Mandog

Mandog is a 1972 BBC children's television science fiction serial in 6 parts based on the novel Mandog by Peter Dickinson, who adapted the book. It features Ian Sharp, Carol Hazell, and Mollie Sugden and was directed by Anna Home.^[2] and Paul Stone.

Mandog
Genre	Fantasy
Written by	Peter Dickinson
Directed by	Anna Home Paul Stone
Starring	Carol Hazell Jane Anthony Adrian Shergold
Theme music composer	Delia Derbyshire
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	Anna Home
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	3 January (1972-01-03)[1] – 7 February 1972 (1972-02-07)

Viewers would have known the programme as Man Dog, rather than Mandog, on account of its title sequence showing the name as two separate words,^[3] with the word "Man" appearing above the word "Dog". Radio Times also listed the programme as Man Dog,^[4] in accordance with the two-word name in the television title sequence, and not the one-word name of the original book.

Plot

A group of present-day children become caught up in a conflict between two groups from the future who have come back into the present.

The significance of the title is that the mind of one person of the future is transferred into the family pet dog of one of the children.

Cast

• Jane Anthony as Sammy
• Carol Hazell as Kate
• Adrian Shergold as Duncan
• Ian Sharp as Ian
• Jonathan Hardy as Halmar
• Roy Boyd as Henry
• Derek Martin as Gala One
• Mollie Sugden as Mrs. Morris

Episodes

No.	Title	First broadcast
1	"The Man Who Could Walk Through Doors"	3 January 1972 (1972-01-03)
2	"Mister Makes His Mark"[5]	10 January 1972 (1972-01-10)
3	"There Is No Duncan"[6]	17 January 1972 (1972-01-17)
4	"The Consignment"[7]	24 January 1972 (1972-01-24)
5	"On the Run"[8]	31 January 1972 (1972-01-31)
6	"You Have 30 Seconds"[9]	7 February 1972 (1972-02-07)