Star Trek; The Next Generation Question for British Fans

[4thDoctor]

Did they ever air the first season episode 'Conspiracy' in the UK? I remember reading in the Star Trek fan club magazine at the time, that the episode had been "Banned in Britain".

[P-90_177]

Yep. Dunno how long it was banned for, if it was, I remember seeing the episode when I was very young, probably 3 or 4 so that would make it around 1991. Perhaps it was just when first broadcast if it was.

[SaberBlade]

I can't comment on it's first ever UK run, but I know I've seen it on TV in the past. If it was banned it's been lifted as I watched it on Sky One when I first started to get into Trek (around 98, 99).

[4thDoctor]

Thanks, it was first broadcast in the U.S. in 1987.

[jsonitsac]

I'm guessing they didn't show it because of the Remick scene? I also heard that "The High Ground" wasn't shown over there because of a remark about terrorism bringing about Irish Unification in the episode, but I don't know if that's true.

[4thDoctor]

I'm guessing they didn't show it because of the Remick scene?

Yes, from what I read in the magazine, it was deemed too graphic.