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Max Headroom

19871h 0m / epDrama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

First aired

March 31, 1987

6.9

TMDB Score

69% match · 77 votes

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S01 · E03

Body Banks

Season 1 · Apr 14, 1987 · 1h 0m

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E01▶

Blipverts

Mar 31, 1987 · 1h 0m

E02▶

Rakers

Apr 7, 1987 · 1h 0m

E03Playing

Body Banks

Apr 14, 1987 · 1h 0m

E04▶

Security Systems

Apr 21, 1987 · 1h 0m

E05▶

War

Apr 28, 1987 · 1h 0m

E06▶

The Blanks

May 5, 1987 · 48m

Breughel and Mahler are stealing live bodies from the Fringes and selling them to Nightingales Body Bank. The wealthy Plantaganet wants pituitarys from the bodies for an operation which could save his aging mother. While Carter races to save a Fringer girl's life, Cheviot is more concerned that Max is offending Network 23's biggest sponsor, ZikZak, who have decided to buy him.

About the Series

DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Synopsis

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?

CreatorsAnnabel Jankel, Rocky Morton