The cult sci-fi TV show Babylon 5 is heading back to screens as it lands on LEGEND from June 8th.
The show’s synopsis is:
Following a war between Earth and the Minbari, the Babylon 5 station is built to foster peace and trade among various alien species. It serves as a neutral ground, often described as the “last best hope for peace”. Major plotlines included intra-race intrigue and upheaval, inter-race wars and their aftermaths, and embroilment in a millennial cyclic conflict between ancient races. The human characters, in particular, become pivotal to the resistance against Earth’s descent into totalitarianism.
The series will kick off with Babylon 5: The Gathering, the test pilot movie, before Season One launches. The Gathering covers events which take place roughly one year before those of the first-season episode, providing a framework of backstories and personal relationships for some of the series’ major characters, which include Captain John Sheridan, (Bruce Boxleitner), Commander Susan Ivanova (Claudia Christian), Security Chief Michael Garibaldi (Jerry Doyle), and Ambassador Delenn (Mira Furlan). Following the end of Season Five, fans can also enjoy the Babylon 5 made-for-TV movies: In The Beginning, Thirdspace, The River Of Souls, A Call To Arms, The Legend Of The Rangers, and The Lost Tales.
Unlike typical episodic shows of the ‘90s, Babylon 5 was designed to be told in five seasons, with each episode serving as a chapter in a much larger narrative. In an almost unheard-of feat for American television, creator J. Michael Straczynski wrote 92 out of the 110 episodes himself. It was also a pioneer in using CGI for its space battles and is lauded for its deep character arcs, in which individuals change permanently over the five-year story, often featuring morally grey characters rather than simple heroes and villains. Even years later, the show is highly regarded.
Babylon 5 joins LEGEND’s eclectic catalogue of classic shows and movies. You can tune in on Sky, Virgin Media, Freeview, Freesat, and Freely.
