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THE ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE France /Franco-London Films / 13x30m-e / 1964 black and white Writer: Jena-Paul Carriere, Pierre Revmal, Jacques Somet / Music: Robert Mellin, Gian-Pero Reverbi / Producer: Henry Deutshmeister / Director: Jean Sacha Adventure drama series. Stories of Robinson Crusoe after being stranded on a desert island. A show with a very evocative theme tune. With:- ROBERT HOFFMAN as Crusoe
ADVENTURES AT THE RED SEA France / 26x30minutes / 1968 black and white Adventure series chronicling adventures of French naval officer and adventurer Henry de Monfreid at the turn of the 20th Century. With:- PIERRE MASSIMI as Henry de Monfreid / GABRIEL JABBOUR as Jacques Schouchara / KARIM OMAR as Salim / MOUNIR MAASRI as Sheikh Issa / JEAN CLAUDE MOREL as Zanni / JULE ROSETTE as Abdi Benjamin
BAREN Sweden / TV1 / x30m-e / 2000-2002 Docusoap in the mould of Big Brother initially popular but with two seasons a year and six shows per week a certain amount of overkill developed. Winner of the final season was Daniel Hansen. The show was at first set in the heart of Stockholm but was later moved to Alby, a suburb with a bad reputation, 30 minutes from Stockholm by subway.
THE BIBLE ITALY-USA / Lux Vide s.p.a. production - Lube-Raiuno- Turner / 1992-93 An anthology series of feature length and mostly two part adaptions of Bible stories. The works adapted included:- Genesis, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Samson and Delilah, Solomon, David, Esther, Jesus and Jeremiah . The casts featured mainly European and English talent with some big American names also appearing.
BIG BROTHER Holland / x60m-e / 1999-continuing Game show with voyeuristic tendencies in which ten people were locked in a house doing everyday things. Each week the viewing audience voted to get rid of one of the ten until one remained - that person then winning a cash prize. The contestants in the first run, who included Bart Spring in't Veld and Sabine Wendell immediately became media darlings.
BLACK FOREST CLINIC Germany / Polyphon Film / 1x90m-e 11x45m-e / 1988 Directors: Alfred Vohrer, Jans Jurgen Togel Medical drama series. Stories of the staff and patients of the hospital of the title. Suave surgeon Professor Klaus Brinkmann was in charge of the Clinic and had a somewhat stormy relationship with his doctor son Udo. The show was one of West Germany's mpst popular series ever. Original German title: Die Schwarzwaldklinik. With:- KLAUS JURGEN LUSSOW as Professor Klaus Brinkmann / SASCHA HEHN as Dr Udo Brinkman
THE BOAT Germany / WDR-BBC-TFI-Sudfunk Stuttgart / 1x90m-e 5x55m-e / 1984 Creator: Lothar Gunther-Buchheim / Costume: Monika Bauert / Camera: Jost Vacano / Music: Klaus Doldinger / Producer: Gunther Rohrbach / Writer/Director: Wolfgang Petersen Wartime drama series. Claustrophobic stories of a German Submarine (U-96) on maneuvers during the second world war. With:- JURGEN PROCHNOW as Der Kapitan / HERBERT GRUNEMEYER as Lt Werner / KLAUS WENNEMANN as Chief Engineer / HUBERTUS BENGSCH as First Lt / MARTIN SEMMELROGGE as 2nd Lt / BERND TAUBER as Bridge Officer / MARTIN MAY as Ullmann / ERWIN LEDER as Johann
THE BRUNETTI MURDER MYSTERIES Luxembourg / CLT-UFA International / 2x90m-e / 2000 Novels: Donna Leon Crime drama. The cases of tough Commisario Brunetti. Based on a series of best selling novels.
