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Crash Zone is an Australian children's science fiction television series which aired on the Seven Network from 13 February 1999 to 25 August 2001. It was produced by Australian Children's Television Foundation, in association with the Disney Channel, and ran for 26 episodes. The series stars five high school students, "high-tech whiz kids" of varied backgrounds, who are hired by the president of the Catalyst software company to save her failing business. The premise of the series was unique in that it was one of the first series to examine the early use of the internet as well as the video game industry and artificial intelligence.

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  • Crash Zone is an Australian children's science fiction television series which aired on the Seven Network from 13 February 1999 to 25 August 2001. It was produced by Australian Children's Television Foundation, in association with the Disney Channel, and ran for 26 episodes. The series stars five high school students, "high-tech whiz kids" of varied backgrounds, who are hired by the president of the Catalyst software company to save her failing business. The premise of the series was unique in that it was one of the first series to examine the early use of the internet as well as the video game industry and artificial intelligence. (en)
  • Crash Zone est une série télévisée australienne de science-fiction en 26 épisodes de 30 minutes créée par Philip Dalkin et diffusée du 13 février 1999 au 25 août 2001 sur Seven Network. Au Québec, elle a été diffusée à partir du 8 septembre 2000 à Télé-Québec, en France à partir du 30 octobre 2000 sur France 2, et en Belgique sur La Deux. (fr)
  • Crash Zone – australijski serial science-fiction nadawany przez stację Seven Network od 13 lutego 1999 r. do 25 sierpnia 2001 r. W Polsce nadawany był na nieistniejącym kanale MiniMax w bloku Maxistrefa. (pl)
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  • Australia (en)
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  • Philip Dalkin (en)
  • Jeff Peck (en)
  • Patricia Edgar (en)
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  • Robert Greenberg (en)
  • Patricia Edgar (en)
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  • Stephen Johnson (en)
  • Esben Storm (en)
  • Pino Amenta (en)
  • Ray Boseley (en)
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  • Julian McSwiney (en)
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  • Pino Amenta (en)
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  • Famous hacker Sabertooth steals Alex's new hologram game and Catalyst's future looks grim. When Marcello realises that Sabertooth is someone he knows, he's got difficult decisions to make. (en)
  • After decoding a secret message on the Internet, five teens are offered the job of a lifetime: beta testers for the game company Catalyst network. Upon arriving they are informed only one of them can be taken and they are given a chance by Alex the company head to prove themselves by designing a new game character for her. The group's teamwork however impresses Alex who hires them all. During the episode the group also encounter a mysterious AI who they name Virgil who has wandered in to the Catalyst server and who existence they decide to keep hidden for now. (en)
  • Marcello tries to make money selling Ram's new invention. Ram, realising Marcello is ripping him off, dissolves the partnership and then sells one of his amazing new video game converter to a strange girl, Louise. Unfortunately Louise's TV blows up and she blames Ram. Will the other kids be able to save Ram before he becomes a meal for Louise's huge dog "Predator"? Meanwhile, Bec's future at Catalyst is uncertain when her father learns she is working there. (en)
  • The kids are torn between their principles and Alex when they go on strike for better conditions but their actions threaten the launch of Alex's latest game. (en)
  • Army Intelligence raid the offices of Catalyst and they're after one thing — the Artificial Intelligence, Virgil. How can our heroes save Virgil from being conscripted? (en)
  • Pi discovers her film star father is exploiting his daughter on the Net from publicity purposes. She's livid and decides the time has come to tell him just how she feels. (en)
  • When Virgil goes missing after confiding in Ram, it's obvious to the kids that Sunijim have somehow captured him. Marcello sees this as a way to redeem himself in Alex's eyes and, with his friends help, infiltrates Sunijim in an attempt to rescue Virgil from Brad Kane. When Marcello gets into difficulties, the team use all their computer skills to save Marcello and Virgil, reuniting the Crash Zone team (en)
  • A game Ram has successfully conquered on the net turns out to be the blueprint for a real life kidnapping. The team, distracted by the most important day of their careers, must stop a band of criminals from using Ram's strategy. (en)
  • Bec returns from America feeling cocky and full of herself. This becomes a liability when the others try to save Virgil who has escaped from Catalyst inside Matthew Gallagher's laptop. (en)
  • The kids are stunned to find that Catalyst is on the brink of financial ruin. How can they save the company when they've just offended the only potential investor, Matthew Gallagher? The kids find an electronic solution. (en)
  • Depressed at breaking up with Pi, Mike is drawn into playing a violent game on the Net. The fun suddenly stops when his nemesis, Damon, starts to pursue him in the real world. (en)
  • Marcello feels rejected when Alex dismisses his idea for a video game based on Virgil. Mike too is deflated when he finds that his hero, Stig MacAllister, creator of his favourite comic, is rude and aggressive. Tempted by an offer from Sunijim representative Brad Kane, Marcello eventually realises Brad is an even bigger scammer than himself. (en)
  • Leo Moore arrives at Catalyst with a game he has invented and Alex is very keen to put money into it. Mike smells a rat, and not just because Leo seems to be attracted to Pi. When Mike realises Leo's stolen the game, he combines with Pi to save Alex from embarrassment. This brings Mike and Pi closer together, they kissed which surprises them both. (en)
  • Inventor Phil Godwin brings his radical new 3-D glasses to Catalyst. Alex convinces him that Catalyst has the perfect game to showcase them to the world. Only, which game? (en)
  • Pi and Bec are asked by Alex to design a game to appeal to girls. The game, "Boyfriends" is about the trials and tribulations of teenage love. The trouble is Bec and Pi have very different ideas about what it means to be a girl. The game is a mess and when Mike tries to use it to bring his separated parents closer, everyone realizes they have got a lot to learn about emotions and life. (en)
