looks like things are on the move tonight :
The Martians and Us (7:00pm - 8:00pm) BBC4
1/3 - From Apes to Aliens
Series about the history of British science fiction. This edition looks at our relationship with aliens, from Wells's invading Martians to the Daleks via 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Midwich Cuckoos, and the Mekon. It also explores the genre's preoccupation with the big questions of evolution, and includes interviews with Arthur C Clarke, Brian Aldiss, Doris Lessing and Steve Jones.
tomorrow :
The Cult of... Adam Adamant Lives! (10:00pm - 10:30pm) BBC4
1/6
Series looking at cult sci-fi series recalls Adam Adamant, an unwitting Edwardian time-traveller thwarting baddies while he gets to grips with 1960's London. Frozen in a block of ice beneath Picadilly by his arch-enemy, Adamant is disinterred by a workman digging up the road 60-odd years later. The programme reveals why the leading actor broke down in tears on the first day of filming and how ITV's The Avengers both inspired and finally saw off its rival.
this saturday :
A for Andromeda (8:30pm - 10:00pm) BBC4
Richard Fell's contemporary adaptation of Fred Hoyle and John Elliot's 1961 sci-fi classic. A radio signal from the Andromeda constellation provides instructions on how to build a computer. In a very short period of time, the machine amasses a wealth of information about life on Earth and soon becomes more powerful than anyone could have anticipated. Using its vast intelligence, and with the connivance of the MoD, it fashions a robot from flesh and blood to carry out its wishes.
