I was 9 years old when this first appeared on BBC and found it compelling and terrifying viewing. This is the first time in almost forty years since I watched it and it is still compelling and terrifying. It is a masterpiece in programme making and Pip Donaghy deserves great praise for the portrayal. Many thanks for uploading this video and giving me 3 hours of wonderful memories and a real sense of nostalgia. If only tv programmes were as great as this now!
One thing I always have loved about the invisible man in cinema is that it's an acting tour de force usually, in which the other actors have to carry the story because you are acting around a special effect or acting around a prop while a person talks to you from offscreen. One of the things I find myself always not really liking is I feel that the invisible man simply isn't violent and insane enough.
This adaptation of the H.G.Wells science fiction novella is the closest of all that went before to the book. Originally broadcast by the BBC in six episodes.
Phenomenal! sheer realism with no add-ons! The genius of H/G Wells! And Hitler and his associates exactly tried to do what the Invisible Man, in his demented thinking, wanted to do.
I love this English version..methinks it is better than the 1933 Universal studio version. Pip Donaghy(Griffin) has a voice quite similar to Roddy McDowell! There ae several humorous scenes in this classic movie.
Believe this was originally broadcasted on BBC1, Sunday afternoons/ evenings in 1984., same year Tom Baker portrayed Holmes in The Hounds of Baskervilles
These old BW films fascinate me. Not only are the story lines intriguing, but they're also historical. They give us a better glimpse than today's movies what the 1800s were like. The science principles like optical density were spot on. My wife got bored but what does she matter? The best parts were after she got up and left.
