CHILDREN'S TV - EARTHWORM JIM to EYE OF THE STORM
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EARTHWORM JIM
USA / WB Net-Flextech-Shiny Entertainment-Universal / x25m-e / 1995-
Creator: Doug Ternapel / Music: William Anderson / Producers: Kathi Castilo, Ray Allen Smith
Animated fantasy adventure comedy series. Earthworm Jim, on the planet Insectika, finds himself turned into a superhero and doing battle with the evil Queen Slug-For-A-Butt.
Voices:- CHARLIE ADLER / JEFF BENNETT / DAN CASTELLANETA / JIM CUMMINGS / EDWARD HIBBERT / JOHN KASSIR / ANDREA MARTIN
ECHOES OF LOUISA
UK / ATV / 6x25m-e / 1981
Children's spooky drama serial. A young girl tangles with Victorian ghosts.
With:- AMANDA KIRBY as Louisa / LUCINDA BATESON as Allegra
ED AND ROSS
Canada / CBC / x30m-e / 1957-59 (4 July 57 - 24 September 59 / Thursdays 5.00pm)
Producer: John Kennedy
Entertainment set in a bizarre house full of secret doors and the like. Hosts were Ed McCurdy and Ross Snetsinger. Ross also had a puppet called Foster.
THE EDISON TWINS
Canada / Nelvana / x30m-e / 1982
Comedy drama series. Exploits brother and sister 'geniuses' whose scientific endeavors often saw them getting into mischief and involved with villains and the like.
With:- MARNIE McPHAIL as Annie Edison / ANDREW SABISTON as Tom Edison / SUNNY BESEN THRASHER as Paul Edison / MILTON CHEYLOR as Lance / BRIAN GEORGE as Sergeant Paganee / ROBERT DESROSTER as Mr Edison / JUDITH NORMAN as Mrs Edison / COREY HAIM as Larry / AILSA CRAIG as Brenda / MICHAEL FANTINI as Joey / SAMANTHA FOLLOWS as Gayle
ED'S PLACE
Canada / CBC / x30m-e / 1953-54 black and white
Entertainment featuring songs and stories as sung and told by Ed McCurdy.
EDUCATING MARMALADE
UK / Thames / 10x20m-e / 1982-83 25 Oct 82 - 3 Jan 83
Writer: Andrew Davies / Executive Producer: Pamela Lonsdale/
Children's comedy series. Pranks of 'the Worst Girl in the World' See also Marmalade Atkins In Space and Danger - Marmalade At Work.
wITH:- CHARLOTTE COLMAN as Marmalade Atkins / JOHN BIRD as Mr Atkins / LYNDA MARCHAL(LA PLANTE) as Mrs Atkins / GILLIAN RAINE as Mrs Allgood / JOHN FORTUNE as Dr Glenfiddick
EEK THE CAT
USA / Fox Children's Network-Savage Studios Ltd-Nelvana / x20m-e / 1992
Music: Nathan Wang / Producers: Patrick Loubert, Michael Hirsch, Clive A. Smith / Director: John Halfpenny
Animated comedy.
Voices:- BILL KROPP as Eek / E.G. DAILY / CHARLIE ADLER / DAN CASTELLANETTA / TAWNY KITAEN / JAID BARRYMORE / SAVAGE STEVE HOLLAND
EERIE INDIANA
USA / NBC-Unreality Inc-Cosgrove Meurer / 18x30m-e / 1991-92
Creators: Karl Schaefer, Jose Rivera / Executive Producers: Karl Schaefer, John Cosgrove, Terry Dunn-Meurer
Scifi drama series. Teenage Marshall Teller finds strange things happening when he moves with his family to the decidedly weird town of Eerie Indiana.
With:- OMRI KATZ as Marshall Teller / JUSTIN SHENKAROW as Simon Holmes / JULIE CONDRA as Syndi teller / FRANCIS GUINAN as Edgar Teller / MARGARET HUMES as Marilyn Teller
ELEPHANT BOY
UK / STV-Global / 26x25m-e / 1974
Children's adventure series. A young boy in Ceylon has adventures with his Elephant.
