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Babylon 5 (1993 - 2001)
Country of Origin: USA
Date(s) of Broadcast: 22 February 1993 - 2001
Number of Seasons: 5, plus movies
Total Number of Episodes: 115
Average Episode Running Times: 50 mins
Format: colour
Sound:
PLOT SUMMARY
 With
the galaxy at war with itself, a last ditch effort is made to restore
peace in the shape of the Babylon Project, a plan to build a kind of
United Nations in space. The first four of the Babylon stations are
lost or destroyed, but Babylon 5 endures and becomes the heart of concerted
efforts to bring interplanetary wars to an end. But various factions
are intent on prolonging the conflict, including the mysterious Shadows,
the ancient original rulers of the galaxy who have woken from their
centuries long hibernation...
CAPSULE REVIEW
A quite astonishing achievement, more so given that
the majority of the episodes were written by just one man, the show's
creator J. Michael Straczynski who had the basic backbone for the five
year series planned well before production began. The forward planning
gives the show a depth and texture that was entirely lacking from similar
shows. The result is one of the most remarkable and rewarding genre
TV shows ever made.
EPISODES
PILOT
The
Gathering (22 February 1993)
SEASON ONE: Signs and Portents
Midnight
on the Firing Line (26 January 1994)
Soul
Hunter (2 February 1994)
Born
to the Purple (9 February 1994)
Infection
(16 February 1994)
The
Parliament of Dreams (23 February 1994)
Mind
War (2 March 1994)
The
War Prayer (9 March 1994)
And
the Sky Full of Stars (16 March 1994)
Deathwalker
(20 April 1994)
Believers
(27 April 1994)
Survivors
(4 May 1994)
By
Any Means Necessary (11 May 1994)
Signs
and Portents (18 May 1994)
TKO
(25 May 1994)
Grail
(6 July 1994)
Eyes
(13 July 1994)
Legacies
(20 July 1994)
A
Voice in the Wilderness part 1 (27 July 1994)
A
Voice in the Wilderness part 2 (3 August 1994)
Babylon
Squared (10 August 1994)
The
Quality of Mercy (17 August 1994)
Chrysalis
(26 October 1994)
SEASON TWO: The Coming Of Shadows
Points
of Departure (2 November 1994)
Revelations
(9 November 1994)
The
Geometry of Shadows (16 November 1994)
A
Distant Star (23 November 1994)
The
Long Dark (30 November 1994)
A
Spider in the Web (7 December 1994)
Soul
Mates (14 December 1994)
A
Race Through Dark Places (25 January 1995)
The
Coming of Shadows (1 February 1995)
GROPOS
(8 February 1995)
All
Alone in the Night (15 February 1995)
Acts
of Sacrifice (22 February 1995)
Hunter,
Prey (1 March 1995)
There
All the Honor Lies (26 April 1995)
And
Now For a Word (3 May 1995)
In
the Shadow of Z'ha'dum (10 May 1995)
Knives
(17 May 1995)
Confessions
and Lamentations (24 May 1995)
Divided
Loyalties (11 October 1995)
The
Long, Twilight Struggle (18 October 1995)
Comes
the Inquisitor (25 October 1995)
The
Fall of Night (1 November 1995)
SEASON THREE: Point of No Return
Matters
of Honor (6 November 1995)
Convictions
(13 November 1995)
A
Day in the Strife (20 November 1995)
Passing
Through Gethsemane (27 November 1995)
Voices
of Authority (29 January 1996)
Dust
to Dust (5 February 1996)
Exogenesis
(12 February 1996)
Messages
from Earth (19 February 1996)
Point
of No Return (26 February 1996)
Severed
Dreams (1 April 1996)
Ceremonies
of Light and Dark (8 April 1996)
Sic
Transit Vir (15 April 1996)
A
Late Delivery From Avalon (22 April 1996)
Ship
of Tears (29 April 1996)
Interludes
and Examinations (6 May 1996)
War
Without End Part One (13 May 1996)
