What was the per-episode budget of Fusion Patrol?
During Series One, the budget was about $25.00 per episode, which included the Hi-8 video tape, the S-VHS master tape, and my share of the pizza. There was also a one-time expense of $7.50 for an extra S-VHS tape to dub the Hi-8 onto before editing onto the S-VHS master. Series Two’s budget remained approximately the same, except for the production of The Twi-Lite Zone episode, which had an additional $0.49 expenditure to purchase the pig-nose. However, since The Twi-Lite Zone was held back from Series Two and was aired as the first episode of Series Three, I suppose you can’t really include that in the Series Two budget. Series Three, had an expanded budget of $35 per episode due to the recent addition of a $10 fee for using the studio or editing suite at the Public Access studios. Series Four had a whole new paradigm. (I’ve always wanted to use that word ever since I was sent to Total Quality Management brainwashing.) We did everything ourselves and so prices dropped back down to Ser
