The Max Headroom Show started life in the UK in 1985. The show featured actor Matt Frewer playing the role as computer-generated talk-show host Max Headroom.
DirectorsRocky Morton, Annabel Jankel
WritersDavid Hansen, Tim John
Episode 1
Apr 6, 1985
Music videos: Makromad - Tausend Tage Fete, Go West - We Close Our Eyes, Bryan Adams - Run to You, Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself, King Kurt - Destination Zululand, Intaferon - Get Out of London, Bahaus - ? (TBC) Peter Wagg (PRODUCER): The launch was spectacular. (...) he's talking in German, and he's telling this joke about lederhosen all in German (...) and then the first music video we played was a German music video. And then Max in English: "And this week's award for the worst TV commercial goes to..." A new rock video series. Among those featured in this programme are Makromad, King Kurt and Cabaret Voltaire. Macro Mad (sic) is actually referring to the German band, Makromad, who someone remembers as being the first video of the first show! The song was "Tausend Tage Fete" (1984). TV Times mentions that videos from Go West, Bauhaus and Billy Idol were also featured.
Episode 2
Apr 13, 1985
Music videos: Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey, Starvation - Starvation, Wreckless Eric - A Pop Song, Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield, Heaven 17 - Let Me Go, Go West - Call Me, Madness - One Step Beyond, Thompson Twins - Doctor Doctor
Episode 3
Apr 20, 1985
Music videos: Jean Michel Jarre, Godley and Crème, The Police, The Vapours, Waysted, Joe Jackson, The Cocteau Twins, Chas Jankel (TBC) Episode content to be confirmed, content list derived from http://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/1985.html
Episode 4
Apr 27, 1985
Music videos: The Untouchables - Free Yourself, Japan - Visions of China, XTC - Making Plans For Nigel, Captain Sensible - Wot, The Colourfield - Castles in the Air, A Flock Of Seagulls, Jimi Hendrix, The Power Station (TBC) Episode content to be confirmed, content list derived from http://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/1985.html
Episode 5
May 4, 1985
Music videos: Majka Jezowska - Rats On A Budget, Ultravox - Vienna, Nolan Thomas - Yo' Little Brother, Pale Fountains - Jeans Not Happening, The Kinks - Do It Again, King Trigger - River, Belouis Some - Imagination
Episode 6
May 11, 1985
Music videos: Udo Lindenberg - Germans, Spandau Ballet - Communication, China Crisis - King In A Catholic Style, Madness - Driving in My Car, Cabaret Voltaire - Just Fascination, Icehouse - Hey Little Girl, Hit List - Into the Fire
Episode 7
May 18, 1985
Music videos: Divine - Walk Like a Man, Peter Gabriel - I Don't Remember, Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust, Supertramp - It's Raining Again, Black Lace - Agadoo, Bryan Adams - Heaven, Peter Hardcastle - 19
Episode 8
May 25, 1985
Music videos: Randy Andy - The People (Living In The U.S.A.), Jesse Rae - Over the Sea, Supertramp - Cannonball, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, (TBC) (TBC) Episode content to be confirmed, content list derived from http://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/1985.html
Episode 9
Jun 1, 1985
Music videos: Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out, Loose Ends - Magic Touch, Trio - Da Da Da, La Booche - Romantic Love, Skiff Skats - Cripple Creek, Severed Heads - Goodbye Tonsils, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Takahashi (TBC) Episode content to be confirmed, content list derived from http://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/1985.html
Episode 10
Jun 8, 1985
Music videos: Intaferon - Steamhammer Sam, Bill Nelson - Do You Dream In Colour?, Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure, Lotus Eaters - It Hurts, Squeeze - Is That Love?, Go Go's - Vacation, Queen - Radio Ga Ga
Episode 11
Jun 15, 1985
Music videos: The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary, Izzy Royal - Coronation Street, The Kinks - Come Dancing, Lisa Dal Bello - Close to You, Elton John & Millie Jackson - Act of War (TBC) Episode content to be confirmed, content list derived from http://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/1985.html
Episode 12
Jun 22, 1985
Music videos: Ledernacken - Ich Will Dich Essen (I Want to Eat You), Sting – If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, Anthony Moore - Industrial Drums, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I'm the Urban Spaceman, Wendy O’Williams, Visage (TBC) Episode content to be confirmed, content list derived from http://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/1985.html
Episode 13
Jun 29, 1985
Music videos: Redskins - Bring It Down, Sting Interview Segment 2 (cut with clips from Patrick Macnee & Honor Blackman - Kinky Boots), medley of season highlight clips, Sting Interview Segment 3, The Baxters - Handclappin' The first season finale and the first interview for The Max Headroom Show. Guest interview: Max and Sting talk about his new solo album The Dream of the Blue Turtles, golf, jazz, shoes, politics in songs, being 33, explaining song lyrics in foreign countries, hair styles.
