Mandog (1972)
- Directed by
- Anna Home
- Genre
- Drama, Children
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 6 episodes
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A boy and his dog get mixed up in strange events. The serial follows their adventures together.
childlikemysteriousspeculativemildly suspensefulretrodatedwhimsicallow-key
What happens
Mandog is a 1972 BBC children's television science fiction serial in 6 parts based on the novel Mandog by Peter Dickinson, who adapted the book. It features Ian Sharp, Carol Hazell, and Mollie Sugden and was directed by Anna Home. and Paul Stone. Viewers would have known the programme as Man Dog, rather than Mandog, on account of its title sequence showing the name as two separate words, with the word "Man" appearing above the word "Dog". Radio Times also listed the programme as Man Dog, in accordance with the two-word name in the television title sequence, and not the one-word name of the original book. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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