Cleopatra 2525
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Cleopatra 2525 was a sci-fi television program that aired for 2 seasons, starting January 2000 and ending March 2001. It appeared as the first part of the 'Back2Back Action Hour', it was followed by Jack of All Trades. Both series were notable as the first half-hour, live-action adventure series to be produced for American television since the 1970s.
It's theme song is the Zager and Evans song In the Year 2525, though with different lyrics from the original.
The setting is five centuries into the future and tells the story of three women and their fight against the 'Baileys' who control the surface of the earth. Humanity has moved underground and built a complex of elaborate shafts and tunnels created by the "shaft builders" to survive the Bailey menace.
The series was released to DVD in July 2005.
[edit] Starring
- Jennifer Sky - Cleo (Cleopatra)
- Gina Torres - Hel (Helen)
- Victoria Pratt - Sarge (Rose)
- Patrick Kake - Mauser
- Elizabeth Hawthorne - The Voice
- Joel Tobeck - Creegan
- Stacey Edgar - Lara
- Stephen Lovatt - Schrager
- Mark Ferguson - Confessor
- Colin Moy - Quint
- Paolo Rotondo - Porter
