TV series
Space Island One is a British/German science fiction television series that ran for 26 episodes beginning in 1998. A co-production between the UK's Sky One channel and the German Vox channel, it starred Judy Loe as Kathryn McTiernan, the commander of the multinational crew of the space station Unity.
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Space Island One is a British/German science fiction television series that ran for 26 episodes beginning in 1998. A co-production between the UK's Sky One channel and the German Vox channel, it starred Judy Loe as Kathryn McTiernan, the commander of the multinational crew of the space station Unity.
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Episode 1
Newly arrived environmental specialist Paula Hernandez finds slotting into place with the rest of the Unity team is harder than she expected after her over-curiosity triggers a bomb left behind by her mysterious predecessor.
Directed by Dirk CampbellWritten by Andrew MacLear
Episode 2
A visiting journalist uncovers the background to an aborted space mission, as Paula begins her sexual pursuit of Dusan, and Harry has some startling news.
Directed by Dirk CampbellWritten by Andrew MacLear
Episode 3
Directed by Crispin ReeceWritten by Stephen Baxter
Episode 4
Directed by Colin BuckseyWritten by Andrew MacLear
Episode 5
A visitor has a personal agenda, which involves the destruction of Unity when his child prodigy, a member of the crew, appears to have turned against him.
Directed by Colin BuckseyWritten by Andrew MacLear
Episode 6
A group dynamics expert exposes cracks and resentments in the crew by purposely digging into their privacy and provoking arguments and confrontations.
Directed by Colin BuckseyWritten by Matthew Bardsley
Episode 7
Directed by Kevin DaviesWritten by Matthew Bardsley
Episode 8
A devious entrepreneur utilises Unity as a platform from which to perform somewhat questionable space burials for the benefit of new television audiences.
Directed by Colin BuckseyWritten by Adrian Rigelsford
Episode 9
Crew discipline slides when Kathryn takes ground leave and Shannon is left in charge. An experiment in pheromones results in Paula attempting the seduction of an increasingly distant Dusan.
Directed by Crispin ReeceWritten by Andrew MacLear
Episode 10
Desperate circumstances aboard a stricken mining vessel result in madness and cannibalism to stay alive after being lost for three years. The survivors are rescued by Unity and attempts must be made to uncover the truth.
Directed by Roy BattersbyWritten by Matthew Bardsley
Episode 11
A laser, designed to zap space junk, malfunctions resulting in chaos aboard Unity. Shannon's poor health raises concerns with Paula. While tensions aboard Unity climb, Harry, Lyle and Commander McTiernan are unable to be awakened from an induced sleep experiment. Kaveh and Dusan ignore Paula's concerns, and as a result Shannon's health deteriorates resulting in a stroke.
Directed by Richard StroudWritten by Jimmy Richards, Andy Lane
Episode 12
Abandoned stealth armoury is accidentally reactivated by one of Shannon's probes and it identifies the space station as a hostile entity.
Directed by Kevin DaviesWritten by John Brosnan
Episode 13
The various personal problems of Unity's crew have been driving them apart, but the occasion of the first child to be born in space brings a return to harmony...eventually.
Directed by Roy BattersbyWritten by Andrew MacLear, Adrian Rigelsford
Episode information updated Jul 26, 2026
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Judy LoeCommander Kathryn McTiernan
Angus MacInnesLieutenant Commander Walter B. Shannon
Bruno EyronDusan Kashkavian
Julia BremermannHenrietta 'Harry' Eschenbach
Indra OvéPaula Hernandez
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