Eerie, Indiana
19 episodes (1991) 30m

Teenager Marshall Teller is having trouble convincing his family that really strange things are going on in their new hometown. Elvis lives in a modest house, a couple of residents have been teenagers since the 60s, and conspiratorial dogs plan pound escapes. Bizarre and thoroughly enjoyable show that freely mixes sci-fi and horror.

Æon Flux
16 episodes (1991-95) 30m/shorts

Sexy animated assassin uses acrobatics to get around in a future full of mutants, clones and robots - all in the name of defending anarchy against scientific order. Started life as a series of shorts on MTV's experimental Liquid Television, culminating in a ten-episode season in 1995. Live-action feature film due for release in 2005.

Adventures of Brisco County Jr
27 episodes (1993-94) 60m

Steampunk western in the Wild, Wild West tradition. Legal-eagle bounty hunter out to avenge murder of his father has encounters with strange alien 'Orbs', which he must keep from falling into the wrong hands. There's UFOs and time travel - as well as a strong cult following that wishes it had all gone on for longer.

seaQuest DSV/2032
53 episodes (1993-95) 60m

Big-budget updating of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. By the year 2018 Earth's oceans are being colonised and exploited. A sub and its ecologically-aware crew - which includes a boy genius and a communicative dolphin - try to keep the peace. Cast changes for the 2032 version weren't enough to save the show from oblivion.

Earth 2
22 episodes (1994-95) 60m

Steven Spielberg's small-screen woes continued with the short-lived Earth 2. The remnants of humankind survive in space after Earth becomes uninhabitable. An advance team heads off to an Earth-like planet to pave the way for colonists. A crash-landing forces them to make their own way to 'New Pacifica', facing perils along the way.

VR.5
13 episodes (1995) 60m

Computer junkie Sydney Bloom inadvertently works out a way to jack-in to cyberspace. This allows her to get right into other people's heads and cause all manner of havoc in the real world. She is recruited by a secret organisation while trying to sort herself out and takes on several dangerous missions before the show gets canned.

Millennium
67 episodes (1996-99) 60m

A retired FBI agent can't get away from work when his psychic abilities allow him to see murders through the eyes of the killers. Expecting a turbulent future, he joins the enigmatic Millennium Group in the hope he can sheild his family from society's ills. Splendid sci-fi mystery show with plenty of exciting action.

Total Recall - 2070
22 episodes (1999) 60m

There's no Big Arnie, but this short-lived series has become a cult favourite thanks to recent interest in Philip K Dick. Loosely based on the premise of the feature film, cop David Hume tries to hold on to his human decency in spite of a memory implant that pushes him in other directions. Corporate overseers add complications as Hume teams up with an android with a Pinocchio complex.