ELEPHANT'S EGGS IN A RHUBARB TREE
UK / Thames / 6x30m-e / 1971 2 April - 7 May Fridays 5.15pm
Script Editor: Ian Davidson / Producer: Pamela Lonsdale / Director: Robert Reed
Comedy. Sketch series headed by Richard Beckinsale and also featuring Ann Beach, John Gould, David Rowlands and Paul Whitsun-Jones
ELIDOR
BBC / 6x30m-e / 1994
Writer: Don Webb / Novel: Alan Garner
Children's fantasy adventure serial. Four children discover a ruined church is the gateway to the fantastic and dangerous world of Elidor.
With:- DAMIEN ZUK as Roland / SUZANNE CROWSHAW as Helen / ALEXANDER TRIPPIER as David / GAVIN J MOPRRIS as Nicholas / DAVID BECKETT as Frank Watson / NOREEN KERSHAW as Gwen Watson /
EMERALD SOUP
ABC / 7x25m-e / 1963 black and white
Writer: Matthew Woodhouse / Director: Bill Bain
Children's science fiction drama serial. A group of children discover that a laboratory near their home is conducting secret radiation experiments.
With:- WILLIAM DEXTER
USA / Universal-Mark VII-Fred Calvert / 24x20m-e / 1973-74
Animated adventure series. A cartoon spin on the adult live action series Emergency, this teamed the paramedic squad with a quartet of helpful kids.
EMLYN'S MOON
UK / HTV / 6x30m-e / 1990
Book:Jenny Nimmo
Children's fantasy drama serial. When young Nia, newly moved to Pendewi in Wales with the rest of her family, enters the Chapel she has been warned to keep away from, it sets in motion a chain of magical events.
With:- LUCY DONOVAN as Nia / STEFFAN MORRIS as Emlyn / OSIAN ROBERTS as Gwyn
THE ENCHANTED CASTLE
UK / BBC1 / 6x30m-e / 1979
Writer: Julian Jones / Novel:E Nesbit / Producer: Anna Home / Director: Dorothea Brooking
Period children's fantasy serial. In Victorian times a group of children help rescue a princess after stumbling across a secret tunnel leading to a castle.
With:- GEORGIA SLOWE as Mabel / SIMON SHEARD as Gerald / CANDIDA BEVERIDGE as Cathy / MARCUS SCOTT-BARRETT as Jimmy
ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN-THE BOY DETECTIVE
USA / HBO / x30m-e / 1989
Characters created by Donald J. Sobol / Producer: Howard Deutch /Director: Savage Steve Holland
Teen detective drama series following the cases of young Encyclopedia Brown, for whom mystery was never far away, Brown lived in Idaville, Florida and his best friend was Sally. Arch villain of the peice was the evil Bugs Meany.
With:- Scott Bremner as Encyclopedia Brown / Sally Bridge
THE END OF THE END OF THE PIER SHOW
UK / Southern / 1x60m-e / 1981 4 May - Mon 5 05pm
Writers: Sid Colin, Michael Marshall / Producer: Bryan Izzard
Children's comedy. The exploits of a group of seaside entertainers.
With:- CHRISTOPHER GABLE as Alan / CHERYL KENNEDY as Marilyn Jones / JACK DOUGLAS as Mr Pumphrey / PEGGY MOUNT as Mrs Pumphrey / NORMAN VAUGHAN as Mr Kirkby / CARDEW ROBINSON as Mr Banyard
ENERGIZE
UK / ITV / x25m-e / 1999-2000
Activity show hosted by 400 metre runner Jamie Baulch and showing children how to get started in different sports.
ENID BLYTON ADVENTURES - THE SECRET SERIES
New Zealand / Cloud 9-CLT-E.B. Adventures Prod / x90m-e / 1996
Music: Simon May / Costume: Gavin McLean / Script Editor: Terry Bahin / Script Consultant: Harry Duffin / Producer: Heinz Lehman
Adventure series. A group of kids get involved with crooks and such like. An updated version of Enid Blyton's Secret Series (Secret Island etc), originally 1940's and 1950's British set.
