Space Precinct

Space Precinct

1994
Space Precinct
Space Precinct

Space Precinct

6.4 | en | Drama

Space Precinct is a British television series that aired from 1994 to 1995 on Sky One and later on BBC Two in Britain, and in first-run syndication in the US. Many US stations scheduled the show in late night time slots, which resulted in low ratings and ensured cancellation. The series was created by Gerry Anderson and was a mix of science fiction and police procedural that combined elements of many of Anderson's previous series such as Space: 1999, UFO and Thunderbirds, but with an added dash of Law & Order and Dragnet. Gerry Anderson was Executive Producer along with Tom Gutteridge. One of the series' directors was John Glen who had previously helmed various James Bond movies.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP24  Deathwatch (2)
Jul. 24,1995
Deathwatch (2)

Continuing from part one, a meteor fragment is taken by Militay Intelligence to be analysed, but the substanse has dire effects beyond their control.

EP23  Deathwatch (1)
Jul. 17,1995
Deathwatch (1)

When a meteor crashes on farmland in Altor, Brogan and Haldane become involved in an investigation into a landlord attempting to force his tenants at a nearby tower block. Brogan's suspicions are further fueled by the involvement of military intelligence agents.

EP22  The Forever Beetle
Jul. 10,1995
The Forever Beetle

A bug containing a healing chemistry is stolen from a company lab. The thief is Tommy Murphy, Brogan's best friend from his NYPD days, who happens to pay a visit to his former colleague.

EP21  The Fire Within (2)
Jul. 03,1995
The Fire Within (2)

Precinct 88 continues its investigation at the Pyrist Temple in the wake of the disappearance of Captain Podley's daughter.

EP20  The Fire Within (1)
Jun. 26,1995
The Fire Within (1)

Officer Took joins a religious cult called the Pyrists. When one of their elders is immolated in a fire, her colleagues believe that the Pyrists themselves, were responsible.

EP19  Flash
May. 29,1995
Flash

Demeter City's latest illicit drug craze is for Flash, a substanse which causes users to combust when they overdose. Brogan is displeased when his daughter takes an interest in becoming a police officer.

EP18  Smelter Skelter
May. 15,1995
Smelter Skelter

When Sally and Liz Brogan witness a jewellry store robbery at first hand, the ensuing police investigation leads to agang with a weapon which fires sub-atomic particles that break up the structure of matter.

EP17  Friends
May. 08,1995
Friends

Jack Haldane realises his personal feelings for Jane Castle, when she is taken hostage by anarchists in return for the release of one of their comrades.

EP16  Hate Street
May. 01,1995
Hate Street

Brogan investigates the activitis of race riot instigator Burl Flak, whose gang is causing trouble in Demeter City. An old friend of Brogan's, the bounty hunter Erika Brandt, turns up on Flak's trail and her reacquaintence with Brogan causes Sally to become jealous.

EP15  The Witness
Apr. 24,1995
The Witness

Sergeant Fredo's daughter Estes is placed in danger when she is able to read the thoughts of rampaging serial killer in Demeter City.

EP14  Predator and Prey
Feb. 20,1995
Predator and Prey

Brogan, Haldane and Castle investigate the murder of an undercover cop at a strip joint with the officer's disgruntled partner. The trail leads to an a killer that was thought to be an urban legend. Meanwhile Officers Orrin and Romek try to hide a friendly but undocumented apelike creature which is in danger of termination.

EP13  Takeover
Feb. 13,1995
Takeover

Brogan and Haldane are bought before an internal affairs inquiry, when a mobster sets up a murder frame, so as to discredit their testimony in his impending trial.

EP12  Two Against the Rock
Feb. 06,1995
Two Against the Rock

While transporting a prisoner to the space prison known as the Rock, Officers Haldane and Castle come across a plot to release a notorious ganglord.

