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Subgenre Sampler
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1985)- Dir. Peter H. Hunt
Feat. Jim Dale, Lillian Gish, Barnard Hughes… - One of the best adapatations of the Mark Twain classic, this was produced as a 4–part PBS television series which included more or less the…
Cuckoo Land (1985)- Quirky Margaret Mahy–scripted telemovie of an aspiring songwriter mother and her two children who live in a strange, metamorphosing house.
Children Of The Dog Star (TV Mini-series) (1984)- Feat. Sarah Dunn, Jason Wallace, Hamish Bartle…
- Beloved New Zealand sci–fi series following 12–year–old Gretchen (Dunn) who discovers a link to an extra–extraterrestrial…
Chocky (TV Series) (1984)
- Dir. Vic Hughes, Christopher Hodson
Feat. Carol Drinkwater - One of the best sci–fi TV serials of the 1980s is set around a schoolboy who begins to develop supernormal talents. It seems an alien force has…
Punky Brewster (TV Series) (1984)- Feat. Soleil Moon-Frye, George Gaynes
- Colourful family sitcom with Soleil Moon Frye attaining semi–iconic status as the feisty orphan adopted by a grumpy old widower.
Transformers (TV Series) (1984)- One of the defining children's TV series of the 1980s, featuring autobotic heroes who transform into cars, planes etc. to defend Earth against…
Fraggle Rock (TV Series) (1983)- Creature curator Jim Henson developed this Muppet side project about a community of subterranean ‘Fraggles’ as an allegory for the human world,…
Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) (1982-1985)- Feat. Shelley Duvall, Robin Williams, Teri Garr…
- Shelley Duvall curated this popular Cable TV series in eighties (which she also hosts and narrates), attracting an impressive roll call of Hollywood…
Mysterious Cities of Gold, The (TV Series) (Taiyô no ko Esteban) (1982-1983)- Richly detailed 80's kids anime series centred on a young boy on a worldwide quest to discover his true identity via the Seven Cities of Gold. A…
Tripods, The (TV Series) (1982)- Dir. Graham Theakston
Feat. John Shackley, Jim Baker II, Peter Dolphin - One of the BBC's most expensive serials was this imaginative, if uneven, handling of John Christopher's Tripods trilogy. In 2089, the Earth is ruled…
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