Max Headroom

Fourteen American episodes, one of which the network never showed, built on a British television film that tells the same story first.

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Where to start with Max Headroom

Two ways in, and they are genuinely different experiences rather than the same one twice.

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    The American series, from episode one Max Headroom

    Blipverts is the pilot and it works cold. Fourteen episodes is a short commitment and the show was cancelled rather than finished, so do not expect a landing.

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    Or the 1985 British film first Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future

    The same premise, told once, in under an hour, by the people who then made the American version. If you only want one, this is the tighter piece of work.

Then what? The British talk show is a different programme entirely. See the note.

A suggested way in, not an official one. The full list is below: tick anything off in either place.

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The British original

  • Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future 1985

The American series

  • Max Headroom 1987, 2 seasons, 14 episodes

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