Artemis 81 (David Rudkin BBC-1981) Part 1 of 3

Conceived as a miniseries, this was broadcast in 1981 as a three-hour film. I had to break it up into 3 sections. Info about the film: Artemis 81 is a British television play which was written by David Rudkin and directed by Alastair Reid. Occult novelist Gideon Harlax (Hywel Bennett) is drawn into an epic battle between Helith (Sting), the Angel of Light and Asrael (Roland Curram), the Angel of Death. From Rudkin’s website () Gideon, a successful novelist, insulated from reality and emotionally arid, is deeply and ruefully loved by two people: a woman musician, and a man who teaches film. But Gideon flinches from all human contact. From an alien planet, an angel of love descends, to try to unlock Gideon’s emotions and save him. But an angel of death comes not far after, seeking to imprison Gideon in his frigidity. At the climax, high within the tower of an abbey, while an organ recital proceeds below, Death’s trap is so sprung that, if