the series ran for one season between 16 october 1983 and 14 january 1984 with ten episodes. it was poorly received at the time, but was later shown in the united states, where john tribe, the series graphic designer, won an award at the 1985 emmy awards for outstanding graphic and title design in recognition of the programme's title sequence. as of 2007, the series is regularly aired in the uk on the digital channel itv3. unavailable on dvd for a long period, it was released by acorn media uk on 2 september 2013.