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Did anybody see the TV adaptation of 1984 after the doco? OK it was mid 1960s a bit slow with not great pic quality but strangley ok, staring Peter Cushing and also Donald Pleasance (!) as Syme. Pretty good effort really.

Better than the Burton effort, certainly: truer to the book's aims: whcih, pace the BBC, were more about 1948 than 1984.............

Giles,
you might be larmed to learn in wasn't mid 60s but 1954! Pretty damn ancient as far as TV archives go. Mail me - I can find it for you.

...and if you'd like some critical insight into what the book was REALLY about, try Anthony Burgess: possibly the finest intellect of the 20th century.
Except mine, of course............

It's worth bearing in mind that much of the BBC drama back in the 1950s was done live. It might look a bit ropey now, but given the stress and strain all the cast and crew were under it was a fantastic achievement.

Ah, the days when the Beeb used to take risks. And produce quality drama. And employ the peerless Nigel Kneale.

it must have been the same time as quatermass which i also missed out on in the 50s.

100 %.
You da MAN !!!!!!!!!!

And also done with some pre-filmed piece amid mostly live performances.