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The Poison Sky

Series Episode Number: 743

World Premiere: Sat 3 May 2008 - 6:19pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 30 May 2008 - 9:00pm EDT [SyFy: East Coast Feed]
Running Time: 44 minutes 40 seconds

6.53 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 88 (UK)

Audience Share: 34.29% (UK)
Chart Position: 18 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 23 Oct 2007 in Upper Boat Studios at these locations




Production Team
WriterHelen Raynor
DirectorDouglas Mackinnon
ProducerSusie Liggat
Executive ProducerPhil Collinson
Executive ProducerRussell T Davies
Executive ProducerJulie Gardner
Production ManagerDebbi Slater
Director of PhotographyRory Taylor
Production DesignerEdward Thomas
EditorMike Hopkins
Prosthetics Millennium FX
Special Effects Any Effects
Visual Effects The Mill
Visual Effects ProducerWill Cohen
Visual Effects ProducerMarie Jones
Visual Effects SupervisorDave Houghton
Incidental MusicMurray Gold
Make-up DesignerBarbara Southcott
Costume DesignerLouise Page
Sound RecordistBrian Milliken
Production AccountantOliver Ager
Production ExecutiveJulie Scott
Casting DirectorAndy Pryor CDG
Title MusicRon Grainer
With thanks to BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Sontarans created byRobert Holmes
First Assistant DirectorFrancesco Reidy
Second Assistant DirectorJennie Fava
Third Assistant DirectorSarah Davies
Location ManagerJonathan Allott
Production CoordinatorJess van Niekerk
Assistant Production CoordinatorDebi Griffiths
Production SecretaryKevin Myers
Production RunnerNicola Brown
Floor RunnerAndy Newbery
ContinuityNon Eleri Hughes
Script EditorNikki Smith
Camera OperatorJames Moss
Focus PullerSteve Rees
GripJohn Robinson
Boom OperatorJeff Welch
GafferMark Hutchings
Best BoyPeter Chester
Stunt coordinatorTom Lucy
ChoreographerAilsa Berk
Chief Supervising Art DirectorStephen Nicholas
Art Dept Production ManagerJonathan Allison
Supervising Art DirectorArwel Wyn Jones
Associate DesignerJames North
Art Department CoordinatorAmy Pope
Set DecoratorJoelle Rumbelow
Props BuyerSue Jackson Potter
Standby Art DirectorAlexandra Merchant
Standby PropsPhil Shellard
Standby PropsNick Murray
Standby CarpenterWill Pope
Standby PainterEllen Woods
Standby RiggerKeith Freeman
Props MasterPaul Aitken
Chief Props MakerBarry Jones
Props MakerPenny Howarth
Construction ManagerMatthew Hywel-Davies
Graphics BBC Wales Graphics
Costume SupervisorLindsay Bonaccorsi
Assistant Costume DesignerRose Goodhart
Costume AssistantBarbara Harrington
Costume AssistantLouise Martin
Make-Up ArtistPam Mullins
Make-Up ArtistSteve Smith
Make-Up ArtistJohn Munro
Casting AssociateAndy Brierley
Casting AssociateAmy Rogers
Visual Effects EditorCeres Doyle
Post Production SupervisorChris Blatchford
Post Production SupervisorSamantha Hall
Post Production CoordinatorMarie Brown
Special FX CoordinatorBen Ashmore
Special FX SupervisorDanny Hargreaves
Prosthetics DesignerNeill Gorton
Prosthetics SupervisorRob Mayor
Prosthetics TechnicianHelen Rowe
Prosthetics TechnicianLenny Sant
Online EditorMatthew Clarke
Online EditorMark Bright
ColouristMick Vincent
3D ArtistSerena Cacciato
3D ArtistNick Webber
3D ArtistAndy Guest
3D ArtistMatt McKinney
3D ArtistJeff North
3D ArtistChris Tucker
2D ArtistRussell Horth
2D ArtistSara Bennett
2D ArtistArianna Lago
2D ArtistJulie Nixon
2D ArtistMurray Barber
Digital Matte PainterSimon Wicker
Visual Effects CoordinatorJenna Powell
Visual Effects CoordinatorRebecca Johnson
Dubbing MixerTim Ricketts
Supervising Sound EditorPaul McFadden
Sound FX EditorPaul Jefferies
Finance ManagerChris Rogers