The Kraken Wakes (CBC)

Posted by Anson (Bob) Roberts on October 10, 2010 at 2:49am

This is a five-part adaptation by the CBC

The Kraken Wakes (CBC)
John Wyndham
CBC 1965

What is the mystery of the blazing fireballs that plunge in to sea and never surface?

Starring:
Sam Paine, Shirley Broderick, Michael Irwin, Derek Walston, Allan Routon, John White, Ivar Harries, Greg Barnes, Peter Brockington, Otto Lowy, Roland Hunter

Sound effects - Lars Eastholm
Produced and directed - Norman Euton
Technical operations - Ian Stephens

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AndrewHG December 5, 2011 at 4:24pm

Ah the Cayman Trench Disaster... not quite as dramatic as the BBC version but I can still imagine the Redwood plunging towards the deeps with a nuclear depthcharge strapped on the deck.
Mike Hobart December 5, 2011 at 8:18am

It's a good production, but five episodes is an odd length. Maybe that's why the final episode seems to rush through the resolution -- the script was originally intended to be six parts, then for some reason they had to cut it back to five. That's my suspicion anyway.
- Anson (Bob) Roberts > Mike Hobart December 5, 2011 at 9:12am
  
  I would agree. I suspect that they wanted it to fit in a one week slot.
Riklaa October 10, 2010 at 3:02am

Thanks again Bob, I have not heard this one and didn't even know that it existed. ---------------------------------------------- Rick
- Anson (Bob) Roberts > Riklaa October 10, 2010 at 9:59am
  
  I stumbled across this several years ago on a site dedicated to CBC broadcasts.
  
  The site was taken down when threatened with litigation by the CBC, even though they conceded it was legal!
- AndrewHG > Anson (Bob) Roberts November 17, 2011 at 5:06pm
  
  Excellent, thanks for that.
  
  I don't have a collection but might be able to contribute.
  
  There was a substantial hum on that one, I think I've managed to push it to the background.
  
  Just need to work out how to upload now
- AndrewHG > AndrewHG November 17, 2011 at 6:52pm
  
  Episodes 1-5