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Every episode of The Max Headroom Show ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Max Headroom Show!

The Max Headroom Show started life in the UK in 1985. The show featured actor Matt Frewer playing the role as computer-generated talk-show host Max Headroom.

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    The Max Headroom Show Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode 1
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    #1 - Episode 1

    S1:E1

    Music videos: Makromad - Tausend Tage Fete, Go West - We Close Our Eyes, Bryan Adams - Run to You, Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself, King Kurt - Destination Zululand, Intaferon - Get Out of London, Bahaus - ? (TBC) Peter Wagg (PRODUCER): The launch was spectacular. (...) he's talking in German, and he's telling this joke about lederhosen all in German (...) and then the first music video we played was a German music video. And then Max in English: "And this week's award for the worst TV commercial goes to..." A new rock video series. Among those featured in this programme are Makromad, King Kurt and Cabaret Voltaire. Macro Mad (sic) is actually referring to the German band, Makromad, who someone remembers as being the first video of the first show! The song was "Tausend Tage Fete" (1984). TV Times mentions that videos from Go West, Bauhaus and Billy Idol were also featured.

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  2. The Max Headroom Show Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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    #2 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

    Music videos: Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey, Starvation - Starvation, Wreckless Eric - A Pop Song, Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield, Heaven 17 - Let Me Go, Go West - Call Me, Madness - One Step Beyond, Thompson Twins - Doctor Doctor

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  3. The Max Headroom Show Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3
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    #3 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

    Music videos: Jean Michel Jarre, Godley and Crème, The Police, The Vapours, Waysted, Joe Jackson, The Cocteau Twins, Chas Jankel (TBC) Episode content to be confirmed, content list derived from http://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/1985.html

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  4. The Max Headroom Show Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 4
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    #4 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

    Music videos: The Untouchables - Free Yourself, Japan - Visions of China, XTC - Making Plans For Nigel, Captain Sensible - Wot, The Colourfield - Castles in the Air, A Flock Of Seagulls, Jimi Hendrix, The Power Station (TBC) Episode content to be confirmed, content list derived from http://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/1985.html

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  5. The Max Headroom Show Season 1 Episode 5 - Episode 5
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    #5 - Episode 5

    S1:E5

    Music videos: Majka Jezowska - Rats On A Budget, Ultravox - Vienna, Nolan Thomas - Yo' Little Brother, Pale Fountains - Jeans Not Happening, The Kinks - Do It Again, King Trigger - River, Belouis Some - Imagination

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  6. The Max Headroom Show Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode 6
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    #6 - Episode 6

    S1:E6

    Music videos: Udo Lindenberg - Germans, Spandau Ballet - Communication, China Crisis - King In A Catholic Style, Madness - Driving in My Car, Cabaret Voltaire - Just Fascination, Icehouse - Hey Little Girl, Hit List - Into the Fire

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  7. The Max Headroom Show Season 1 Episode 7 - Episode 7
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    #7 - Episode 7

    S1:E7

    Music videos: Divine - Walk Like a Man, Peter Gabriel - I Don't Remember, Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust, Supertramp - It's Raining Again, Black Lace - Agadoo, Bryan Adams - Heaven, Peter Hardcastle - 19

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  8. The Max Headroom Show Season 1 Episode 8 - Episode 8
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    #8 - Episode 8

    S1:E8

    Music videos: Randy Andy - The People (Living In The U.S.A.), Jesse Rae - Over the Sea, Supertramp - Cannonball, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, (TBC) (TBC) Episode content to be confirmed, content list derived from http://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/1985.html

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  9. The Max Headroom Show Season 1 Episode 9 - Episode 9
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    #9 - Episode 9

    S1:E9

    Music videos: Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out, Loose Ends - Magic Touch, Trio - Da Da Da, La Booche - Romantic Love, Skiff Skats - Cripple Creek, Severed Heads - Goodbye Tonsils, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Takahashi (TBC) Episode content to be confirmed, content list derived from http://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/1985.html

