Episode
Max Headroom: Academy
Overview
Network 23 becomes the victim of signal zipping - illegal interruption of their satellite feed. When Bryce tracks the zipping to Big Time Television, Reg is arrested and sent for trial by gameshow on ""You the Jury"". Meanwhile Edison and Theora trace the real zippers to the Academy of Computer Sciences, and Bryce's old schoolfriends.
Details
- Series
- Max Headroom
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1987-09-18
- Runtime
- 47 min
Episode context
Academy is Episode 1 in Season 2 of Max Headroom. It aired on 1987-09-18. The runtime is 47 min.
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