THE CAVE OF THE GOLDEN ROSE Italy-Germany / Taurus-Sat1-Anfri / 7x120m-e / 1990-96 Music: Amedeo Minghi / Director: Lamberto Bava Occasional Fantasy fairy tales featuring wizards and princesses and the like. With:- Alessandra Martines / Kim R. Stuart / Mario Adorf / Brigitte Nielsen / Ursula Andress / Nicholas Rogers / Horst Bucholz / Remi Girone / Anna Falchi / Franco Nero / Stefania Sandrelli / Sophie Von Kessel / Billie Zockler
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO France / 1x90m-e 6x60m-e / 199? Writer: Didier Decoin / Novel: Alexandre Dumas Period drama serial. Imprisoned for a crime of which he is innocent Edmond Dantes is determined to escape and get those responsible for his troubles. With:- GERARD DEPARDIEU as Edmond Dantes-The Count of Monte Cristo / ORNELLA MUTI as Mercedes / JEAN ROCHEFORT as Fernand de Morcef / PIERRE ARDITI as Villefort / SERGIO RUBINI as Bertuccio / FLORENCE DAREL as Camille de la Richardais / MICHAEL AUMONT as Baron Danglars / ROLAND BLANCHE as Caderousse / JULIE DEPARDIEU as Valentine de Villefort / GUILLAIME DEPARDIEU as Young Edmond
DERRICK Germany / ZDF / 140x60m-e / 1987-early 90's Creator: Herbert Reinecker Crime drama series. Cases of the middle aged detective of the title, Derrick in fact roamed all over Europe during his cases. With:- HORST TAPPERT as Chief Inspector Derrick
DIE TUER ZU EINER ANDEREN WELT West Germany / ARD / 3x35m-e / 1980 (18 -20 March) Screenplay/Director: Peter Podehl / Novel "Die Tuer zu einer anderen Welt" (The Forgotten Door) by Alexander Key An adaption of the book The Forgotten Door in which a young boy finds himself in a strange world and searching for a way back home. This also aired a year later as a 95 minute TV Movie. With:- Balthasar Lindauer / Lutz Hochstraate / Thekla Carola Wied / Natascha Kilbinger / Hans Zander / Gisela Ferber
DINOSAUR WAR -AIZENBORG Japan / Tsuburaya Prod-TV Tokyo / 38x30m-e / 1978 Scifi? Surreal dinosaur fighting adventure series with the original Japanese title being Kyoryo Senso - Takakae! Redo Taiga. In 1978-79 the same company made a very similar series of 52x30m-e called Dinosaur Fighting Team Koseidon.
FORT BOYARD France/ France 2-Expand Images-TV5 / x90m-e / 1990's-continuing Creators: Jacques Antoine, Jean Pierre Mitreley, Pierre Launay / Music: Paul Koulak Action game show. A team compete in various skill and muscle rounds on a massive old fort just off the Coast of France. Presented by Patrice Laffont, Cendrine Dominguez.
FRANKENSTEIN'S AUNTIE Czechoslavakia-Germany / Beta Film-Slovensky / x60m-e / 1986 Director: Juraj Jakubisko Period horror series. Bizarre mish mash of Frankenstein, Dracula et al. With:- VIVECA LINDFORS as Frankenstein's Auntie / FERDY MAYNE as Count Dracula / GERHARD KARZEL as Albert / JACQUES HERLIN as Igor
FRANKENSTEIN UNE HISTOIRE D'AMOUR France / 1x / 1974 Director: Bob Thenault / Novel: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Horror drama. A mad professor creates a monster, a typically French production in that the face of the Monster is never revealed. With:- GERARD BENARD as Frankenstein / KARIN PETERSEN / FRANCOISE LUGAGNE / GERARD BONCARON
THE GERMAN GAMBIT Germany / 2x90m-e / 2001 A documentary with some dramatised segments made to commemorate the 10th anniversary of German unity and looking at the politics leading to the opening of the East and West German border.
GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES Holland / RTL4-Grundy / x30m-e / 1990- Mainland Europe's first daily soap style series, this was actually based on an Australian original called The Restless Years. It's original Dutch title is Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden. In 1992 a German version called Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten appeared.
THE GUYVER Japan / Takaya Prod / 6x30m-e / 1989 Creator: Yoshiki Takaya / Writer: Brother Noppo / Music: Mad Dog Winston / Producers: Osamu Shimuzi, Yutaka Maseba, Katutoshi Sasaki Anime. A bunch of teen join forces with The Guyver ( a bio mechanism able to transform them into robots) to do battle with monsters ruled by The Kronos. Voices:- TOMCHARLES as Sho Fukamachi / STEVE BLUM as Agito Makeshima / VICTOR GARCIA as Tesuro Sagawa / MELISSA CHARLES as Mizuki Segawa / STEVE ARENO as Murakami / SONNY BYRKETT as Fumia Fukemachi / KOZO SHIOYA as Tetsuro Segawa
THE HAROLD SCHMIDT SHOW Germany / Sat 1/ x45m-e / 1990's - continuing Nightly chat show presented by Harold Schmidt in the standard David Letterman desk and jokes format.
