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Sweden[Information from Pele- Pele's homepage]. 2008 information thanks to Jonas Jansson
In 1976 Swedish Television (SVT, one of the only two channels at the time) broadcast 14 episodes from Year One. It was only the second science fiction series shown in Sweden (after Germany's 1966 Raumpatrouille Orion). A first batch of 10 was shown from May to July 1976. A second batch of 4 was shown in December 1977. At the same time, there were political arguments and public anxiety about TV violence in Sweden, and Space: 1999 was considered an example of an action series that was too violent for the Swedish public. There were no further episodes.
SVT could also be viewed in eastern Norway: Norwegian television never showed the series.
The series was titled Månbas Alpha 1999 ("Moonbase Alpha 1999"). The episodes were:
| Nr | Date | Time | Swedish Title | Original Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 May 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | Katastrofen | The Catastrophe | Breakaway |
| 2 | 15 May 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | Resenären | The Traveller | Voyagers Return |
| 3 | 22 May 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | No Archive* | Ring Around The Moon | |
| 4 | 29 May 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | Black Sun | Black Sun | Black Sun |
| 5 | 5 June 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | No Archive * | Missing Link | |
| 6 | 12 June 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | Antimateria | Antimatter | Matter Of Life And Death |
| 7 | 19 June 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | No Archive * | War Games | |
| 8 | 26 June 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | No Archive * | The Last Sunset | |
| 9 | 3 July 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | No Archive * | The Troubled Spirit | |
| 10 | 10 July 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | No Archive * | Another Time Another Place | |
| 11 | 8 December 1977 | 20.10-21.00 | I Riktning mot Jorden | At course for Earth | Earthbound |
| 12 | 15 December 1977 | 20.10-21.00 | Testamentet | The Testament | The Testament of Arcadia |
| 13 | 22 December 1977 | 20.10-21.00 | Maskin eller Människa | Machine or Man | The Infernal Machine |
| 14 | 29 December 1977 | 20.10-21.00 | Paradiset | The Paradise | Guardian Of Piri |
* No Archive = There is no information available at SVT's archive.
A Swedish TV listings magazine: Röster I radio TV, 7-13 May 1976, when the first episode of Månbas Alpha 1999 was shown. The title "Katastrof I Rymden" means "Disaster In Space".
"Nu Börjar TVs stora rymden - 10 lördagar! - LÄS: Detta är science fiction" -
Now TV's big space starts: - 10 Saturdays! - Read: This is Science Fiction".
Röster I radio TV, 2-8 December 1977. "Moonbase Alpha on new adventures". The second batch of episodes were shown. Includes a Charles Crichton interview
In 1991 the Swedish cable channel ZTV broadcast the whole of the first series.
In 2008, a new science-fiction themed TV and satellite channel launched, called TV4 Science Fiction (also available in Finland, and projected to launch in Norway by end 2008). Episodes were shown on Mondays at 20:10, according to TV4 in "production order". The episode titles were not translated. According to Jonas Jansson, there were 20,000 viewers per episode, a high number for Sweden. In December 2008, Noble Entertainment released the series on DVD.
| Date |
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| Monday 25 August 2008 |
| Monday 01 September 2008 |
| Monday 08 September 2008 |
| Monday 15 September 2008 |
| Monday 22 September 2008 |
| Monday 29 September 2008 |
| Monday 06 October 2008 |
| Monday 13 October 2008 |
| Monday 13 October 2008 |
| Monday 20 October 2008 |
| Monday 27 October 2008 |
| Monday 03 November 2008 |
| Monday 10 November 2008 |
| Monday 17 November 2008 |
| Monday 24 November 2008 |
Copyright Martin Willey