William Lucas

ABC Armchair Thriller

'ABC Armchair Thriller', although sometimes listed alongside the later 'Armchair Thriller' series (1978 & 1980), is a separate series from the later Thames productions, which it preceded by 11 years.

The Adventures of Black Beauty

A black mare is found with life-threatening wounds and nursed back to health by a caring family.

After the Funeral

When Alun Owen's play 'After the Funeral' was read by Sydney Newman, head of drama for ABC Television, and William Kotcheff, the television director, they were so taken by his conception of Wales and the Welsh, they decided to see for themselves.

Colony In Space

Andrew O'Day delves deep into the novelisation of Frontios in relation to Christopher H. Bidmead's other narratives, Logopolis and Castrovalva

The Days of Vengeance

Detective Inspector Mitchell’s life is thrown into turmoil when his son is kidnapped.

Dumb Martian

Earthman Duncan Weaver on a solo tour of duty on one of Jupiter's moons buys a Martian woman as a companion. He mistreats her, assuming her to be just a "dumb Martian." He learns, to his cost, that she has more intelligence than he gives her credit for.

The Mind Beyond

A six-part BBC anthology probing extrasensory perception, spiritualism, and the porous border between psychological disturbance and the supernatural. The Mind Beyond juxtaposes scepticism and faith, psychology and mysticism, parapsychology and folk horror