Star Maidens
| Star Maidens | |
|---|---|
Christiane Krüger (centre) and Lisa Harrow (right) in Star Maidens | |
| Also known as | Les Filles Du Ciel (France and French Canada) |
| Die Mädchen aus dem Weltraum (Germany) | |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Created by | Eric Paice (Based on an idea by Jost Graf von Hardenberg) |
| Written by | Eric Paice John Lucarotti Ian Stuart Black Otto Strang |
| Directed by | Freddie Francis James Gatward Wolfgang Storch Hans Heinrich |
| Starring | Judy Geeson Lisa Harrow Christiane Krüger Pierre Brice Christian Quadflieg Gareth Thomas Derek Farr Dawn Addams |
| Composers | Berry Lipman and Patrick Aulton |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom West Germany |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producer | James Gatward |
| Production locations | Bray Studios On location: Windsor, Bracknell, Black Park |
| Cinematography | Ken Hodges |
| Editor | Robert C. Dearberg |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production companies | Portman Productions Scottish Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 1 September – 1 December 1976 |
Star Maidens is a British-German science-fiction television series, made by Portman Productions for the ITV network. Produced in 1975, and first broadcast in 1976, it was filmed at Bray Studios and on location in Windsor and Bracknell, Berkshire, and Black Park, Buckinghamshire.
The series was partly financed by a German company, Werbung im Rundfunk (Advertising in Broadcasting), which dealt with distributing funding from the limited commercials shown on West German public TV. In this case, it was acting on behalf of the channel ZDF, which showed the series in West Germany.
The series consisted of thirteen 25-minute episodes. Based on an idea by Jost Graf von Hardenberg, the series was created by Eric Paice, who also wrote four of the 13 episodes. Two episodes were written by John Lucarotti and five by Ian Stuart Black (both of whom had previous experience writing episodes of Doctor Who), with two by Otto Strang. Producer James Gatward also directed two episodes, while Wolfgang Storch and Freddie Francis directed five each, with Hans Heinrich directing one.