Return to Treasure Island (TV series)
| Disney's Return to Treasure Island |
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| Genre | Adventure |
| Written by | Robert S. Baker Ivor Dean John Goldsmith |
| Directed by | Piers Haggard Alex Kirby |
| Starring |
Brian Blessed Christopher Guard Reiner Schone Deborah Poplett Peter Lloyd Kenneth Colley Dicken Ashworth Donald Pickering Artro Morris Bruce Purchase Peter Copley Richard Beale Morgan Shepherd Nick Brimble |
| Composer(s) | Tom McGuinness Terry Oldfield |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Patrick Dromgoole |
| Producer(s) | Alan Clayton |
| Location(s) | Glen Usk, Newport, Newport, Wales, UK Jamaica Tabernas, Almería, Andalucía, Spain |
| Cinematography | Tony Impey |
| Editor(s) | Tim Wallis Mike Hopkins Roger Mitchell Geoff Shepherd |
| Camera setup | Robin Higginson |
| Running time | 101 minutes (per episode) 115 minutes (2 episodes) 55 minutes (6 episodes) |
| Production company(s) |
Harlech Television (HTV) Primetime Television Ltd. Walt Disney Pictures |
| Distributor |
Buena Vista Television Disney Channel |
| Release | |
| Original network | Disney Channel |
| Picture format | Color |
| Audio format | Mono |
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Return to Treasure Island is a 1986 Disney HTV TV Series, starring Brian Blessed as Long John Silver, Christopher Guard as Jim Hawkins and Kenneth Colley as Ben Gunn.
Disney Channel contracted the UK ITV broadcaster HTV Wales, part of Harlech Television Group, to produce the series, and it was shot in Wales, Spain and Jamaica. It was written by John Goldsmith, and directed by Piers Haggard and Alex Kirby. HTV Wales had already produced other Robert Louis Stevenson books for television, namely Kidnapped in 1979 and The Master of Ballantrae in 1984 and producer Patrick Dromgoole would go on to helm Treasure Island. Their expertise in making these productions was used when Disney chose to work with HTV to produce a series, in 10 parts.
The story begins 10 years after the original Treasure Island adventure. Jim Hawkins returns home to The Admiral Benbow Inn after graduating at Oxford University. His mother has laid on a surprise party, including as guests his old friends, Squire Trelawney, Dr Livesey, Captain Smollett and Ben Gunn. At the same time, a small rowing boat is beached at night with its only occupant, Long John Silver. Trelawney has been communicating with Jim Hawkins during his time at Oxford, and has appointed him agent to his plantations in Jamaica because of their failure to make any profits in the last year. Trelawny's announcement of Jim's impending departure shocks Hawkins mother. She reels, and catches sight of John Silver at the window. A search of the area reveals nothing, but later that night Silver appears in Jim's bedroom and demands the map of Treasure Island. Hawkins thinks it's worthless, but Silver believes that a hoard of precious stones is still buried on the island, worth four times the gold previously found. They go downstairs to retrieve the map. Silver's accomplices appear and want to burn the inn to the ground, with everybody inside, to eliminate all witnesses. Silver changes sides to protect Jim, but he is later caught and put on trial for piracy and murder. He is convicted and sentenced to death. Hawkins rides to London and gets the sentence commuted to transportation. He and Silver sail on the Saracen to the West Indies. On board, they meet Dutchman Hans Van Der Brecken, Reverend Morgan and the beautiful Isabella, daughter of the Grandee of Spain.
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