War
Without End Part Two (20 May 1996)
Walkabout
(30 September 1996)
Grey
17 Is Missing (7 October 1996)
And
the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place (14 October 1996)
Shadow
Dancing (21 October 1996)
Z'ha'dum
(28 October 1996)
SEASON FOUR: No Surrender, No Retreat
The
Hour of the Wolf (4 November 1996)
Whatever
Happened to Mr Garibaldi? (11 November 1996)
The
Summoning (18 November 1996)
Falling
Toward Apotheosis (25 November 1996)
The
Long Night (27 January 1997)
Into
the Fire (3 February 1997)
Epiphanies
(10 February 1997)
The
Illusion of Truth (17 February 1997)
Atonement
(24 February 1997)
Racing
Mars (21 April 1997)
Lines
of Communication (28 April 1997)
Conflicts
of Interest (5 May 1997)
Rumors,
Bargains and Lies (12 May 1997)
Moments
of Transition (19 May 1997)
No
Surrender, No Retreat (26 May 1997)
The
Exercise of Vital Powers (2 June 1997)
The
Face of the Enemy (9 June 1997)
Intersections
in Real Time (16 June 1997)
Between
the Darkness and the Light (6 October 1997)
Endgame
(13 October 1997)
Rising
Star (20 October 1997)
The
Deconstruction of Falling Stars (27 October 1997)
SEASON FIVE: Wheel of Fire
No
Compromises (21 January 1998)
The
Very Long Night of Londo Mollari (28 January 1998)
The
Paragon of Animals (4 February 1998)
A
View from the Gallery (11 February 1998)
Learning
Curve (18 February 1998)
Strange
Relations (25 February 1998)
Secrets
of the Soul (4 March 1998)
Day
of the Dead (11 March 1998)
In
the Kingdom of the Blind (18 March 1998)
A
Tragedy of Telepaths (25 March 1998)
Phoenix
Rising (1 April 1998)
The
Ragged Edge (8 April 1998)
The
Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father (15 April 1998)
Meditations
on the Abyss (27 May 1998)
Darkness
Ascending (3 June 1998)
And
All My Dreams, Torn Asunder (10 June 1998)
Movements
of Fire and Shadow (17 June 1998)
The
Fall of Centauri Prime (28 October 1998)
The
Wheel of Fire (4 November 1998)
Objects
in Motion (11 November 1998)
Objects
at Rest (18 November 1998)
Sleeping
in Light (25 November 1998)
MOVIES
In the Beginning (4 January 1998)
Thirdspace (19 July 1998)
The River of Souls (23 November 1998)
A Call to Arms (6 January 1999)
The
Legend of the Rangers: To Live and Die in Starlight (2002)
AVAILABILITY
Australia
Television Distributor: The Seven
Network
Canada
Television Distributor: Space: The Imagination Channel
Chile
Television Distributor: Channel 9 (Megavision)
France
Television Distributor: Canal Plus
Germany
Television Distributor: Sat 1
Greece
Television Distributor: SKY TV
Israel
Television Distributor: Family Channel
Philippines
Television Distributor: RCTI
Singapore
Television Distributor: Channel 5
Sweden
Television Distributor: TV5
Trinidad and Tobago
Television Distributor: AVM channel 4
UK
Television Distributor: Channel 4; The Sci-Fi Channel
Video Distributor: Warner Brothers
USA
Television Distributor: P-TEN; The Sci-Fi Channel
LINKS
SEQUEL
Crusade (1999)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
SFX no.15 (August 1996) pp.6; 34-37 (UK)
illustrated news item (Babylon Four - Creator announces new series
by MJ Simpson); illustrated interview with Bill Mumy (Bonehead
by Jim Swallow)
Starburst no.174 (vol.15 no.6 - February
1993) p.5 (UK)
news item (by Michael Courtland)
KEYWORDS
aliens, conspiracies, diplomats, the future, space stations,
space wars, spaceships
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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