The Infernal Machine

Barbara stands in the middle of a massive high-ceilinged room with stylish décor in red and white. She is wearing her spacesuit with no helmet. Her arms are held out pleadingly.

Season 1, Episode 18.
First broadcast on Thursday 8 January 1976.

Episode 18 · Saturday 20 December 2025

This month, Leo McKern turns up on the Moon with his enormous scary spaceship husband, who threatens to kill everyone on the base and decimate its sizeable collection of Kenner die-cast model vehicles. But there’s also a moving depiction of grief here, and some kind of attempt to explore why exactly we all continue putting up with each other.

Recorded on Friday 19 December 2025 · Download (59.3 MB)
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