HEIMAT Germany / WDR-SFB / 1x120m-e 10x80m-e / 1992 black and white-colour Creator: Edgar Reitz / Writers: Edgar Reitz, Peter Steinbach / Music: Nikos Mamangakis / Director: Edgar Reitz Period drama serial. Life for the residents of the German village of Sabbach between the years 1919 and 1982. It took Reitz five years and four months to complete this semi-autobiographical portrait of his own childhood in this hilly region between Frankfurt and Saarbruecken. The performances are outstanding, indeed, emotionally moving and credible down to the last word and gesture. Shot over two years, with 28 leading performs, 140 speaking roles and 5,000 non-professional actors. A 26 hour sequel followed called The Second Heimat:A New Generation. Although the second Heimat is not a direct continuation of the first HEIMAT (which roughly translated means "homeland"), its lead character, Hermann Simon (played by Henry Arnold), was featured in the original With:- MARITA BREUER / DIETER SCHAAD / JARIN KIENZLER / MICHAEL LESCH / EVA MARIA BAYERSWALTER / RUEDIGER WEIGANG / PETER HARTING / GERTRUD BREDEL / GABRIELE BRUM / JOHANNES LOBEWEIN / WILLI BURGER / JORG HUBE / HENRY ARNOLD
HITLER'S CHILDREN Germany / 5x60m-e / 2000 Documentary series looking at how Hitler succeeded in gaining power over "his children" (the German public) through years of manipulation.
HOKAGO (AKA AFTER SCHOOL) Japan / Fuji TV / 5x45 minute episodes / 1992 (15 October - 12 November) Fantasy drama series. Two students, a boy and a girl, find themselves undergoing a bodyswap after a lightning strike. A new variation on the old Vice Versa chestnut. With:- Arisa Mizuki as Azusa / Issei Ishida as Koji
THE HYPOCRITES Malta / x30m-e / 2000 The first ever soap from Malta about a rich family led by businessman Sander who having spent years building up his business empire decides to retire and pass over the reigns to his three children. With:- VICTOR GRECH
IN SEARCH OF DRACULA Transylvania-Sweden / Aspecki Films / 1x60m-e / 1971 Book: Raymond T. MCnally, Redu Florescu / Director: Calvin Floyd Documentary. Christopher Lee looks at the history of Vampires and appears in some dramatised segments as both Vlad Tepes and Count Dracula. Original Swedish title was Pa Jakt Efter Dracula.
INTERVILLE France / x50m-e / 1962-continuing Creator: Guy Lux Game show. The original version of It's A Knockout with madcap games galore involving teams getting dressed up in wacky costumes and taking part in physical challenges.
