Jupiter Moon is a science fiction soap opera television series first broadcast by British Satellite Broadcasting's Galaxy channel in 1990. 150 episodes were commissioned and made, but only the first 108 were broadcast before the closure of BSB. Episodes 109–150 were first shown in the UK on the Sci Fi Channel in 1996. Premise The series is set in the year 2050 and concentrates on the space ship Ilea in semi-permanent orbit above the space city on Jupiter's moon Callisto. The Ilea is home to a university and many of the programme's main plot strands revolve around the lives of the students, helping the programme to deal with more mundane issues despite its far-flung setting. A secondary plot deals with an attempt to travel to the stars known as the Daedalus Project. Cast The cast included: Richard Derrington as Charles Brelan (Professor) Anna Chancellor as Mercedes Page (Post-Grad) Alison Dowling as Rebecca Harvey (Bursar) Carolyn Backhouse as Rosie Greenwood (Bursar) Andy Rashleigh as Eliot Creasy (Captain) Phil Willmott as Finbow Lewis (First Officer) Richard Hainsworth as Paul Fitzroy Drummond (Visiting Flight Officer) Christopher Simon as Christophe Chazalon (Doctor) Kathryn Hurlbutt as Harriet Bullock (Principal) Mark Jax as Paul Lockwood (Principal) Fiona Sinnott as Natasha Kovitsky (Captain) Charlotte Martin as the voice of Petra (Ship's Computer) Nicola Wright as Victoria Frobisher (Student) Lucy Benjamin as Fiona McBride (Student) Daniel Beales as Daniel Wetherby (Student) Suzy Cooper as Melody Shaw (Student) Anna Pernicci as Anna Begani (Student) Karen Murden as Sara Robbins (Student) Fay Masterson as Gabriella Tanzi (Student) Jamie Glover as Philippe Gervais (Student) Jim Shepley as Jim Hawkins (Student) Cheryl Martin as Jenny Fletcher (Student) Richard Lintern as James Bromwich (Post-Grad) Ashley Russell as Jean-Francois Baul (Post-Grad) Jason Durr as Alex Hartmann (Engineer) Nick Moran as Zadock Wilkinson (Student) Peter Polycarpou as Jorge Amado (Captain of the Santa Maria) Caroline Evans as Chantal de Gracy (Post-Grad) Dominic Arnold as Piers Gilpin (Doctor) Andrew Read as Tim Shaw (Student) Nikki Brooks as Herlinde Gothard (Student) Terry Molloy as Pegleg Johnson (Commander) Production The series was created and produced by William Smethurst, a former long-standing editor of British radio soap The Archers, and was recorded at the studios of Central Television in Birmingham. Many of the cast and writers also came from The Archers. The budget was £6m for 150 episodes. Dr Bob Parkinson of British Aerospace designed the spaceship Ilea using