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Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is an American television series filmed in New Zealand, based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles (Hercules was his Roman analogue). It was produced from January 16, 1995 to November 22, 1999. It ran for six seasons, producing action figures and other memorabilia as it became one of the highest rated syndicated television shows in the world at that time, and aired on Once Channel. Finally, on the UK, it finally aired on Sky1 as possibly, and aired on five/5 and on Horror. It was preceded by several