70 years ago, the first episode of The Quatermass Experiment aired on the BBC - a pioneering sci-fi serial which carved a path for programmes such as Dr Who Newsnight looks back to a time when garden gloves were used as special effects bbc.in/2Ps915G | BBC Newsnight

Born on this day, Brian Donlevy, an actor whose Quatermass remains one of Hammer’s most debated performances. Cast as Professor Bernard Quatermass in The Quatermass Xperiment and Quatermass 2, Donlevy brought a harder, more authoritarian presence to the role: a choice that divided audiences then and continues to do so today. Famously at odds with creator Nigel Kneale’s vision, the performance has nonetheless become inseparable from Hammer’s early science-fiction legacy. This clip is taken from A