Description: Premise: This television series portrays a futuristic society where citizens are only allowed to live until age 30. Logan is a Sandman (police assassin) who is 26 years old; he decides to try to escape to freedom and a mythical place called 'Sanctuary.' He is pursued by his former friend, another Sandman, who attempts to terminate him. Synop 2: A television series based on the movie of the same title wherein the entire planet is devastated by a nuclear holocaust and in the 23rd century various societies sprout everywhere and are totally oblivious of each other. One of these communities is the City of Domes wherein the citizens live in total bliss but because of limited space and resources, everyone who reaches the age of 30 is executed in an event called Carousel wherein they are told that they might be renewed in a new form. Now there are dissidents who don't believe the tales of the outside still uninhabitable because of the nuclear radiation. And they also believe of a place called Sanctuary where they can live in peace. These individuals are called Runners and they are hunted by men called Sandmen. One of these men is Logan, who questions whether being renewed actually happens and if the outside is uninhabitable. When he is sent to track down some runners, one of them Jessica who knows about Logan's doubts fuels them with what she knows and Logan decides to join her and they leave the city and search for Sanctuary. Francis, Logan's partner is tasked with trying to find him. Along the way they meet Rem an android, who helps them find their way and teach about the world they have entered. Synop 3: In 2274, after a holocaust which has wiped out much of the life on Earth, much of life on earth is scattered into different pockets of humanity. One such pocket is located in the City of Domes, where no one is allowed to live past the age of 30. It is at that point where people are given a choice of being "renewed" in a ritual called Carousel or run the risk of becoming a fugitive known as a Runner and being hunted down by an elite police force known as Sandmen. One such Sandman is Logan 5 who while chasing a runner meets up with a young woman named Jessica 6. Jessica, who knows Logan's doubts about the truth of Carousel, encourages Logan to become a runner. Logan is then pursued by his former friend Francis 7, who is assigned by the city's governing counsel, which happens to be run by a group of elderly men, to not only capture Logan, but to destroy Sancturary, the destination of the Runners. If he does that he will gain a spot on the council. In he meantime, Logan, Jessica and an android named Rem, who they meet along the way, travel throughout the devastated remnants of America and along the way discover that there are other societies trying to rebuild what is left of the world. --------------------- Company credits Production Companies * MGM Television Distributors * CBS Television --------------------------- Trivia: * Unlike the film, there were no life clocks on the palms of the inhabitants of the City of Domes. ---------------------------- based on the 1976 movie Logan's Run ---------------------------- Release dates USA -- 16 September 1977 UK -- 7 January 1978 France -- 17 September 1978 -----------------------------