The Plant (film)

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The Plant
GenreDrama / Science Fiction
Written byJonathan Lewis
Directed byJonathan Lewis
Starring Joanna Roth
Valentine Pelka
Composer Fiachra Trench
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes1
Production
ProducerPatrick Cassavetti
EditorRodney Holland
Running time90 mn
Production company BBC
Release
Original network BBC One
Original release20 January 1995 (1995-01-20)

The Plant is a British television movie by Jonathan Lewis. It was first broadcast on the BBC in January 1995.

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Synopsis

In a garden in a London suburb, corpses sprout out of the earth on during a live television gardening programme called Down to Earth. However, it soon appears that these human bodies are not dead people, they are grown there, like plants. The question is who is growing these bodies and for which purpose. [1]

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