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  10. The Max Headroom Show Season 1 Episode 10 - Episode 10
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    #10 - Episode 10

    S1:E10

    Music videos: Intaferon - Steamhammer Sam, Bill Nelson - Do You Dream In Colour?, Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure, Lotus Eaters - It Hurts, Squeeze - Is That Love?, Go Go's - Vacation, Queen - Radio Ga Ga

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  11. The Max Headroom Show Season 1 Episode 11 - Episode 11
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    #11 - Episode 11

    S1:E11

    Music videos: The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary, Izzy Royal - Coronation Street, The Kinks - Come Dancing, Lisa Dal Bello - Close to You, Elton John & Millie Jackson - Act of War (TBC) Episode content to be confirmed, content list derived from http://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/1985.html

    Director:Unknown
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  12. The Max Headroom Show Season 1 Episode 12 - Episode 12
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    #12 - Episode 12

    S1:E12

    Music videos: Ledernacken - Ich Will Dich Essen (I Want to Eat You), Sting – If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, Anthony Moore - Industrial Drums, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I'm the Urban Spaceman, Wendy O’Williams, Visage (TBC) Episode content to be confirmed, content list derived from http://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/1985.html

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  13. The Max Headroom Show Season 1 Episode 13 - Episode 13
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    #13 - Episode 13

    S1:E13

    Music videos: Redskins - Bring It Down, Sting Interview Segment 2 (cut with clips from Patrick Macnee & Honor Blackman - Kinky Boots), medley of season highlight clips, Sting Interview Segment 3, The Baxters - Handclappin' The first season finale and the first interview for The Max Headroom Show. Guest interview: Max and Sting talk about his new solo album The Dream of the Blue Turtles, golf, jazz, shoes, politics in songs, being 33, explaining song lyrics in foreign countries, hair styles.

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  14. The Max Headroom Show Season 2 Episode 1 - Episode 1 - Sting
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    #14 - Episode 1 - Sting

    S2:E1

    Music videos: Jean-Michel Jarre - Zoolook [Robot Clip Version], King Kurt - Destination Zululand, Japan - Visions of China, Sting Interview Segment 1, Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria, Sting Interview Segment 2 (cut with clips from Patrick Macnee & Honor Blackman - Kinky Boots), Sting - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, Sting Interview Segment 3 Guest interview: A revised version of the interview with Sting from episode S01E13, Sting talks about the Dream of the Blue Turtles album, golf, jazz, shoes (brown, not black), getting political in songs, being 33, playing his songs in foreign countries where they might not understand the lyrics like America, size 7.5 shoes, Mark Knopfler, playing guitar, sandals, film: Bride, tennis (in golf shoes on Sting's court), and hair weaves.

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  15. The Max Headroom Show Season 2 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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    #15 - Episode 2

    S2:E2

    Music videos: Supertramp - Cannonball, Waysted - Love Loaded, Heat N Serve - Rats on a Budget, Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust, Hit List - Into the Fire, China Crisis - King in a Catholic Style, Udo Lindenberg - Germans

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  16. The Max Headroom Show Season 2 Episode 3 - Episode 3 - Arcadia
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    #16 - Episode 3 - Arcadia

    S2:E3

    Music videos: Intaferon - Steamhammer Sam, Bryan Adams - Heaven, Jesse Rae - Over The Sea, Severed Heads - Goodbye Tonsils, Arcadia - Election Day, David Bowie - Loving The Alien Simon Le Bon & Nick Rhodes: Talking about how Nick looks like Richard Gere, Paris vs New York, Not Golf, Golf.

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  17. The Max Headroom Show Season 2 Episode 4 - Episode 4 - Roger Daltrey
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    #17 - Episode 4 - Roger Daltrey

    S2:E4

    Music videos: Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure, Madness - Driving in My Car, Heaven 17 - Let Me Go, Go West - Call Me, The Pale Fountains - Jean's Not Happening, Roger Daltrey - After The Fire, Elton John & Millie Jackson - Act of War Guest: Roger Daltrey, Talking about Acting, Directing, his Album Under a Raging Moon, Golf, Oscar award.

