Jupiter Moon
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Jupiter Moon
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| Episodes: | 150 |
| Year: | 1990 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Seasons Breakdown: | (1) 150 |
| Category: | Soap Opera |
| Colour: | Yes |
| Format: | Serial |
| Company: | Primetime-Andromeda in association with BSB |
| Creator: | William Smethurst |
| Run Time (mins): | 24 |
| Language: | English |
| Type of Show: | Live Action |
| Status: | Ended |
| Broadcaster: | Galaxy |
Summary
Set in the mid‑twenty‑first century, Jupiter Moon centres on three principal groups of characters whose activities frequently intersect. The first comprises the students of Christopher Columbus College, a small institution of forty‑eight students affiliated with the University of Space. The college is housed aboard the Ilea, a spacecraft customarily stationed in orbit around Callisto, one of Jupiter’s major moons. Callisto serves as the site of Space City, the largest settlement in the Jovian system, with a population of approximately one thousand.
The second group consists of the Ilea’s operational crew. The third is formed by personnel associated with the Daedalus 10 project, an ambitious undertaking intended to produce humanity’s first starship. Construction of the Daedalus 10 is supervised by Professor Charles Brelan within the Jupiter system, where abundant raw materials make large‑scale engineering feasible.
As a space‑based serial drama, Jupiter Moon maintains multiple concurrent narrative threads. While many revolve around interpersonal relationships among the inhabitants of the Ilea, the series consistently incorporates adventure‑oriented and science‑fiction storylines. One of the earliest plots involves a powerful space storm sweeping through the Jovian system and carrying the Ilea with it. Although sustaining damage, the vessel ultimately returns to Callisto, where it is discovered to be the only functioning fusion‑powered ship remaining in the region. This status results in the Ilea being repeatedly requisitioned for missions beyond the scope of a typical academic vessel, including the rescue of a disabled spacecraft, pursuit of space pirates, and participation in a mining expedition to an asteroid located roughly fifty million kilometres away.
Cast
Eliot Creasy ANDY RASHLEIGH, Chantal De Grecay CAROLINE EVANS, Finbow Lewis PHIL WILLMOTT, Victoria Frobisher NICOLA WRIGHT, Cats Kitebrook TOBY ROLT/ NICK HUTCHINSON, Sara Robbins KAREN MURDEN, Piers Gilpin DOMINIC ARNOLD, Rosie Greenwood CAROLYN BACKHOUSE (ep 1-38) , Daniel Wetherby DANIEL BEALES, Fiona McBride LISA BENJAMIN, Henry Carson IAN BROOKER (from ep. 44) , Herlinde Gothard NIKKI BROOKS, Mercedes Page ANNA CHANCELLOR, Prof. Charles Brelan RICHARD DERRINGTON, Pegleg Johnson TERRY MOLLOY, Melody Shaw SUZY COOPER, Voice of PETRA (eps 1-144) CHARLOTTE MARTIN, Jorge Amado PETER POLYCARPOU, Lili SUNNY ORMONDE, Jenny Fletcher/Voice of PETRA CHERYL MARTIN, Wilburforce ALAN GRANTANAS, Voice of Ruby Kumara (eps 78-83, 132) NICOLA DUFFET, Sabine Galland (eps 78-83) CONSTANCE WETZEL, Tranquility Neruda (eps 136-150) JANNA STRIEBECK, Natasha Kovitsky (eps 114-150) FIONA SINNOTT, Dr. Christophe Chazalon (eps 77-150) CHRISTOPHER SIMON, Jim Hawkins JIM SHEPLEY, Jean-Francois Baul (eps 1-85, 129-130) ANTHONY RUSSELL, Commander Cats Kitebrook (eps 1-7) TOBY ROLT, Vanda Wolff (eps 57-76) CAROLINE REDL, Timothy Shaw ANDREW REED, Anna Begani ANNA PERNICCI, Stefan Brinker (eps 50-61) THOMAS NAUMANN, Sara Robbins KAREN MURDEN, Zadoc Wilkinson (eps 121-150) NICK MORAN, Gabriella Tanzi (eps 78-150) FAY MASTERSON, James Bromwich (eps 1-30) RICHARD LINTERN, Byron Wilkinson (eps 115-150) RICHARD LEAF, Dr. Paul Lockwood (eps 65-97) MARK JAX, Harriett Bullock KATHRYN HURLBUTT, Commander Paul Fitzroy 'Bulldog' Drummond (eps 95-150) RICHARD HAINSWORTH, Phillipe Grevais (eps 78+) JAMIE GLOVER, Chantel de Grecy (eps1-49) CAROLINE EVANS, Alex Hartman (eps 7-49) JASON DURR, Commissioner Gerard e Grecy (eps ?-60) KIM DURHAM, Rebecca Harvey (eps 47-150) ALISON DOWLING, Belinda Skinner (eps 101-150) SHARON BROADY, Herlinde Gothard (eps 1-73) NIKKI BROOKS, Fiona McBride LUCY BENJAMIN,
Tags: Soap Opera, United Kingdom, 1990, English
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