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The Demon Headmaster
Overview
The Demon Headmaster is a British television series based on the children's books by Gillian Cross of the same name. Made for CBBC, the drama was first broadcast between 1996 and 1998. The first series contained six episodes, and aired twice weekly from 2 to 18 January 1996, the second series contained seven episodes, and aired once a week from 25 September to 6 November 1996, and the third series contained six episodes, and aired twice weekly from 6 to 22 January 1998. School location scenes in the first series were filmed at Hatch End High School, in Hatch End, Harrow, North West London and The Royal Masonic School for Girls in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. Other scenes were filmed around West London and the Vulcan Tower is in fact the Atrium building in Uxbridge. CGI was used to make this building appear on a traffic island close to Warwick Avenue tube station. Some scenes in the later series were filmed in the village of Sarratt, Hertfordshire and other locations in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Key Crew
Director: Roger Singleton-Turner
Writer: Helen Cresswell
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Seasons
Season 1 (1996)
No overview available.
6 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Demon Headmaster (Part One)
1996-01-02Lloyd and Harvey adjust to their new foster sister as Dinah Glass is adopted by the Hunter family. As Dinah goes to school, she meets the Headmaster for the first time...can she resist the headmasters mind control?
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 2: The Demon Headmaster (Part Two)
1996-01-04Dinah struggles to get on with Lloyd and Harvey, as snow falls. A snowball fight breaks out and Dinah, Lloyd and Harvey are forced to clear up the snow on the school yard into snowballs. Dinah joins an exclusive group.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 3: The Demon Headmaster (Part Three)
1996-01-09The school is going to appear on the televised school quiz, the Eddie Hair show and the Headmaster forces Dinah to be on the school team.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 4: The Demon Headmaster (Part Four)
1996-01-11A new computer game, Octopus Dare, craze breaks out in the school and everyone is playing it. When Dinah plays the game she wins and gets an invite to play in the games finals. Dinah begins to behave strangely and soon the game is all she can think about.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 5: The Demon Headmaster (Part Five)
1996-01-16Dinah arrives at Vulcan Towers, where the final of Octopus Dares is to be played. Lloyd and Harvey worry about Dinah's safety and look to save her.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 6: The Demon Headmaster (Part Six)
1996-01-18Dinah begins to work out what is going on and everything hinges on her friends rescuing her.
Runtime: 25 minSeason 2 (1996)
No overview available.
7 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Demon Headmaster Strikes Again (Part One)
1996-09-25Dinah's father is offered a job at the Biogenetic Research Centre (BRC), but the company has a familiar director. The Headmaster recruits Rose, a prefect from the school, to help him with Dinah.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 2: The Demon Headmaster Strikes Again (Part Two)
1996-10-02Episode 3: The Demon Headmaster Strikes Again (Part Three)
1996-10-09Lloyd goes missing and the team try to find him. Rose continues her mission.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 4: The Demon Headmaster Strikes Again (Part Four)
1996-10-16Rose continues to drive a wedge between Dinah and her family, as Simon helps Dinah.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 5: The Demon Headmaster Strikes Again (Part Five)
1996-10-23Simon gets into trouble with the Headmaster, the team try to bring Lloyd back.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 6: The Demon Headmaster Strikes Again (Part Six)
1996-10-30The Headmasters genetic experiment of creating a human-lizard hybrid comes to a conclusion as the egg hatches.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 7: The Demon Headmaster Strikes Again (Part Seven)
1996-11-06The Human-Lizard hybrid, called Eve, is programmed. Dinah tries to save her brother.
Runtime: 25 minSeason 3 (1998)
No overview available.
6 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Demon Headmaster Takes Over (Part One)
1998-01-06Army intelligence descend onto the Bio-Research facility and they trigger the cloning of the Headmaster. Dinah meets Professor Claudia Rowe, a specialist in biology and genetic research.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 2: The Demon Headmaster Takes Over (Part Two)
1998-01-08The Hunters settle into their new home, the Headmaster meets a professor specialising in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Wessex.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 3: The Demon Headmaster Takes Over (Part Three)
1998-01-13Internet and telephones stop working and more people are talking like robots, including Professor Claudia Rowe. Dinah finds that the Headmaster has taken over the Artificial Intelligence project at the university.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 4: The Demon Headmaster Takes Over (Part Four)
1998-01-15The Headmaster tries to find Dinah with the help of Professor Claudia Rowe as the development of the Hyperbrain continues.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 5: The Demon Headmaster Takes Over (Part Five)
1998-01-20The Headmaster meets the Hyperbrain, his creation and continues on his mission to find Dinah.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 6: The Demon Headmaster Takes Over (Part Six)
1998-01-22Dinah makes the final push to save the world and her mother.
Runtime: 25 minVideos
The Demon Headmaster (1996 BBC1 TV Series) Trailer
