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Stark

A Cascade Ash production

Executive Producers: Jill Robb (ABC), Phil McIntyre, Michael Wearing (BBC)
Producers: Michael Waring, David Parker, Timothy White
Writer: Ben Elton
Director: Nadia Tass
Composer Colin Towns

Aired (Aus): August 11 & 12, 1993 (ABC)
Aired (UK): December 8 - 22, 1993 (BBC)

Based on the bestselling novel by comedian Ben Elton. In the near future, the greenhouse effect has plunged the world into recession, and the unscrupulous Stark Corporation is making as much money as it can from the crisis. C.D. (Ben Elton) is a useless ecological protester, who finds himself caught up in a global conspiracy involving a tract of land in Australia, several massive containers of toxic waste, and the mysterious and beautiful Rachel (Jacqueline McKenzie). Will CD be able to save the world, and get the girl at the same time? (3 x 53min)