A mysterious Punch and Judy man gives a boy a box that draws him into worlds of magic and danger where he encounters ancient heroes, wolves, Romans, rats, flashing rings and flying ponies. Based on the book by John Masefield.
Show Details:
Start date: Nov 1984
End date: Dec 1984
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC One (UK)
Run time: 30 min
Episodes: 6 eps
Genre(s): Children, Drama, Fantasy
End date: Dec 1984
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC One (UK)
Run time: 30 min
Episodes: 6 eps
Genre(s): Children, Drama, Fantasy
Credits:
- regulars:
- Devin Stanfield as Kay Harker
- Robert Stephens as Abner Brown
- Geoffrey Larder as Foxy Faced Charles
- Jonathan Stephens as Chubby Joe
- Heidi Burton as Jemima
- Joanna Dukes as Maria
- Flora Page as Susan
- James Grout as Inspector
- Carol Frazer as Caroline Louisa
- Crispin Mair as Peter
- Glyn Baker as Herne the Hunter
- Patricia Quinn as Sylvia Daisy Pouncer
- John Horsley as Bishop of Tatchester
- Helen Fraser as Ellen
- Patrick Troughton as Cole Hawlings
- Nick Berry as Pirate Rat
- Stewart Harwood as Pirate Rat
- Anne Dyson as The Old Lady
- Bill Wallis as Rat
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | |||
| 1. | 1-1 | 21 Nov 84 | When the Wolves Were Running |
| 2. | 1-2 | 28 Nov 84 | Where Shall the 'nighted Showman Go (25 min) |
| 3. | 1-3 | 05 Dec 84 | In Darkest Cellars Underneath (25 min) |
| 4. | 1-4 | 12 Dec 84 | The Spider in the Web |
| 5. | 1-5 | 19 Dec 84 | Beware of Yesterday |
| 6. | 1-6 | 24 Dec 84 | Leave Us Not Little, Nor Yet Dark (35 min) |