''First Born'' is a British

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serial produced by the

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in 1988. Vasco Sabino played the adolescent hybrid, Gor, in episode 3. Other notable cast members included

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, Jamie Foster,

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and Roshan Seth.

Premise

starred as genetic researcher Edward Forester, whose work leads him to create a man-

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hybrid, using sperm from an unknown sperm donor and cells taken from a female gorilla. He then raises the baby as his own son, only to find that there are horrifying consequences for playing God.

Production

A portion of filming took place in and around the North Wiltshire area, with the Forester family home scenes having been filmed on location in Calne. Woodland scenes from Episode 2 were primarily filmed on location at Savernake Forest near Marlborough, but were subsequently mixed with footage filmed on location in Switzerland. Longleat Safari Park was also used in filming as the setting for the kidnap scenes at the end of Episode 2. The three-part serial was written by Ted Whitehead and adapted from the novel ''Gor Saga'' by

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. It was produced by

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and directed by

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. The theme tune was composed by

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. 2entertain Ltd released the serial on Region 2 DVD in the UK on 17 July 2006.

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*{{IMDb title, id=0096584, title=First Born
YouTube recording of "First Born" by Hans Zimmer
BBC science fiction television shows 1980s British television miniseries 1980s British science fiction television series 1988 British television series debuts 1988 British television series endings Television series about genetic engineering Television shows scored by Hans Zimmer

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