Ultraviolet (TV series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ultraviolet |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| year | 1998 |
| length | 300 minutes |
| Episodes | 6 in 1 season |
| genre | Drama , mystery , fantasy , horror |
| idea | Joe Ahearne |
| production | Bill Shapter |
| music | Sue Hewitt |
| camera | Joe Ahearne |
| First broadcast | September 15, 1998 on Channel 4 |
| occupation | |
Ultraviolet is a British mystery - television series of the television station Channel 4 . The UK broadcast began on September 15, 1998 and ended on October 20, 1998 after 6 episodes.
action
Jack ( Stephen Moyer ) disappears without a trace on his wedding night. This gets Detective Sergeant Michael Colefield ( Jack Davenport ) excited because Jack is not only his partner, but his friend too. When he meets him again one night, he notices that something has changed about Jack. He became a vampire. Michael doesn't know what to do anymore. On the one hand Jack is his friend, on the other hand he doesn't know what Jack's transformation into a vampire means. Is he the same person he was before, or has he evolved into an evil and dangerous being that needs to be destroyed as quickly as possible. His work colleagues believe the latter. They do everything in their power to destroy vampires and carry out medical experiments on them. They think the vampires want to enslave people. At first, Michael still believes that he has to protect Jack from his colleagues. Then, however, he notices that Jack is lying on some points. He joins his colleagues to destroy the vampires.
occupation
| role | actor | episode |
|---|---|---|
| Detective Sergeant Michael Colefield | Jack Davenport | 1-6 |
| Dr. Angela March | Susannah Harker | 1-6 |
| Vaughan Rice | Idris Elba | 1-6 |
| Rafael | Philip Quast | 1-6 |
| Kirsty | Colette Brown | 1-6 |
| Frances | Fiona Dolman | 1-6 |
| Jacob | Thomas Lockyer | 3-6 |
| Dr. Paul Hoyle | Corin Redgrave | 5-6 |
| Jack | Stephen Moyer | 1, 6 |
| Angie's daughter | Elizabeth Earl | 3-4 |
| Emilie | Georgia Goodman | 5-6 |
| Lester | Christopher Villiers | 2 |
| Maria's Contact | Rob Jarvis | 5 |
Episode list
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | Director | script | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | - | Habeas corpus | September 15, 1998 | - | Joe Ahearne | Joe Ahearne |
| 2 | 2 | - | In Nomine Patris | September 22, 1998 | - | Joe Ahearne | Joe Ahearne |
| 3 | 3 | - | Sub Judice | September 29, 1998 | - | Joe Ahearne | Joe Ahearne |
| 4th | 4th | - | Mea culpa | October 6, 1998 | - | Joe Ahearne | Joe Ahearne |
| 5 | 5 | - | Terra Incognita | October 13, 1998 | - | Joe Ahearne | Joe Ahearne |
| 6th | 6th | - | Persona non grata | October 20, 1998 | - | Joe Ahearne | Joe Ahearne |
Charisma
The first episode of the television series was broadcast on September 15, 1998 on the British television channel Channel 4. From November 4, 1998, it was broadcast in Australia. The series aired on July 31, 2000 in the USA, on August 28, 2000 in Iceland, on January 27, 2001 on Série Club in France and on September 2, 2003 in Portugal.
publication
The television series was released on DVD and Blu-ray . The first DVD was released in the UK on February 5, 2001. A Collectors Edition followed on April 22, 2013 with additional scenes and other bonus material. There is also a French-language and a Norwegian DVD.
American adaptation
In 2000, Fox embarked on an American adaptation of the television series. A pilot episode was filmed that never aired.
criticism
"Ultraviolet is probably the best sci-fi show of (relatively) modern times you have ever seen."
In its 54th Special Edition, SFX Magazine devoted itself to the Ultraviolet series, among other things. SFX magazine described the series as brilliant. The series is probably the best British sci-fi show of modern times. The screenwriter Toby Whithouse (Doctor Who, Being Human) also had a say. He is enthusiastic about ultraviolet. Ultraviolet is an incredibly cleverly conceived drama that is thought-provoking and very exciting at the same time. SFX magazine went on to say that while ultraviolet ended before its time, it inspired many later sci-fi shows. They cited Doctor Who , Missfits , Being Human, and The Fades as examples .
Web links
- Ultraviolet at Fernsehserien.de
- Ultraviolet in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ultraviolet - box set review. Jack Davenport and Idris Elba hunt vampires in a benighted Britain - but there are big ideas along with the garlic grenades . In: Theguardian.com . Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ^ Ultraviolet (1998 TV Mini-Series) Episode List . In: Imdb.com . Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ^ Ultraviolet (1998 TV Mini-Series) Release Info . In: Imdb.com . Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Ultraviolet: Collector's Edition REVIEW . In: Sfx.co.uk . Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ Ultraviolet - Complete Series (2 Disc Set) [DVD [1998]] . In: Amazon.co.uk . Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ↑ ULTRAVIOLET (Coffret 2 DVD) . In: Amazon.fr . Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ Ultraviolet (1998) They look like us, they act like us . In: Cinerama.no . Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ↑ Interview: Howard Gordon Archived from the original on May 4, 2008. In: Science Fiction Weekly . No. 250, September.
- ↑ SFX Specicial Collection Vampires (2012): Ultraviolet. The real deal. Issue 54, p. 84
- ↑ SFX Specicial Collection Vampires (2012): Ultraviolet. The real deal. Issue 54. pp. 82–85