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Space Island One
Format	Drama; Science Fiction
Created by	Andrew MacLear
Starring	Judy Loe; Indra Ove; Angus MacInnes; Bruno Eyron; Julia Bremmerman; Kourosh Asad; William Oliver
Country of origin	UK/Germany
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	26
Production
Producer(s)	Andrew MacLear; Margaret Matheson
Running time	c. 45 min. per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	Sky One
Picture format	PAL (576i), 4:3
Audio format	stereophonic sound
Original run	7 January 1998 – 9 November 1998

Space Island One (or Raumstation Unity in German) is a British/German science fiction television series that ran for 26 episodes beginning in 1998. A co-production between the UK's Sky One channel and the German Vox channel, it starred Judy Loe as Kathryn McTiernan, the commander of the multinational crew of the space station Unity. Described as “a mix of Moonbase 3 and Jupiter Moon, but more turgid than either” ^[1], other sources describe it as “The best science fiction show you've never heard of… The show unflinchingly looks at the implications of for-profit science… and provides the most realistic look ever at life in space, including bone-mass loss. A few episodes are dull, but the show is often surprisingly weird and fun… It also features some of the most complex, believable characters of any television show”.^[2]

[edit] Regular cast

Commander Kathryn MacTiernan by Judy Loe
Walter B Shannon by Angus MacInnes
Dusan Kashkavian by Bruno Eyron
Paula Hernandez by Indra Ové
Lyle Campbell by William Oliver
Harriet ‘Harry’ Eschenbach by Julia Bremmerman
Doctor Kaveh Homayuni by Kourash Asad
Control (voice) by Sally Grace

[edit] References

^ Bradley, Dave (editor) (2005). "Britannia Rules the Airwaves". SFX Collection 22: Best of British: p128.
^ #41 on the io9.com list of the Top 100 Science Fiction/Fantasy Shows, found at http://io9.com/5347065/the-top-100-science-fictionfantasy-shows-41-through-50 (retrieved 8/28/09)

[edit] External links

Space Island One at the Internet Movie Database

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[0] Bradley, Dave (editor) (2005). "Britannia Rules the Airwaves". SFX Collection 22: Best of British: p128.

[1] #41 on the io9.com list of the Top 100 Science Fiction/Fantasy Shows, found at http://io9.com/5347065/the-top-100-science-fictionfantasy-shows-41-through-50 (retrieved 8/28/09)

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