Highlander (film)

:For other uses of the word Highlander, please see: Highlander

Television and Animation

• A 1990s television series used the same basic ideas as the films, and it was simply called . Its first episode was released on October 6, 1992. The series centred on Connor MacLeod's much younger Immortal "clansman" Duncan MacLeod (Adrian Paul). Connor (Christopher Lambert) makes only one guest appearance in the very first episode to ensure continuity.

Half of each year's production was shot in Canada, the other half in France, requiring considerable plot machination to get all the main characters to migrate back and forth regularly.

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Canada - France

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The show also starred Jim Byrnes as Joe Dawson, a member of a secret society called "Watchers"; Stan Kirsch as Richie Ryan, a young petty thief who Duncan MacLeod takes in and become great friends -- and early in season 2 becomes Immortal; Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda, an Immortal who is over 1,000 years old and a thief, but a great person; Peter Wingfield as Methos, the oldest living Immortal, who is around 5,000 years old; and the late Werner Stocker as the 2,000-year-old Immortal priest named Darius. The series also starred Alexandra Vandernoot as Duncan MacLeod's girlfriend named Tessa Noel.

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Jim Byrnes - Joe Dawson - Secret society - Stan Kirsch - Richie Ryan - Elizabeth Gracen - Peter Wingfield - Methos - Werner Stocker - Priest - Darius - Alexandra Vandernoot - Tessa Noel

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This series had six seasons, and 119 episodes. Its last episode was released on May 16, 1998. Most fans consider the memorable episode Comes A Horseman from season five as being the best episode of the series.

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May 16 - 1998 - Comes A Horseman

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• A 1994 animated series, , was set in the far future, and featured the character of Quentin MacLeod, voiced by Miklos Perlus.
• was a series that took one of the characters in the previous series, Amanda (Elizabeth Gracen), as its central character. She was accompanied by former police officer Nick Wolfe (Paul Johansson). The first episode was released on November 7, 1998.
• A 2001 animated flash series, The Methos Chronicles, was an internet flash series based on Methos, a character drawn from the television series. Peter Wingfield was the voice actor for the main character of the short series, which lasted only one eight-episode season. The animation quality was consider by most to be poor, but it has found a cult following.
• The producers are making a new anime series/movie called . It is about a new Highlander named Colin MacLeod. Set in the future, Colin has to battle Immortals and giant robots.