With:- JENNIFER JEWELL as Peggy Arnold / DANIEL JAMES as Jack Bennett / TOM PIZEY as Mike Arnold / TINEKE VAN DER WALLE as Laura Arnold / SHARON TYRELL as Charlotte 'Charlie' Clancy / MICHELLE AMAS as Ruby
ERASMUS MICROMAN
UK / Granada/Mirage / 14x25m-e / 1988-89
Writer: Stephen Tromblay(88) , Guy Hopkins(89)
Children's scifi drama series. A mad professor takes two children on a time trip to meet history's great scientists(88) and a journey to catch a deranged meglomaniac(89)
With:- KEN CAMPBELL as Erasmus Microman / LEE B McPLANK as Dr Dark
ERNIE'S INCREDIBLE ILLUCINATIONS
UK / BBC1 / 1x25m-e / 1987 11 Nov - Wed 5 10pm
Writer: Chris Barlas / Play:Alan Ayckbourn / Executive Producer: Paul Stone / Director: Colin Cant
Children's comedy. Young Ernie can perform 'Illucinations' which generally cause chaos amongst those around him.
With:- ANTHONY FLYNN as Ernie / MELANIE KILBURN as Mum / TIM BARKER as Dad / JOHN LANDRY as Doctor
ESCAPE FROM JUPITER
Australia / ABC-NHK-Film Australia / 13x25m-e / 1994
Executive Producer: Ron Saunders / Producer: Terry Jennings
Scifi drama series. The inhabitants of a space colony are forced to flee to Earth on a derelict space station.
With:- STEVE BISLEY as Duffy / ARTHUR DIGNAM as Professor Ingessol / DANIEL TAYLOR as Michael / JUSTIN ROSNIAK as Gerard / ANNA CHOY as Kumiko / ABRAHAM FORSYTHE as Kingston / ROBYN MACKENZIE as Anna / ANNE TENNEY as Helen / LINDEN WILKINSON as Beth / KAZUHIRO MUROYAMA as Tatsuya / SAEMI BABA as Akiko
ESCAPE INTO NIGHT
UK / ATV / 6x25m-e / 1972
Writer: Ruth Boswell / Novel:Marianne Dreams by Catherine Starr / Director:Richard Brammall
Children's fantasy drama serial. A young girl suffers nightmare visions of a strange world
With:- VICKI CHAMBERS / STEVEN JONES
EVOLUTION
USA / Fox Kids / x20m-e / 2001
Spin off from the David Duchovny film of the same name in which mankind is threatened by an extraterrestrial organism that has the power to destroy life on Earth, its up to scientists Ira Kane and Harry Block to save the day, also along for the ride were Lt Lucy Mai, teenager Wayne and alien tracker Gussie.
EWOKS
USA / Lucas Films Prod / 12x20m-e / 1987
Animated Scifi. Spin off from the film Ewoks: Caravan of Courage as well as Star Wars (they appeared in Return of the Jedi). Exploits of the treehouse dwelling Ewoks, especially Wicket, Princess Kneesa, Paploo and Teebo as they tried to prevent the evil Duloks taking over.
EXAM CONDITIONS
UK / Central / 1x30m-e / 1992
Writer: Steven Moffat / Producer/Director: Jon Scoffield
Children's silent comedy. The school genius accidentally hands in a sketch instead of the answers during an exam and must do his best to retrieve it
With:- PAUL REYNOLDS as Eric Shaffer / BRIAN BLESSED as Mr Carkdale / KATE J REYNOLDS as Tracy
EYE OF THE STORM
UK / ITV-Meridian-Childsplay / 6x25m-e / 1992
Writer: Richard Cooper / Music: Henry Marsh / Executive Producer: Janie Grace / Producer/Director: Peter Tabern
Children's fantasy thriller serial. Down on England's South Coast conservationist Tom Frewen and his daughter Nell get caught up in the sinister plans of a figure from the 17th century who is hoping to bring about some kind of ecological crisis.
With:- BILL NIGHY as Tom Frewen / CORDELIA BAGEJA as Nell Frewen / KRISTOPHER MILNES as Luke Montliskeard / JUDY PARFITT as Martha Tabbert / JOHN McGLYNN as Runceford/Erlington / TONY BLUTO as Howie / MICHAEL FEAST as Tiarks / FELIPE IZQUIERDO as Rob Appleton
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