ISIDINGO - THE NEED South Africa / SABC3-Endemol / 200+ x30 minute episodes / 1999- continuing / Shown Monday - Thursday 6.30pm Creator: Gray Hofmeyr / Head Writer: Mitzi Boouysen / Executive Producer: Hilary Blecher / Music: Siva Devar Isidingo - The Need is South Africa's most popular show and concerns itself with detailing the lives of a mining community (Horizon Deep Mining), looking at all the multicultural aspects of the New South Africa and featuring subjects like racism, murder, action and romantic entanglements. The location used for the show is the Durban Roodeport Gold Mine and the title for the show came from a competition launched by SABC3 (the programme makers) in 1998. With:- KARIN VD LAAG as Maggie Webster / TSHEPO MASEKO as Parsons Matabane . KEKETSO SEMOKO as Agnes Matabane / TONY KGOROGE as Sammy Chirendza / RAPULANA SEIPHEMO as Godlieb Mofokeng / HLOMLA DANDALA as Derek Nyati / MICHAEL BRUNNER as Skip Buller / ILSE KLINK as Vanessa Booysens / GRANT SWABY as Ryno Broekhauzen / CLIVE SCOTT as Ted Dixon / MILAN MURRAY as Dusty da Silva
JI MANTRIJI India / Star TV-BBC / 38x30m-e / 2001 Director: Smeeta Chakrabati Sitcom. An Indian version of Yes Minister and concerning the inner workings of a politician's office and his wily right hand man/private secretary. The BBC played a big part in the production and the show closely followed the UK original. The series was also followed by a version of Yes Prime Minister called Ji Pradhan-Mantriji. With:- FAROOQUE SHEIK as Surya Prakash Singh / JAYANT KRIPALANI / PARITOSH SAND
THE KINGDOM Denmark / x120m-e / 1994 Directors: Morten Arnfred, Lars Von Trier Drama serial. The inner workings of a Scandinavian focusing on Swedish neurosurgeon Stig Helmer who isn't happy about working in Denmark. With:- ERNST-HUGO JAEREGAARD as Stig Helmer / KIRSTEN ROLFFES as Frau Drusse
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THE LEGEND OF WILLIAM TELL New Zealand-Switzerland / CIT-UFA Int-Cloud 9 / 26x60m-e / 1997 Creator: Raymond Thompson / Script Consultant: Harry Duffin / Music: Simon May Period action adventure series. A new slant on the William Tell legend featuring a younger and more action based Tell. The main thrust of the story told of twin brothers one good-one evil. With:- KIERON HUTCHISON as William Tell / NATHANIEL LEES as Leon / RAY HENWOOD as Kreel / SHARON TYRRELL as Kalem / KATRINA BROWNE as Aruna / BETH ALLEN as Princess Vara / PATRICK SMYTH as Berthold / KATE HARCOURT as Agnes / SHANE BARTLE as Seth
Germany-Canada / Salter Street Prod-Space: The Imagination Station / 4x120m-e 35x60m-e / 1995/1999-2000 Creator: Paul Donovan / Music: Marty Simon / Producers: Norman Denver, Bill Flemming / Executive Producers: Paul Donovan, Wolfram Tichy Scifi drama series. A highly strange band travel space in their bug shaped craft getting caught up in adventures, being a co-production between Canada and Germany many of the stories added erotic elements to them. The four feature length episodes were all TV Movies made in 1995. With:- EVA HABERMANN (season 1) / MICHAEL McMANUS as Kai / ZENIA SEEBERG as Xev (from season 2) / BRIAN DOWNEY as Stanley Tweedle / JEFFREY HIRSCHFIELD as 790 / TOM GALLANT as Voice of the Lexx
LOFT STORY France / M6-ASP-Endemol / x30m-e / 2001 (First Episode: 15 May) A game show very Big Brother hosted by Benjamin Castaldi in style but with the sex angle played up more with 6 men and five women cooped up together ina loft style apartment (all aged in their twenties) the contestants had to try and couple up and the man and woman left at the end of 70 days confinement (the others having been voted off by both their roommates and the TV viewers) stood to win £30,000. At the beginning, they do not know each other. Filmed around the clock by 26 cameras and having to cope without telephone, newspapers, radio nor television, they have to organize their everyday life, with kitchen garden and hen house in this " loft ", in fact built in a studio of the Plain-Saint-Denis. Over 38,000 people applied to go on the show. The eleven contendors were Laure, Julie, Kenza, Kimy (who replaced very very early walkout Delphine), Loana, Christophe, J. Edouard, Fabrice, Aziz (first to go), Steevy and Phillipe.
THE LONG JOURNEY OF LUKAS B. Germany-Canada /6x30 minute episodes / 1992 Period drama serial. Prussia in the spring 1865: After the death of his mother and the imprisonment of his father 13 year old Lukas Bienmann travels to America to start a new life. When his father escapes he joins him in the USA. With:-
Zachary Bennet as Lukas Bienmann, Christian Kohlund as Karl Bienmann, Anja Kruse
as Maria Bienmann, Chris Wiggins, David Fox, John Neville, Devonian Codrington,
Victor Ertmonis, Gordon Tootoosis, Frances Bay,
LORRY Sweden / Sveriges TV / 1x35m-e / 1991 Writers: Peter Dalle, Rolf Borjind, Sven Hugo Persson / Executive Producer: Tommy Bennvik / Director: Kjell Sundrall One off typically Swedish comedy show.
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