Mandog (1972)

Directed by

Anna Home

Country

United Kingdom

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy and his dog get mixed up in strange events. The serial follows their adventures together.

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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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