Hi, Very interesting history on the Max Headroom phenomenon. You didn't mention any dates, but the pilot is listed as being released in 1985. I wanted to point out that Bruce Bethke is credited with coining the term "cyberpunk" in the title of a novel he wrote in 1982 (pub. 1983), although I've also seen Gardner Dozois being credited for bringing the term to a wider audience in his 1984 Washington Post article "Sf in the Eighties." Gibson certainly launched the term into the mainstream with his 1984 novel, "Neuromancer," and Dozois referred to Gibson in his article. I'm not saying that the term was as widespread in 1984 as it is today, but Max Headroom did not quite beat anyone to the punch. On that note, William Gibson is credited with coining the term "cyberspace" in an earlier short story "Burning Chrome." Now, if only the video or DVD were available! Brian Willoughby Sound Consulting Begin forwarded message: Getting a bit off-topic, but I'm a big Max Headroom fan and heave a heap of trivia in my head about him, so just thought I'd put in my two bob's worth:
I actually loved that show, one of the first Sci-fi Post-Apoc series I really got into. Too bad you can't get anyone to play the episodes any more, although Understand you can still buy the UK TV show pilot-movie on VHS...
I'd say it was the first Sci-fi Post-Apoc show ever. It was "cyberpunk" before the word had even been invented! It is also a show with a long and complicated history...