Paranormal novelist Gideon Harlax is drawn into a battle between the forces of good, represented by alien angel Helith, and the forces of evil, represented by Helith's evil brother Asrael. Ranging from Oxford to Denmark, a North Sea ferry to an alien planet, Harlax unwittingly becomes part of an ancient plot that may result in the destruction of Earth...

• DirectorAlastair Reid
• Release29 December 1981
• Genre
  Drama / Science Fiction
• Duration3h 5m
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• Revenue?
• Rate
  

  4.0
  5 reviews
• Productions

  BBC