EP11  Divided We Stand
Jan. 30,1995
Divided We Stand

Brogan and Haldane reluctantly provide protection to the crooked Creon politician Vinny Artak, whose life is threatened when he runs for Demeter City Council.

EP10  Illegal
Jan. 16,1995
Illegal

Brogan attempts to help two illegal immigrants to Altor, Tildon Alreeuh and his son Nillim, who are avoiding the planet's Immigration Department.

EP9  The Power
Jan. 09,1995
The Power

The death of a Tarn burglar on a space station leads the officers of Precinct 88 to track competing parties vying for the powerful energy of Luxorian Ice.

EP8  Seek and Destroy
Nov. 21,1994
Seek and Destroy

A series of murders in Demeter City leads Brogan to an alleged alien invasion of Altor and a canine connection that may endanger his daugter Liz.

EP7  Deadline
Nov. 14,1994
Deadline

Brogan and the others invesigate an alien organ harvesting operation run by a seemimgly respectable surgeon.

EP6  Time to Kill
Nov. 07,1994
Time to Kill

A counterfeiting operation is busted by the officers of Precinct 88 and a mysterious cyborg, which proceeds to eliminate members of the counterfeiter's gang.

EP5  The Snake
Oct. 31,1994
The Snake

When an executive of Brett Interplanetary is murdered, Precinct 88 turn their attentions to the notorious extortionist-assassin known as the Snake.

EP4  Double Duty
Oct. 24,1994
Double Duty

Brogan and Haldane search for an alien killer who targets dealers of the illegal substanse, Black Cyrstal.

EP3  Body & Soul
Oct. 17,1994
Body & Soul

While on a trip to Merlin's Asteroid, Brogan and his son Matt come across a wrecked ship containing an old corpse, leading to an investigation of the ship's owner, the mysterious industrialist Alden Humes.

EP2  Enforcer
Oct. 10,1994
Enforcer

Precinct 88 investigates a grisly murder in the Skall Street district which leads to a pair of telekinetic vigilantes.

EP1  Protect and Survive
Oct. 03,1994
Protect and Survive

Lt. Patrick Brogan and Officer Jack Haldane, both new to Demeter City's Precinct 88, are assigned to protect the alien witness to the murder of a police informer.

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Space Precinct is a British television series that aired from 1994 to 1995 on Sky One and later on BBC Two in Britain, and in first-run syndication in the US. Many US stations scheduled the show in late night time slots, which resulted in low ratings and ensured cancellation. The series was created by Gerry Anderson and was a mix of science fiction and police procedural that combined elements of many of Anderson's previous series such as Space: 1999, UFO and Thunderbirds, but with an added dash of Law & Order and Dragnet. Gerry Anderson was Executive Producer along with Tom Gutteridge. One of the series' directors was John Glen who had previously helmed various James Bond movies.

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Ted Shackelford , Jerome Willis , Mary Woodvine