  • When Alex's valuable necklace goes missing, every one is suspected and Pi feels obligated to solve the case when people think she is the thief due to her apparent poor background. Virgil still trying to understand human emotions helps Marcello look for his little sister Sam who is lost in the city. (en)
  • There is tension in the group when Bec believes Mike has made a racist comment towards her putting the whole group on edge. Things are made worse when a dangerous computer virus gets into the Catalyst server threatening the latest game Trillin. With the group not looking like they will make up soon Virgil risks his life to fight the computer virus with Alex's help causing the gang to realise the foolishness of their fight. Fearing they have lost their friend due to their fighting the group is relieved when Virgil reappears a little shaken from the fight but fine all the same. (en)
  • The lure of a program that can automatically order all the free stuff from the web is Marcello's latest brainwave. But when it goes horribly wrong it threatens everyone's future. (en)
  • Marcello uses a cheat site to help him beat Bec in a school essay contest. She's highly offended — is this going to be the end of Marcello's friendship with the others? (en)
  • Virgil jumps inside a robotic body and runs away from Catalyst. The kids are frantic. How do they find him and convince him to return before Alex finds out he is gone? (en)
  • Finally one of Marcello's schemes works! His virtual band is a huge hit on the Net and he becomes, on paper, a millionaire! But is it all it's cracked up to be? Meanwhile, Alex asks Vinnie to become the new face of Nemo, the star of Catalyst's new game. (en)
  • Settling into their jobs, the group runs in trouble when Alex discovers Virgil. Fearing that Virgil is a spy for Rival company Sunjin, Alex tries to get rid of Virgil. Virgil tries to get the kids help even though he cannot remember who he is and his only clue is a fragmented data file. With the kids help in restoring the file it is discovered that Virgil is actually a program called AI200 that Alex tried to get working for Sunjin but scrapped because it was too buggy. Now Virgil has evolved and found his way home. (en)
  • Bec is intrigued and delighted by a "net romance" she is pursuing. The boys are skeptical and their worst fears are realised when they find out it's really Virgil writing love letters to Bec. Pi tries to think of a way to save Bec from the humiliation of finding out she is romancing an artificial intelligence! How can she do this when her own lies are getting her deeper in trouble herself? (en)
  • Marcello's unemployed father is acting strangely and Marcello becomes convinced his father is going to kill himself. Meanwhile, Bec has created her own game about gnomes. The kids, confused by Pi's depression, Bec's game and Marcello's weirdness, are unsure exactly who is really cracking up. (en)
  • Marcello throws Catalyst into uproar when he uses Virgil to hack into Alex's system in search of the phone number for Alex's famous father. Alex brings in legendary hacker-tracker J.D. Moon to find the security breach. Marcello is too scared to own up to his foolishness and as J.D. Moon gets closer to the truth, the kids have to choose whether to help Marcello or not. When Alex discovers the truth, she fires Marcello! (en)
  • The kids are alone at Catalyst and having a great time when Kimberley arrives. She is a news reporter, there to do a story on the testers. Mike is flattered but the other kids begin to suspect she's a spy. Pi finally succeeds in getting rid of Kimberley only to find her own mother has tracked her to Catalyst. Pi is unmasked. Now everybody knows she's really a rich kid with a famous father and not a street kid at all! (en)
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  • The Shadow (en)
  • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (en)
  • Birthday (en)
  • Secrets and Lies (en)
  • The Outsider (en)
  • Solidarity (en)
  • Something New (en)
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  • Truth Hurts (en)
  • Identity Crisis (en)
  • Skin Deep (en)
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  • Leap of Faith (en)
  • Big Business (en)
  • Sabertooth (en)
  • No News Is Good News (en)
  • Basketball Diaries (en)
  • Free Stuff (en)
  • It's Only Words (en)
  • It's an Art (en)
  • Men in Khaki (en)
  • Rear Windows (en)
  • The Dream Team (en)
  • Your Cheating Heart (en)
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  • Anthony Morris (en)
  • Shane Brennan (en)
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  • Pino Amenta (en)
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  • Philip Dalkin (en)
  • Jeff Peck (en)
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  • Anthony Morris (en)
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  • Philip Dalkin (en)
  • Jeff Peck (en)
  • Chris Anastassiades (en)
  • Jeff Peck & Philip Dalkin (en)
  • Kevin Nemeth & Philip Dakin (en)
  • Max Dann (en)
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  • Pino Amenta, Philip Dalkin & Jeff Peck (en)
  • Susan Macgillicuddy (en)
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  • Crash Zone is an Australian children's science fiction television series which aired on the Seven Network from 13 February 1999 to 25 August 2001. It was produced by Australian Children's Television Foundation, in association with the Disney Channel, and ran for 26 episodes. The series stars five high school students, "high-tech whiz kids" of varied backgrounds, who are hired by the president of the Catalyst software company to save her failing business. The premise of the series was unique in that it was one of the first series to examine the early use of the internet as well as the video game industry and artificial intelligence. (en)
  • Crash Zone est une série télévisée australienne de science-fiction en 26 épisodes de 30 minutes créée par Philip Dalkin et diffusée du 13 février 1999 au 25 août 2001 sur Seven Network. Au Québec, elle a été diffusée à partir du 8 septembre 2000 à Télé-Québec, en France à partir du 30 octobre 2000 sur France 2, et en Belgique sur La Deux. (fr)
  • Crash Zone – australijski serial science-fiction nadawany przez stację Seven Network od 13 lutego 1999 r. do 25 sierpnia 2001 r. W Polsce nadawany był na nieistniejącym kanale MiniMax w bloku Maxistrefa. (pl)
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  • Crash Zone (en)
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  • Crash Zone (pl)
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