Specials

1. Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future

April 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. 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.

2. Live on Network 23: The Story of Max Headroom

1h

The 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.

3. Looking Back at the Future: A Cast Round Table

36m

An 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!

4. The Big-Time Blanks

12m

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

5. The Science Behind the Fiction

12m

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

6. The Writers Remember

11m

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

7. Producing Dystopia

8m

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

8. Karl-Lorimar Max Headroom Sweepstakes

5m

When 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.

9. Paranoimia Music Video by the Art of Noise

4m

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 album, "In Visible Silence." It was released in 1986 and featured Max Headroom.

10. Coke Commercial

1m

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

11. Car Parts Commercial

1m

12. Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future - Extended Cinemax Version

April 4, 1985 · 1h

In 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.