STAR MAIDENS

(vt Space Maidens) UK/West German tv series (1976). A Portman Production for Scottish and Global/Jost Graf von Hardenberg \& Co. and Werbung-in-Rundfunk. Prod James Gatward. Dirs Gatward, Wolfgang Storch,Freddie Francis. Writers Eric Paice, John Lucarotti, Ian Stuart Black, Otto Strang. Starring Judy Geeson, Dawn Addams, Pierre Brice, Gareth Thomas, Christiane Kruger, Lisa Harrow, Christian Quadflieg, Ronald Hines, Derek Farr. 13 30min episodes. Colour.

   On the planet Medusa women have enslaved men, two of whom (Brice and Thomas) steal a spaceship and flee to Earth. They are pursued by Medusan women, led by Fulvia (Geeson), who takeEarth hostages (Harrow and Quadflieg) in their place. The plotting was chaotic and the role-reversal SATIRE unsubtle. The series was (by UK standards) expensive, and audience figures did not justify the cost of a 2nd season.