[.ca] Jupiter Moon: New Frontier

Jupiter Moon: A New Frontier for a space soap opera:
In 1990, British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) launched a soap opera for their Galaxy Channel, set 60 years in the future aboard an old spaceship orbiting the Jupiter moon Callisto -- and housing Columbus College, a university of space. Episodes were shown three days a week, with a full compilation of those episodes broadcast on the following Sunday. 150 episodes were made in total, with 108 shown before the infamous 'merger' of BSB with Sky. I found it very effective as a soap opera. The mixture of the usual teenage angst and adult drama along side the challenges of living and working in space was quite effective. The acting in some of the earlier episodes was a bit shaky, but got better as characters were removed/added and the younger cast members became more experienced. (hence the '4' rather than 5) The model work was excellent for the period and most of the filming was realistic. There shouldn't have been gravity in the ship's hub, otherwise it did have a authentic feel. My favourite characters were Anna Chancellor as Mercedes Page and Richard Derrington as Professor Brelan. Many younger cast members were very good as well and several have gone on to greater things.