'Whackets' by Arthur Sellers story by Dennis Rolfe

Bigtime TV's ‘Whacketts’ is probably the stupidest television game show ever made, but it is also the most watched. Ratings are going through the roof, and the viewing public are even risking their lives in order to stay tuned twenty-four hours a day. While Carter’s curiosity is piqued, the head of Network 66, Ned Grossberg, is infuriated. Carter investigates, and soon learns that ‘Whackets’ is akin to a video narcotic…

Matt Frewer (Edison Carter / Max Headroom), Amanda Pays (Theora Jones), George Coe (Ben Cheviot), Jeffrey Tambor (Murray), Chris Young (Bryce Lynch), W. Morgan Sheppard (Blank Reg), Charles Rocket (Ned Grossberg), Hank Garrett (Ashwell), Lee Wilkof (Edwards), Sharon Barr (Lauren), Concetta Tomei (Dominique), Bert Kramer (Ziskin), Bill Maher (Haskel), Richard Frank (Biller), with Andrea Katsulas, Lawrence Lott, James F. Dean, Craig Schaeffer, Morgan Walsh, Edward Beimfohr

Directed by Victor Lobll
Produced by Brian Frankish
Executive Producer Peter Wagg

US TX:
16th October, 1987

Notes:
*Featuring Max Headroom, Edison Carter, Theora Jones, Murray, Bryce Lynch and Blank Reg