, based on the Swedish science fiction drama ...
Genre: Drama, Sci-FiDirector: Lewis Arnold, Samuel DonovanWriter: Lars Lundström, Jonathan BrackleyIn a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so ... 0
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Thunderbirds Are Go
Television series
Overview: Thunderbirds Are Go is a science fiction television programme produced by ITV Studios and Pukeko Pictures. It uses a combination of computer-generated animation and live-action models. It is a remake of ...
Genre: Animation, Action, Family, Sci-Fi, AdventureDirector: David Scott, Theo BayntonCast: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Rasmus Hardiker, David Menkin, Kayvan Novak, Rosamund Pike, David GrahamProducer: Spink Clive, Andrew SmithWriter: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia AndersonIn the future, the Tracy family run a private mechanized emergency response service. 0
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Black Mirror
British science fiction anthology television series
Overview: Black Mirror is a British anthology television series created by Charlie Brooker. The series explores various genres, with most episodes set in near-future dystopias containing sci-fi technology—a type ...
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: Owen Harris, Carl TibbettsProducer: Charlie Brooker, Annabel JonesWriter: Charlie Brooker, William BridgesA television anthology series that shows the dark side of life and technology. 0
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Thunderbirds
British science-fiction TV series
Overview: Thunderbirds is a British science fiction television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, filmed by their production company AP Films (APF) and distributed by ITC Entertainment. It was filmed ...
Release date: 15 September 1965Genre: Action, Family, Sci-Fi, AnimationDirector: Des Saunders, David ElliottProducer: Gerry Anderson, Reg HillWriter: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia AndersonIn the 21st century, the Tracy family operate a unique private mechanized emergency response service. 0
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Threshold
American science fiction drama television series
Overview: Threshold is an American science fiction drama television series that ran on CBS from September 16 to November 22, 2005. Produced by Brannon Braga, David S. Goyer and David Heyman, the series focuses on ...Release date: 16 September 2005Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: John ShowalterProducer: Brannon Braga, David S. GoyerWriter: Bragi F. Schut, Anne McGrailA team of experts are assembled after the U.S. Navy discovers an extra-terrestrial object briefly appeared near a ship in the Atlantic Ocean. 0
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The Tomorrow People
British science fiction TV series
Overview: The Tomorrow People is a British children's science fiction television series created by Roger Price. Produced by Thames Television for the ITV Network, the series first ran from 30 April 1973 to 19 F ...Release date: 30 April 1973Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, FantasyDirector: Roger Damon Price, Vic HughesCast: Nicholas Young, Philip Gilbert, Elizabeth Adare, Peter Vaughan-Clarke, Michael Holoway, Dean LawrenceProducer: Ruth Boswell, Vic HughesWriter: Roger Damon Price, Brian FinchThe Tomorrow People are British teens who have special powers. They can communicate to each other using telepathy... 0
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The Sarah Jane Adventures
British science-fiction television series
Overview: The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British science fiction television programme that was produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies, and starring Elisabeth Sladen. The programme is a ...Release date: 1 January 2007Genre: Drama, Family, Sci-FiDirector: Joss Agnew, Alice TroughtonCast: Elisabeth Sladen, Daniel Anthony, Alexander Armstrong, Tommy Knight, Anjli Mohindra, Ace BhattiProducer: Russell T. Davies, Nikki WilsonWriter: Russell T. Davies, Phil FordInvestigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith, with the help of her adopted son, his friends, and an intelligent supercomputer, combats evil alien forces here ... 0
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The Prisoner
British science fiction television show (1967–1968)
Overview: The Prisoner is a British television series created by Patrick McGoohan, with possible contributions from George Markstein. McGoohan portrays Number Six, an unnamed British intelligence agent who is a ...
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, ActionDirector: Patrick McGoohan, Don ChaffeyCast: Patrick McGoohan, Angelo Muscat, Peter Stanwyck, Peter Brace, Leo McKern, Christopher BenjaminProducer: Patrick McGoohan, David TomblinWriter: Patrick McGoohan, David TomblinAfter resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre prison. His warders demand information ... 0
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The Champions
British television series
Overview: The Champions is a British espionage thriller/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure television series. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company, and consists of ...
Release date: 10 June 1968Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: Cyril Frankel, Paul DicksonCast: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt, Anthony Nicholls, George Murcell, Eric PohlmannProducer: Monty Berman, John GoodmanWriter: Monty Berman, Dennis SpoonerCraig Stirling, Sharron Macready and Richard Barrett were agents for Nemesis, an international intelligence organization based in Geneva... 0
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Space Precinct
British science fiction television series
Overview: Space Precinct is a British television series that was first broadcast by syndication in the United States between 1994 and 1995. In the UK, it was first shown on channel Sky One between March and August ...
Release date: 3 October 1994Genre: Sci-FiDirector: John Glen, Alan BirkinshawProducer: Gerry Anderson, Jeffrey BrunnerWriter: Gerry Anderson, Philip MorrowThe extraterrestrial adventures of former NYPD detective Patrick Brogan, now a lieutenant with the Demeter City police force on the planet Altor... 0
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Robotboy
British-French animated television series
Overview: Robotboy is an animated television series that aired from 1 November 2005 to 27 September 2008 on Cartoon Network in the UK. In the United States, it aired on Cartoon Network, premiering on 14 January ...Release date: 3 September 2005Genre: AnimationDirector: Bob Kamp, Heath KennyProducer: Clement Calvert, Christian DavinWriter: Jan Van Rijsselberge, Robert MittenthalRobotboy is a cute, cutting-edge, butt-kicking battle-robot, who dreams of becoming a real boy. Created by world-renowned scientist Professor Moshimo ... 0
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