what type of show/movie is the first one mentioned above?
A British science-fiction serial.
Quatermass II
Quatermass II is a British science-fiction serial, originally broadcast by BBC Television in the autumn of 1955. 
who is nigel kneale? He was a Manx screenwriter. what's his date of birth? 18 April 1922. which place was he born? Barrow-in-Furness, England. what educational institutions did he attend? St Ninian's High School, Douglas and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art . can you name a few television shows or movies he contributed his work? "Quatermass II" , "The Abominable Snowman", and the" Quatermass and the Pit".
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Quatermass II [SEP] Introduction
Quatermass II is a British science-fiction serial, originally broadcast by BBC Television in the autumn of 1955. It is the second in the "Quatermass" series by writer Nigel Kneale, and the oldest of those serials to survive in its entirety in the BBC archives. The serial sees Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group being asked to examine strange meteorite showers. His investigations lead to his uncovering a conspiracy involving alien infiltration at the highest levels of the British government. As even some of Quatermass's closest colleagues fall victim to the alien influence, he is forced to use his own unsafe rocket prototype, which recently caused a nuclear disaster at an Australian testing range, to prevent the aliens from taking over mankind.