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Scanners

Innovative sci-fi horror story about a group of people with the ability to control other people's minds and bodies, with often fatal results. Starring Stephen Lack.

Innovative sci-fi horror story about a group of people with the ability to control other people's minds and bodies, with often fatal results. The powers - the result of a thalidomide-like drug given to a group of pregnant women - are being used for evil purposes by a child of the experiment. His brother is recruited by the doctor behind the original project to stop the evil sibling and his fellow scanners.

1 hour, 40 minutes

Last on

Wed 27 Oct 201022:45
BBC Four

Credits

Cameron ValeStephen Lack
DirectorDavid Cronenberg
Kim ObristJennifer O'Neill
Dr Paul RuthPatrick McGoohan
Darryl RevokMichael Ironside
Braedon KellerLawrence Dane
Benjamin PierceRobert A Silverman
Security OneLee Broker
Dieter TautzFred Doederlein
TrevellyanMavor Moore

Broadcasts

  • Sat 11 Aug 200700:25
    BBC One except Northern Ireland & Scotland
  • Sun 16 May 201001:45
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Wed 27 Oct 201022:45
    BBC Four