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  18. The Max Headroom Show Season 2 Episode 5 - Episode 5
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    #18 - Episode 5

    S2:E5

    Music videos: The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary, Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey, Izzy Royal - Coronation Street, The Kinks - Come Dancing, Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield, Ledernacken - Ich will dich essen

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  19. The Max Headroom Show Season 2 Episode 6 - Episode 6 - Boy George
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    #19 - Episode 6 - Boy George

    S2:E6

    Music videos: The Police - Synchronicity 2, Belouis Some - Imagination, Paul Hardcastle - 19, Black Lace - Agadoo, Culture Club - Victims, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Urban Spaceman Guest: Boy George, Talking about insane asylum, Golf, George's Book, Max's Book, The A-Team, Dynasty, Minorities, The Athens concert, George's career, Autograph Book. Max sings a closing crooner song in a white suit.

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  20. The Max Headroom Show Season 3 Episode 1 - Episode 1 - Michael Caine
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    #20 - Episode 1 - Michael Caine

    S3:E1

    Music videos: Belle Stars - World Domination, Cherry Bomz - Hot Girls, The Broomstick Men (Performance), Talking Heads - And She Was Theme: Italy Guest: Michael Caine, Talking about Golf, Cockney Banter, his Films, Golf, Movie Heroes.

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  21. The Max Headroom Show Season 3 Episode 2 - Episode 2 - Vidal Sassoon
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    #21 - Episode 2 - Vidal Sassoon

    S3:E2

    Music videos: The Untouchables - I Spy, John Otway & Willy Barrett - Headbutts, Tenpole Tudor - Swords of 1000 men, Ledernacken - Shimmy And Shake Theme: France Guest: Vidal Sassoon, Talking about hair cuts, his products, Max's style, Golf, Beauty, Human Potential, Dying, Dyeing Hair.

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  22. The Max Headroom Show Season 3 Episode 3 - Episode 3 - Oliver Reed
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    #22 - Episode 3 - Oliver Reed

    S3:E3

    Music videos: Bolshoi - Away, Sir Mixalot - Square Dance Rap, Luis Cardinas - Runaway, Max and Max sing a crooner duet together Theme: China Guest: Oliver Reed, talking about his tough guy image, Film: The Devils, Censorship, Film: Women in Love, getting naked in films, Sportsmen, Film: Castaway.

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  23. The Max Headroom Show Season 3 Episode 4 - Episode 4 - Tracey Ullman
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    #23 - Episode 4 - Tracey Ullman

    S3:E4

    Music videos: The Smiths - Panic, Tracey Ullman - Breakaway, Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer Country Theme: America Guest: Tracey Ullman, talked about not being a cockney, her daughter's name Mabel, Golf gets on her tits, plans for her first show in America (which actually happened a year later), being married to a millionaire, her music career, Max's coke ads in America, luck.

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  24. The Max Headroom Show Season 3 Episode 5 - Episode 5 - Rutger Hauer
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    #24 - Episode 5 - Rutger Hauer

    S3:E5

    Music videos: The Housemartins - Happy Hour, Tina Turner - Typical Male, Martini Ranch - How Can the Labouring Man Find Time for Self-Culture? Theme: Scandinavia Guest: Rutger Hauer (introduced by Max as "Root beer Hauer") talks about his Blade Runner character being a bit like Max, being physical, Golf, Blade Runner again.

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  25. The Max Headroom Show Season 3 Episode 6 - Episode 6 - David Byrne
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    #25 - Episode 6 - David Byrne

    S3:E6

    Music videos: Curiousity Killed the Cat - Misfit, Gene Loves Jezebel - Heartache, Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life Guest: David Byrne via his own TV rather than in the studio talks about cleaning out his refrigerator, his stage persona is sillier than himself, fan expectations, style of his clothes, Film: True Stories, Megalomania, would Max's show work in Belgium, David is the most famous talking head besides Max.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "The Max Headroom Show". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/6/1985. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 2".