Life Force (TV series)

Life Force
Opening titles
Genre
  • Science fiction
  • Drama
  • Thriller
Developed byPeter Tabern
Written by
  • Rik Carmichael
  • Greg McQueen
  • John Hay
  • Peter Tabern
Directed by
Starring
Music by
  • Ian Hughes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
ProducerPeter Tabern
CinematographyNick Dance
Editors
  • Matthew Tabern
  • Michael Latham
Running time25 minutes
Production companyChildsplay Productions
Original release
Network
ReleaseJanuary 10 (2000-01-10) 
April 9, 2000 (2000-04-09)

Life Force is a British science fiction children's television series broadcast in 2000 on ITV. Produced by Childsplay Productions for CITV, the series was devised and produced by Peter Tabern, who wrote and directed its episodes alongside co-writers Rik Carmichael, John Hay, and Greg McQueen, and directors Lorne Magory and Justin Chadwick. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, in which global warming has drowned vast swathes of the planet and left its remains in chaos, four children, two possessing psychic powers, are hunted by an oppressive government.

Life Force ran for one 13-episode series on UK television, and was also shown in Australia during the early 2000s. Greeted with viewer complaints, disjointed scheduling, and unsatisfactory ratings on its original broadcasts by ITV, in spite of it receiving critical acclaim, the series has not been commercially released or repeated since.