the junkyard, following his separation from Annie and Isabel, to be cut out of the film and thus greatly help in getting The Quatermass Conclusion down to around 100 minutes. There was little interest among film distributors in The Quatermass Conclusion, and it received only a limited theatrical release. The story was novelised by Nigel Kneale, his first book since his Somerset Maugham Award-winning short story collection Tomato Cain was published in 1949. The novelisation expanded on the backgrounds of many of the characters seen in the story, and added a deeper, more physical, relationship between Quatermass and Annie Morgan. It was this version of the story with which Kneale was most pleased. The Quatermass Conclusion was released on VHS videotape in 1985 while the complete four-part Quatermass serial was released in 1994. Quatermass, along with The Quatermass Conclusion was released on region 2 DVD in 2003 by Clearvision in a three disc boxset; extras included a Sci-Fi Channel interview with Nigel Kneale and extensive production notes. A two disc region 1 DVD of the 1970’s British sci-fi cult TV classic, released by A&E Home Entertainment, under license from THAMES International, talkbackTHAMES and FremantleMedia Ltd in 2005, also contained both the television and film versions as well as a History Channel documentary about Stonehenge. In July 2015, Network Distributing released the series on Blu-ray disc for the first time, and simultaneously released the series as a remastered DVD set. Both sets (Region B/Region 2 respectively) also contain The Quatermass Conclusion film, also remastered and presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio. In January 2015, BBC Radio 2 broadcast an interview with Hammer Films CEO Simon Oaks, which included news of the development of a new Quatermass series for television. Notes References External links ITV television dramas Quatermass 1979 British television series debuts 1979 British television series endings 1970s British drama television series Television series by Fremantle (company) Television shows produced by Thames Television British science fiction television shows English-language television shows Television series by Euston Films 1970s British science fiction television series