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12 episodes · Apr 4, 1985
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S0E1Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future
Apr 4, 198557mIn the post-apocalyptic future where television sets are more important than food, TV ratings are the all important currency of the nation. A new technique of preventing viewers from channel surfing proves somewhat detrimental to particularly sedentary couch potatoes. The top studio becomes concerned: dead viewers make for low ratings. Edison Carter, top news reporter, is sent to find out more. After a motorcycle accident, his mind is preserved by wizz-kid Bryce and becomes his wise cracking, computer generated alter-ego: Max Headroom, who manages to boost ratings above those of any live hosts to date. This made for TV movie was later remade (sanitized version) as the first episode of the series.
S0E2Live on Network 23: The Story of Max Headroom
60mThe biography of Max Headroom, including interviews with creators George Stone, Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton, executive producer Peter Wagg, producer Brian Frankish and writers Steve Roberts and Michael Cassutt.
S0E3Looking Back at the Future: A Cast Round Table
36mAn intimate roundtable discussion including cast members Amanda Pays, Jeffrey Tambor, Concetta Tomei and Chris Young focusing on Max Headroom - the character, the series and beyond!
S0E4The Big-Time Blanks
12mCast members Morgan Sheppard and Concetta Tomei reflect on Max Headroom and their lasting friendship over 20 years later.
S0E5The Science Behind the Fiction
12mCocreator George Stone discusses real technology's place in the history of Max Headroom.
S0E6The Writers Remember
11mSteve Roberts and Michael Cassutt explain the process of writing for Max Headroom.
S0E7Producing Dystopia
8mBrian Frankish recalls the trials and rewards of creating a world set 20 minutes into the future.
S0E8Karl-Lorimar Max Headroom Sweepstakes
5mWhen originally broadcast on British television, the one-hour Max Headroom TV movie was preceded by Max narrating an introduction teaser for a contest. After the movie, Max returned with the contest rules. These snippets were included on the original Lorimar videotape of the British movie.
S0E9Paranoimia Music Video by the Art of Noise
4mThe Paranoimia music video from English synth-pop group The Art of Noise was a remix of an original song featured on the band's second album, "In Visible Silence." It was released in 1986 and featured Max Headroom.
S0E10Coke Commercial
1mAs the global spokesperson for New Coke, Max Headroom made a series of commercials featuring the tagline, "Catch the Wave!"
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Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future - Extended Cinemax Version
Apr 4, 198560mIn the post-apocalyptic future where television sets are more important than food, TV ratings are the all important currency of the nation. A new technique of preventing viewers from channel surfing proves somewhat detrimental to particularly sedentary couch potatoes. The top studio becomes concerned: dead viewers make for low ratings. Edison Carter, top news reporter, is sent to find out more. After a motorcycle accident, his mind is preserved by wizz-kid Bryce and becomes his wise cracking, computer generated alter-ego: Max Headroom, who manages to boost ratings above those of any live hosts to date.