''Mandog'' is a 1972 BBC children's television science fiction serial in 6 parts based on the novel by

Peter Dickinson Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE FRSL (16 December 1927 – 16 December 2015) was an English author and poet, best known for children's books and detective stories. Dickinson won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association ...

, who adapted the book. It features

Ian Sharp James Ian Sharp (born 13 November 1946, Clitheroe, Lancashire) is an English film and television director. He is best known for directing the SAS action thriller '' Who Dares Wins'' (1982) and directing the action sequences of the James Bond ...

, Carol Hazell, and

Mollie Sugden Isabel Mary Sugden (21 July 19221 July 2009), known professionally as Mollie Sugden was an English actress and comedian. She was best known for being an original cast member in the British sitcom ''Are You Being Served?'' (1972–1985) as senior ...

and was directed by

Anna Home Anna Margaret Home ( ; born 13 January 1938) is an English television producer and executive who worked for most of her career at the BBC. Early career After graduating from Oxford University, where she read Modern History at St Anne's Colle ...

.Alistair McGow
"Home, Anna (1938-)"
BFI screenonline and Paul Stone. A group of present-day children become caught up in a conflict between two groups from the future who have come back into the present. The significance of the title is that the mind of one person of the future is transferred into the family pet dog of one of the children.

Cast

*Jane Anthony as Sammy *Carol Hazell as Kate *

Adrian Shergold Adrian Shergold (born 24 March 1948 in Croydon, Surrey) is a British film and television director. Selected filmography *'' Pierrepoint'' (2005) *'' Funny Cow'' (2017) *'' Cordelia'' (2019) *Denmark (2019) Selected television *'' Christabel'' ( ...

as Duncan *

as Ian *

Jonathan Hardy Jonathan Hardy (20 September 1940 – 30 July 2012) was a New Zealand-Australian film and television actor, writer and director. Early career Hardy was born in Wellington and began his training at the New Zealand Players' Drama School. He tr ...

as Halmar *

Roy Boyd Roy James Boyd (18 August 1938 – 27 April 2024) was an English actor best known for his roles on television between 1963 and 2010. Life and career His television credits include '' The Saint'', '' Counterstrike'', ''The Borderers'', ''Codena ...

as Henry *

Derek Martin Derek Martin (born Derek William Rapp; 11 April 1933) is a retired English actor. Beginning his career as a stuntman, he moved into acting and played many roles on UK television. One of his most widely known roles is Charlie Slater on the BBC ...

as Gala One *

as Mrs. Morris

References

External links

* 1972 British television series debuts BBC children's television shows 1970s British children's television series 1972 British television series endings British English-language television shows 1970s British science fiction television series {{UK-kids-tv-prog-stub