Nigel Kneale

28 April 1922 - 29 October 2006

Writer

Kneale's reputation as a dramatist was made as the author of the influential sci-fi series The Quatermass Experiment (1953). He also adapted the work of others, notably Look Back In Anger (1958), but returned to the adventures of Professor Quatermass several times, including the feature Quatermass and the Pit (1967).