documentary series (13x30)
Channel 4 (UK)
Series featuring the finest moments from Hammer's classic horror movies alongside clips from the company's acclaimed war films, costume dramas, comedies and much more.
narrated by
OLIVER REED
written & created by
ASHLEY SIDAWAY and
ROBERT SIDAWAY
produced by
ROBERT SIDAWAY
HAMMER STARS:
PETER CUSHING
Initial Broadcast Date:
12 August 1994
The Abominable Snowman (1957) / The Brides Of Dracula (1960) / The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) / Dracula (1958) / The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1959) / Fear In The Night (1972) / Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell (1974) / The Mummy (1959) / She (1965) / Twins Of Evil (1971)
DRACULA &
THE UNDEAD
Initial Broadcast Date:
19 August 1994
The Brides Of Dracula (1960) / Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter (1972) / Dracula (1958) / Dracula Prince Of Darkness (1966) / Kiss Of The Vampire (1962) / The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires (1974) / Scars Of Dracula (1970) / Vampire Circus (1972)
LANDS BEFORE TIME
Initial Broadcast Date:
26 August 1994
Blood From The Mummy’s Tomb (1971) / Creatures The World Forgot (1971) / The Lost Continent (1968) / One Million Years B.C. (1966) / She (1965) / The Vengeance of She (1968) / The Viking Queen (1967)
VAMP
Initial Broadcast Date:
1 September 1994
The Brides Of Dracula (1960) / Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter (1972) / Dracula (1958) / Dracula Prince Of Darkness (1966) / Kiss Of The Vampire (1962) / Lust For A Vampire (1970) / Twins Of Evil (1971) / The Vampire Lovers (1970)
WICKED WOMEN
Initial Broadcast Date:
9 September 1994
The Anniversary (1968) / Black Widow (1951) / Countess Dracula (1970) / Doctor Jekyll And Sister Hyde (1971) / Fanatic (1965) / The Nanny (1965) / Stolen Face (1952) / The Witches (1966)
TRIALS OF WAR
Initial Broadcast Date:
16 September 1994
Break In The Circle (1955) / The Camp On Blood Island (1958) / Further Up the Creek (1958) / I Only Arsked (1958) / The Lady Vanishes (1979) / The Secret of Blood Island (1964) / Up the Creek (1958) / Ten Seconds To Hell (1959) / The Steel Bayonet (1957) / Yesterday’s Enemy (1959)
SCI-FI
Initial Broadcast Date:
23 September 1994
The Damned (1963) / Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949) / Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) / Quatermass 2 (1957) / Quatermass and the Pit (1967) / The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) / Spaceways (1953) / X the Unknown (1956)
MUMMIES, WEREWOLVES
& THE LIVING DEAD
Initial Broadcast Date:
30 September 1994
Blood From The Mummy’s Tomb (1971) / Captain Clegg (1962) / The Curse Of The Mummy’s Tomb (1964) / Curse Of The Werewolf (1961) / The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires (1974) / The Mummy’s Shroud (1967) / The Mummy (1959) / The Plague Of The Zombies (1965)
CHILLER
Initial Broadcast Date:
7 October 1994
Czech Mate (1984) (from Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense) / Hell is a City (1960) / The Last Page (1952) / Maniac (1963) / Paranoiac (1963) / Shatter (1974) / Whispering Smith Hits London (1952) / Straight On Till Morning (1972)
THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
Initial Broadcast Date:
14 October 1994
The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) / The Evil Of Frankenstein (1964) / Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell (1974) / Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) / Four Sided Triangle (1953) / Horror Of Frankenstein (1970) / The Revenge Of Frankenstein (1958)
HAMMER STARS:
CHRISTOPHER LEE
Initial Broadcast Date:
21 October 1994
The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) / The Devil Rides Out (1968) / The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) / Dracula (1958) / Dracula Prince Of Darkness (1966) / The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1959) / The Mummy (1959) / Rasputin The Mad Monk (1965) / Scars Of Dracula (1970) / She (1965) / To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
HAMMER
Initial Broadcast Date:
28 October 1994
The Camp On Blood Island (1958) / Cloudburst (1951) / The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) / Dracula (1958) / Holiday On The Buses (1973) / Men of Sherwood Forest (1954) / One Million Years B.C. (1966) / The Plague Of The Zombies (1965) / The Nanny (1965) / Quatermass 2 (1957) / Quatermass And The Pit (1967) / The Steel Bayonet (1957) / That’s Your Funeral (1972)
COSTUMERS
Initial Broadcast Date:
4 November 1994
The Brigand Of Kandahar (1965) / A Challenge For Robin Hood (1967) / The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) / Dick Turpin Highwayman (1956) / The Pirates Of Blood River (1962) / The Scarlet Blade (1963) / The Stranglers Of Bombay (1959) / Sword Of Sherwood Forest (1960) / Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood (1969)
Series Edited by
ASHLEY SIDAWAY
Title Theme Composed by
BRIAN BENNETT
On Line Editor
MIKE PEATFIELD
Sound
PAUL HAMILTON
Assistant Editors
AMANDA JENKS
ALYSSA OSMENT
Production Assistant
CAROLINE BEECHAM
Production Manager
EVAN M JONES
Production Secretary
JOANNE ATKINS
For Hammer Films
GRAHAM SKEGGS
KAREN WOODS
WENDY SMITH
Post Production by
SOUND DEVELOPMENT STUDIOS
FOUNTAIN TELEVISION
TVi
Film Archivists
JOHN HERRON
STEVE RICKERSBY
MIKE DRAGESIC
STEVE LEROUX
Executive Producer
JOHN THOMPSON
Best Of British Format Created by
ASHLEY SIDAWAY &
ROBERT SIDAWAY
MAURICE SELLAR &
LOU JONES
A BEST OF BRITISH FILMS & TELVISION PRODUCTION
