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Max Headroom (1987)

7.0 2 seasons 14 episodes Ended
DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Television networks battle one another in an unrelenting ratings war. Whoever controls the airwaves controls the dystopic world in which they broadcast. So when Network 23's star reporter, Edison Carter, uncovers a deadly secret that could shake up the station's dominion over its viewers, the only option is to eliminate Carter before he can make his story public. After Carter's "accident," his mind is uploaded to create the world's first self-aware, computer-generated TV host — Max Headroom! But will Max bow to his creators? Or will he be the key to his human alter ago bringing down a network superpower?

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Seasons & episodes

E1
Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the FutureApr 4, 1985 · 57m

In the post-apocalyptic future where television sets are more important than food, TV ratings are the all important currency of the nation.…

E2
Live on Network 23: The Story of Max Headroom1h 0m

The biography of Max Headroom, including interviews with creators George Stone, Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton, executive producer Peter W…

E3
Looking Back at the Future: A Cast Round Table36m

An intimate roundtable discussion including cast members Amanda Pays, Jeffrey Tambor, Concetta Tomei and Chris Young focusing on Max Headro…

E4
The Big-Time Blanks12m

Cast members Morgan Sheppard and Concetta Tomei reflect on Max Headroom and their lasting friendship over 20 years later.

E5
The Science Behind the Fiction12m

Cocreator George Stone discusses real technology's place in the history of Max Headroom.

E6
The Writers Remember11m

Steve Roberts and Michael Cassutt explain the process of writing for Max Headroom.

E7
Producing Dystopia8m

Brian Frankish recalls the trials and rewards of creating a world set 20 minutes into the future.

E8
Karl-Lorimar Max Headroom Sweepstakes5m

When originally broadcast on British television, the one-hour Max Headroom TV movie was preceded by Max narrating an introduction teaser fo…

E9
Paranoimia Music Video by the Art of Noise4m

The 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 albu…

E10
Coke Commercial1m

As the global spokesperson for New Coke, Max Headroom made a series of commercials featuring the tagline, "Catch the Wave!"

E11
Car Parts Commercial1m
E12
Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future - Extended Cinemax VersionApr 4, 1985 · 1h 0m

In the post-apocalyptic future where television sets are more important than food, TV ratings are the all important currency of the nation.…

Cast

Matt FrewerEdison Carter / Max Headroom
Chris YoungBryce Lynch
Jeffrey TamborMurray
William Morgan SheppardBlank Reg
Concetta TomeiBlank Dominique
Amanda PaysTheora Jones
George CoeBen Cheviot
Lee WilkofEdwards

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