BBC2 Playhouse The Breakthrough (Season 2, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Drama

BBC2 Playhouse

The Breakthrough (Season 2, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Drama

On a remote Cornish coast, a small group of scientists at an out of the way research laboratory delve into the mystery of what happens at the moment of death.

Director

Graham Evans

Writers

Daphne Du Maurier (short story) | Clive Exton (dramatised by)

Producer

Irene Shubik

Production Designer

Tony Abbott

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 8, 1975

Release date

Jan 8, 1975 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

13 wins & 8 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
9 cast members

Name	Known for
Simon Ward Saunders Saunders See fewer	Young Winston (1972)
Brewster Mason Maclean Maclean See fewer	The Dam Busters (1955)
Clive Swift Robbie Robbie See fewer	Excalibur (1981)
Anthony Nicholls Sir John Fowler Sir John Fowler See fewer	The Omen (1976)
Thomas Ellice Ken (as Martin C. Thurley) Ken (as Martin C. Thurley) See fewer	Devices and Desires (1991)
Roy Boyd Janus Janus See fewer	The Wicker Man (1973)
Maryann Turner Mrs. Janus Mrs. Janus See fewer	Kingdom (2007)
Rosalind McCabe Niki Niki See fewer	Childhood (1974)
John Westbrook Voice of Charon One (voice) Voice of Charon One (voice) See fewer	The Lord of the Rings (1978)