Space Island One

Space Island One (or Raumstation Unity in German) 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.

Among the screenwriters for the show were Stephen Baxter, P. J. Hammond, Adrian Rigelsford and Andy Lane.

Cast

 * Judy Loe as Commander Kathryn MacTiernan
 * Angus MacInnes as Lieutenant Commander Walter B. Shannon
 * Bruno Eyron as Dusan Kashkavian
 * Indra Ové as Paula Hernandez
 * William Oliver as Chief Science Officer Lyle Campbell
 * Julia Bremermann as Harriet "Harry" Eschenbach
 * Kourash Asad as Dr. Kaveh Homayuni
 * Sally Grace as the voice of Control
 * Charlie Bovenizer as the first baby born in space

Reception
Described by Dave Bradley as “a mix of Moonbase 3 and Jupiter Moon, but more turgid than either," io9 described it as: "The best science fiction show you've never heard of… The show unflinchingly looks at the implications of for-profit science… and provides the most realistic look ever at life in space, including bone-mass loss. A few episodes are dull, but the show is often surprisingly weird and fun… It also features some of the most complex, believable characters of any television show."