Season 1
- James Hazeldine as Tom Crane
- Louise Jameson as Anne Reynolds
- John Carlisle as Roy Martindale
- Brown Derby as Andrew Scott-Erskine
- Nicholas Coppin as Michael Crane
- Natasha Gerson as Morag
Omega Factor (1979) [Season 1, Episode 1]
The Undiscovered Country
Shown 13 Jun 79
Tom Crane (James Hazeldine) is a journalist writing a book on the supernatural. He travels to Scotland in search of the infamous Edward Drexel, supposedly the one true master of the supernatural arts.
Despite being happily married, the protagonist hangs around with his platonic friend Dr Anne Reynolds ( Louise Jameson ).
Omega Factor (1979) [Season 1, Episode 2]
Visitations
Shown 20 Jun 79
Tom Crane (James Hazeldine) and Dr Anne Reynolds ( Louise Jameson ) are now working together in a secret UK Government department that investigates paranormal occurrences.
The case they investigate this week is a haunted house. The house was previously the HQ of a Cult. The Cult's leader was none other than Edward Drexel, which ties this story in with the Season story arc.
The regular duo and a couple of technicians set up in the haunted house for the night.
Omega Factor (1979) [Season 1, Episode 3]
Night Games
Shown 27 Jun 79
The British Army hold night maneuvres in the Scottish highlands. Some soldiers are injured. Tom Crane (James Hazeldine) discovers one is his brother. He and Dr Anne Reynolds ( Louise Jameson ) investigate.
The army was testing a secret sonic weapon on the troops. Crane suspects that Drexel was somehow involved, manipulating events for his own agenda.
Omega Factor (1979) [Season 1, Episode 4]
After Image
Shown 04 Jul 79
In the aftermath of the previous episode, Tom Crane (James Hazeldine) is forbidden from travelling without permission. Dr Anne Reynolds ( Louise Jameson ) gets special permission to attend a conference in Paris, France. However, she wakes up in a Beware of the Dog scenario.
It turns out that Anne's invite was fake. Crane tries to track her down.
Drexel was last heard of working for the CIA. Now he is working for another secret operation again. This time he is trying to invent the perfect brainwashing system. However, the conclusion just asks more questions than it answers.
Omega Factor (1979) [Season 1, Episode 5]
Powers of Darkness
Shown 11 Jul 79
Tom Crane (James Hazeldine) visits his brother in hospital. Dr Anne Reynolds ( Louise Jameson ) is along for moral support. By incredible coincidence, another patient is in hospital because of a seance that went wrong. The scientists must save someone who has been possessed by the ghost of a witch who was burned 400 years earlier.
The climax is a psychic battle between Crane and a demon. It is shot in a suspenseful tone, more reminiscent of silent cinema than more modern SPFX-intensive works. And the ending adds a new layer to the story. Who can Crane really trust?
Omega Factor (1979) [Season 1, Episode 6]
Child's Play
Shown 18 Jul 79
Dr Anne Reynolds ( Louise Jameson ) visits her friend in the countryside. Tom Crane (James Hazeldine) is along for moral support. The boy is subject to unusual experiences. Crane thinks a poltergeist is responsible. The boss Roy Martindale (John Carlisle) thinks the boy is a telekinetic, and tries to conduct experiments on the boy.
Crane is against the boy getting tested. This seems stupid, since the boy may have a superpower and thus it makes sense to train and observe him. However, the Government has its own agenda.
Another interested party is also involved. They have rings with the Omega symbol on them.
Omega Factor (1979) [Season 1, Episode 7]
St. Anthony's Fire
Shown 25 Jul 79
Tom Crane (James Hazeldine) visits a Scottish island where his best friend died in mysterious circumstances. There is a secret government research establishment on the island, which may have something to do with this. The Police sergeant states that the case is closed, while the doctor who did the autopsy has a different view.
The boss Roy Martindale (John Carlisle) sends Dr Anne Reynolds ( Louise Jameson ) along to bring him back, though she stays for moral support.
The secretive Omega group may be somehow involved.
Omega Factor (1979) [Season 1, Episode 8]
Out of Body, Out of Mind
Shown 01 Aug 79
Tom Crane (James Hazeldine) is hosting his brother Michael, who is recently released from hospital. However, Michael has dreams that may be out-of-body experiences. It seems that ESP powers are genetic. The boss Roy Martindale (John Carlisle) conducts experiments on Michael, so ruthlessly that it means endangering the patient.
Sir Willoughby (Charles Lloyd Pack - ), the Permanent Undersecretary, plans a trip to the Republic of Africa. However, he is unable to attend. His deputy, Townsend, is left in charge.
Michael may have been an army man, but his best friend Hamish Mboto is the son of the Vice President of the Republic of Africa. This is a convenient coincidence, dragging the two seperate plot threads together.
Omega Factor (1979) [Season 1, Episode 9]
Double Vision
Shown 08 Aug 79
Tom Crane (James Hazeldine) visits the Edinburgh chamber of horror, containing exhibits such as the infamous Burke and Hare . This is ironic, because this episode features an investigation into rumours of grave-robbers and body-snatchers.
Crane starts to see glimpses of a distant figure with the hair and red jacket of his supposedly deceased wife. Not unlike Don't look Now . He does not know who to trust. He moves in with Dr Anne Reynolds ( Louise Jameson ), but she always takes Martindale's side in arguments. He flies down to London to confide in Scott-Erskine.
Martindale has a new cow-orker, Vashrevsky (Philip Locke - ). He is a mysterious and somewhat creepy East European type. It turns out that he and martindale know more about what is going on.
Omega Factor (1979) [Season 1, Episode 10]
Illusions
Shown 15 Aug 79
An East German scientist who specialises in weaponising ESP, Dr Bruckner, has defected to London. However, his babysitter Rossiter goes missing and the hotel staff claim he never existed. Later, a mysterious woman claims that she is Rossiter's replacement. She is clearly a False Flag agent, but who is she really working for?
Scott-Erskine arrives in Edinburgh to lead the hunt for Bruckner. He holds a secret meeting in the apartment of Dr Anne Reynolds ( Louise Jameson ). Even though Tom Crane (James Hazeldine) moved out, he still hangs around there.
Martindale monologues Crane about his intentions. However, their confrontation takes an unusual twist. This episode ties up a bunch of plot threads. However, it ends on something of a cliffhanger.
The show never got a proper conclusion. Mary Whitehouse, leader of the UK's reactionary pro-censorship lobby, labeled the show as pure evil and had it banned.
