The Mind Beyond

The Mind Beyond
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerIrene Shubik
Running time50 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC
Release29 September (1976-09-29) –
3 November 1976 (1976-11-03)

The Mind Beyond is a BBC2 supernatural anthology television series – part of BBC 2's Playhouse series – which ran from September to November 1976. It was produced by Irene Shubik and consists of 6 episodes. A book of the same name was also published to accompany the series.[1]

Episode list

Episode no. Title First transmission (UK) Director Writer Cast
1 "Meriel the Ghost Girl" 29 September 1976 Philip Saville David Halliwell Donald Pleasence (George Livingston)
John Bluthal (Sam Nicholls)
Janet Street-Porter (Robina Oliver)
Charles Keating (Dr. Delane)
Diana King (Mrs. Livingston)
Sarah Douglas (Miss. Radson)
Tim Barlow (Mr. Smith)
2 "Double Echo" 6 October 1976 Alan Bridges Brian Hayles Jeremy Kemp (Dr. Mallam)
Anthony Bate (Dr. Raeburn
Gerry Cowper (Alison Fisher)
Clifford Rose (Mr. Fisher)
Diana Fairfax (Mrs. Fisher)
3 "The Love of a Good Woman" 13 October 1976 John Gorrie William Trevor Anna Massey (Isabella Ridout)
William Lucas (Henry Ridout)
Diana Bishop (Emily Troop)
John Baker (Mr. Baste)
Paul Cooper (Fisherman)
4 "The Daedalus Equations" 20 October 1976 David Reid Bruce Stewart Michael Bryant Sam McInstrey)
George Coulouris (Hans Daedalus)
Peter Sallis (Major Venables)
Megs Jenkins (Eileen Gray)
Richard Hurndall (Sherborne)
Rod Beacham (Sergeant Riley)
5 "Stones" 27 October 1976 Graham Evans Christopher Bigsby
& Malcolm Bradbury		 Richard Pasco (Nicholas Reeve)
Judy Parfitt (Anne Reeve)
T. P. McKenna (Harvey Fenton-Jones)
John Wells (Porton)
Willoughby Goddard (Snaithe)
Michael Sheard (Police Inspector)
6 "The Man with the Power" 3 November 1976 John Gorrie Evan Jones Willie Jonah (Boysie)
Cyril Cusack (Adler)
Vikki Richards (Gloria)
Geoffrey Bayldon (Mr. Smythe)
Johnny Briggs (Brian)
Rayner Bourton (The Devil)
Peter Spraggon (Publican)

References

  1. ^ Shubik, Irene (Ed.) The Mind Beyond (Penguin Books Ltd. 1976)