From unlikely beginnings - a character created to introduce music videos to UK audiences - sprang a trailblazing, underappreciated #cyberpunk chapter in American genre TV. Sci-Fi 5 reloads Max Headroom into your memory. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for you

Tank Girl - March 30, 1995

Mar 30th, 2023 5m 1s

It started as an indie comic with a cult audience, but on this day in 1995 a movie version tried to introduce a whole new audience to #TankGirl. Sci-Fi 5 fills you in on the character's origins and some spicy could-have-been casting. Follow Sci

Vangelis - March 29, 1943

Mar 29th, 2023 5m 1s

You may know him best from the music of Blade Runner or Cosmos, but as Sci-Fi 5 celebrates composer and musician Vangelis on his birthday, there's so much more to his career than that. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your daily dose of science-fiction hist

Lost; Expose - March 28, 2007

Mar 28th, 2023 5m 1s

Sometimes, showrunners trying to broaden a show's palette of characters and storylines...don't quite stick the landing. Sci-Fi 5 examines the curious case of two survivors who didn't fascinate the otherwise obsessive fans of Lost. Follow Sci-Fi

Nathan Fillion - March 27, 1971

Mar 27th, 2023 5m 1s

You may know him from non-genre hits such as The Rookie and Castle, but chances are good that you still know Nathan Fillion best as Captain Mal Reynolds from Firefly. Sci-Fi 5 aims to misbehave and wish him a happy birthday. Learn more about Na

King Kong - March 24, 1933

Mar 24th, 2023 5m 1s

The king of the ape world made his big-screen debut today in 1933, and Sci-Fi 5 scales the whole tall tower of trivia behind what made King Kong such a groundbreaking cinematic spectacle. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your daily dose of science-fiction h

Akira Kurosawa - March 23, 1910

Mar 23rd, 2023 5m 1s

Even if you haven't sought out the films he wrote and directed, you have seen movies - many of them in the sci-fi category - heavily influenced by legendary director Akira Kurosawa. Sci-Fi 5 charts his influence on cinematic history. Follow Sci

V: The Return - March 22, 1985

Mar 22nd, 2023 5m 1s

It was the last episode of the series, but it wasn't the last episode viewers saw. It was meant to lead into a second season, but the show was cancelled. Sci-Fi 5 tries to unravel tha tangle of trivia surrounding the original V finale. Follow S

Johnny Jupiter - March 21, 1953

Mar 21st, 2023 5m 1s

Early American TV sci-fi was wild. Magical TVs, puppets, a teleporting comic relief robot - anything goes! Today's Sci-Fi 5 infuses you with super jelly bean power and tells you all about Johnny Jupiter. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your daily dose of

Battlestar Galactica: Daybreak Part 2 - March 20, 2009

Mar 20th, 2023 5m 1s

With four years of storylines and mysteries to wrap up, was the Battlestar Galactica series finale going to satisfy everyone? Sci-Fi 5 runs down the pros and cons of one of sci-fi's most controversial endings. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your daily dos

Godzilla vs. Merchagodzilla - March 17, 1977

Mar 17th, 2023 5m 1s

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla made its American debut today in 1977 - with an altered title intended to cash in on an American TV favorite. Sci-Fi 5 revisits the arrival of Godzilla's mechanical nemesis. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your daily dose of scie

The Ice Pirates - March 16, 1984

Mar 16th, 2023 5m 1s

It was meant to propel a reliable star under studio contract to movie stardom, and was meant to absolutely not resemble any other contemporary genre films in any way. Really. Sci-Fi 5 puts out the plank for 1984's The Ice Pirates. Follow Sci-Fi

Slaughterhouse Five - March 15, 1972

Mar 15th, 2023 5m 1s

How close should a movie be to the book that inspired it? And can any movie even get close to a mind-bending classic like Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s Slaughterhouse-Five? Sci-Fi 5 gives the 1972 movie adaptation a fresh look. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your

Robocop The Series - March 14, 1994

Mar 14th, 2023 5m 1s

With diminishing returns in his big screen sequels, it was only natural that RoboCop would start patrolling the small screen. Sci-Fi 5 tries to find out if RoboCop: The Series did the character... well... justice. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your daily

Battlestar Galactica: Daybreak Part 1 - March 13, 2009

Mar 13th, 2023 5m 1s

It was a deceptively quiet beginning to one of modern sci-fi's most picked-over endings. Revisit part one of Battlestar Galactica's series finale, Daybreak - so say we all, and so says today's Sci-Fi 5. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your daily dose of s

Silent Running - March 10, 1972

Mar 10th, 2023 5m 1s

With a renowned special effects artist as its director, a potential human breakout star and three almost-certain robot breakout stars, Sci-Fi 5 rejoices in the distant sunlight of the cult classic movie, Silent Running. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your

Starcrash - March 9, 1979

Mar 9th, 2023 5m 1s

Sci-Fi 5 halts the flow of time - for just a few minutes, at any rate - to fill you in on just a few of the strange stories behind the making of the legendary sci-fi film Star Crash. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your daily dose of science-fiction histor

Genesis Of The Daleks - March 8, 1975

Mar 8th, 2023 5m 1s

Genesis of the Daleks is one of the most beloved chapters of #DoctorWho history. Sci-Fi 5 examines the origins of the Daleks' origin story and its extremely pivotal place in the lore of Doctor Who - old or new. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your daily do

Probe - March 7. 1988

Mar 7th, 2023 5m 1s

It was a new sci-fi show that boasted, as one of its co-creators, one of literary sci-fi's all-time heavy hitters. Sci-Fi 5 asks, with those kind of credentials, what happened to the 1988 series Probe? Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your daily dose of sc

Mass Effect 3 - March 6, 2012

Mar 6th, 2023 5m 1s

The Mass Effect video game franchise has indeed had a massive effect on modern gaming. Today's Sci-Fi 5 recounts how the release of Mass Effect 3 was greeted by controversies of both the real and manufactured varieties. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your

Jeremiah - March 3, 2002

Mar 3rd, 2023 5m 1s

From its European comic origins to the next act in the career of Babylon 5's showrunner, Sci-Fi 5 reveals that nothing in Jeremiah's post-apocalyptic world was ever going to be easy. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your daily dose of science-fiction histor

To Serve Man - March 2, 1962

Mar 2nd, 2023 5m 1s

Not to make a meal of the issues, but Sci-Fi 5 has some truly tasty details about one of the most popular - and frequently quoted - Twilight Zone episodes in the history of the show... if you're hungry for that kind of trivia. Follow Sci-Fi 5 f

Crime Traveller - March 1, 1997

Mar 1st, 2023 5m 1s

A police forensic scientist with a time machine. A detective trying to bring criminals to justice. In today's Sci-Fi 5, they fight crime and they fight time in the '90s British time travel drama, Crime Traveller. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your daily

Murray Gold - February 28, 1969

Feb 28th, 2023 5m 1s

When longtime collaborator Russell T. Davies became the showrunner of #DoctorWho, Murray Gold found himself along for the ride. Sci-Fi 5 finds out what else Gold has scored - and wonders if he'll be resuming his time travels. Follow Sci-Fi 5 fo

Dark City - February 27, 1998

Feb 27th, 2023 5m 1s

Audiences may have passed up their chance to walk through the Dark City, but today's Sci-Fi 5 demonstrates that this didn't stop this 1998 movie from influencing later genre films. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your daily dose of science-fiction history.