The setup in the US version goes like this: Edison Carter (played by Frewer, and actually the protagonist) is an investigative journalist for high-rating Network 23, who works alongside long-suffering colleagues Theora (Amanda Pays) and his stressed-out producer Murray (Jeffrey Tambor). Then, after three seasons hosting a talk show and music video program – conducting bizarre interviews with celebrities such as Sting and Michael Caine – an American narrative series was commissioned that remade the UK movie and extended the narrative, retaining Frewer and running for two seasons. Headroom made his debut in a UK-produced TV origins movie which gave audiences his backstory.