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Reviews

miles-149 Jeff Brunner, who ran multi million dollars of investment capital for Howard Gilman (Gilman Paper Company) was talked into producing this series. Jim Goldman, a Wall Street investment banker told Brunner that this was the next Teenage Ninja Deal. Brunner was to invest Gilman's money and Gilman was non too happy about any of this happening. Brunner funded this show with $27,000,000 He, Gilman was a lover of Ballet and funded much in that world. Grove TV ran by Richard Grove completed the deal buy getting the show cleared in 97% of the Country. Amazingly it was cleared at 1 thru 3AM when the target audience as fast asleep. Even better was a ploy that was sheer comedy. Brunner paid WPIX Channel 11 to play the show on Saturday night at 11:30PM. Need I remind anyone that this was up against Saturday Night Live and Brunner paid $50,000 for the time. Brunner had never watched anything other than PBS on TV and was completely clueless. Brunner was fired and all the people who worked for him were also. I have files of paperwork sitting 3 feet from me as a remembrance. The worst part of all was Gilman Paper of St. Mary GA is no longer as a direct result. Thousand of people lost their job.
trickyascupart Okay, so Gerry Anderson is a genius, let's get that out of the way first. Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Stingray, even Terrahawks were all in a league of their own. Anderson's patented "Supermarionation" technique was, for its time, highly advanced. The problem started when he branched out into the live action stuff, like Space 1999 and UFO. It just didn't work for me. Space Precinct came along when I was about 16, 17 years old and I loved it from the start. It didn't initially register that it was a Gerry Anderson product, I thought it was so great. It certainly passed forty-five minutes on a Wednesday evening (the slot previously belonging to Star Trek: The Next Generation) and I thought it worked well at the time. When the series was released on DVD I decided to buy it to remind myself of how good it was...oh dear, not quite what I remembered. The real snag with the series is that the ideas and the finished article don't seem to have gelled. There are some great ideas (the co-operation between the three different species represented by the heroes does not always extend to the lower levels of Demeter City, for example) in the series, but it's hampered by the fact that the producers didn't seem to know whether they were making something for pre-teens or young adults. For instance, in one episode the cops have to hunt for this centuries old creature with a penchant for killing nubile young dancing girls and which can "hide" in the bodies of living beings, while at the same time you have a sub-plot concerning two other officers discovering an alien orang-utan in a rubbish skip with predictably humorous and slapstick results. This completely destroys any serious credibility the main story had as these two buffoons lark about "Every Which Way But Loose"-style with this ET-monkey while their colleagues face death at the hands of an ethereal and downright scary adversary. A clearer mission statement would probably have made this show run for longer than two seasons, especially if it had been darker and grittier. That said, not a bad show in all. The execution of good ideas just wasn't up to scratch. Sorry, Gerry...not your best work.
Victor Field There are people who feel that Gerry Anderson lost his spark when he finally made the jump to live-action. Many people, in fact."The Secret Service" was a bad idea (blending Supermarionation with liveaction footage of Stanley Unwin? DOA), "UFO" wasn't bad but could be laughable at time, "The Protectors" didn't feel like Anderson at all (and in fact wasn't originated by him), and the less said about "Space: 1999" the better. Since many choose to pretend "Terrahawks" doesn't exist, and as even Anderson is less than impressed with "Lavender Castle" (who was?), this leaves us with his hopefully last live-action show, "Space Precinct."Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear... the original pilot "Space Police" had Brogan up against bad guys V. Lann and E. Vile, and while such nomenclature was thankfully not in the actual series, said series (which hobbled itself from the start by casting Ted Shackelford as a tough veteran New York cop transferred to outer space; if they wanted someone from "Knots Landing" couldn't they have cast William Devane? Even Kevin Dobson would have been better - at least he's no stranger to NY cops after playing Crocker on "Kojak"!) had effects that advanced on the efforts from the 1970s, but scripts that were several hundred steps back from... well, from the days of "Supercar." They came from a variety of British and American writers, but mainly American - especially J. Larry Carroll and David Bennett Carren, who used to write for "Peter Pan and the Pirates"... not reassuring. (Though in fairness to the Americans, having the first episode be penned by British comedy writer Paul Mayhew-Archer probably wasn't wise.) The cast did their best with the material, but it never worked as a science fiction series or a cop show; Anderson does seem to have learned his lesson at last, but perhaps it would be better to just retire instead of bringing back Captain Scarlet.It must be said, though, that it had a great theme tune. Far too good for the series.
Brian Dickens (b.dickens) I just cannot understand why there are people who say 'Space Precinct' isn't worth watching, as it is a very good SF-series!Yes, of course the aliens look a bit ridiculous, but that's actually part of the series' charm. Along with good stories, very obvious chemistry between Rob Youngblood (Officer Jack Haldane) and Simone Bendix (Officer Jane Castle) ànd nice sfx, this is a SF-series worth watching.It's a shame, though, that only one season was made.