TV series
The Demon Headmaster is a British television series based on the children's books by Gillian Cross of the same name. Made for CBBC, the drama was first broadcast between 1996 and 1998. The first series contained six episodes, and aired twice weekly from 2 to 18 January 1996, the second series contained seven episodes, and aired once a week from 25 September to 6 November 1996, and the third series contained six episodes, and aired twice weekly from 6 to 22 January 1998. School location scenes in the first series were filmed at Hatch End High School, in Hatch End, Harrow, North West London and The Royal Masonic School for Girls in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. Other scenes were filmed around West London and the Vulcan Tower is in fact the Atrium building in Uxbridge. CGI was used to make this building appear on a traffic island close to Warwick Avenue tube station. Some scenes in the later series were filmed in the village of Sarratt, Hertfordshire and other locations in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
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The Demon Headmaster is a British television series based on the children's books by Gillian Cross of the same name. Made for CBBC, the drama was first broadcast between 1996 and 1998. The first series contained six episodes, and aired twice weekly from 2 to 18 January 1996, the second series contained seven episodes, and aired once a week from 25 September to 6 November 1996, and the third series contained six episodes, and aired twice weekly from 6 to 22 January 1998. School location scenes in the first series were filmed at Hatch End High School, in Hatch End, Harrow, North West London and The Royal Masonic School for Girls in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. Other scenes were filmed around West London and the Vulcan Tower is in fact the Atrium building in Uxbridge. CGI was used to make this building appear on a traffic island close to Warwick Avenue tube station. Some scenes in the later series were filmed in the village of Sarratt, Hertfordshire and other locations in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
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Episode 1
Army intelligence descend onto the Bio-Research facility and they trigger the cloning of the Headmaster. Dinah meets Professor Claudia Rowe, a specialist in biology and genetic research.
Guest stars Anthony Cumber
Episode 2
The Hunters settle into their new home, the Headmaster meets a professor specialising in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Wessex.
Guest stars Anthony Cumber, Maryann Turner, Ed Bishop
Episode 3
Internet and telephones stop working and more people are talking like robots, including Professor Claudia Rowe. Dinah finds that the Headmaster has taken over the Artificial Intelligence project at the university.
Guest stars Alphonsia Emmanuel, Maryann Turner, Ed Bishop, Phyllida Hewat
Episode 4
The Headmaster tries to find Dinah with the help of Professor Claudia Rowe as the development of the Hyperbrain continues.
Guest stars Anthony Cumber, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Maryann Turner, Ed Bishop, Dugald Bruce Lockhart
Episode 5
The Headmaster meets the Hyperbrain, his creation and continues on his mission to find Dinah.
Guest stars Anthony Cumber, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Maryann Turner, Ed Bishop, Dugald Bruce Lockhart, Steven Lennon, Laura Rollins
Episode 6
Dinah makes the final push to save the world and her mother.
Guest stars Anthony Cumber, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Maryann Turner, Dugald Bruce Lockhart
Episode information updated Sep 3, 2026
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