The Adventures of Sinbad

The Adventures of Sinbad
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Genre	Action/Adventure Fantasy
Created by	Ed Naha
Based on	Sinbad the Sailor from One Thousand and One Nights
Developed by	James L. Novack
Starring	Zen Gesner George Buza Tim Progosh Oris Erhuero Jacqueline Collen Mariah Shirley Julianne Morris
Theme music composer	Matthew McCauley
Country of origin	Canada
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	44
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ed Naha David Gerber
Running time	43 minutes
Production company(s)	All American Television Alliance Atlantis Canwest
Release
Original network	Global Television Network (Canada) first-run syndication (U.S)
Original release	September 28, 1996 – May 24, 1998

The Adventures of Sinbad is a Canadian Action/Adventure Fantasy television series which aired from 1996 to 1998. It follows on the story from the pilot of the same name. It revolves around the series' protagonist, Sinbad. The series is a re-telling of the adventures of Sinbad from The Arabian Nights. Created by Ed Naha, it was filmed in southern Ontario, Canada and in Cape Town, South Africa. The tone of the series resembled its contemporaries Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess.

A sword and sorcery adventure set in a land of myth and magic in the Middle East, around the Persian Gulf. The series tells of the adventures of Sinbad and his brother as they gather a crew, and set sail in the ship, Nomad, from Baghdad in search of wealth and adventure. Along the way they face witches, wizards, strange tribes and fantastic creatures.

After two years at sea, Sinbad returns to his home, Baghdad. The city is very different from the Baghdad he remembers. It is now in the control of a prince and the grand vizier. He lands himself in prison, where he is reacquainted with his elder brother, Doubar, and discovers he is to be beheaded. When the princess is kidnapped, the Caliph of Baghdad says Sinbad is the only man he knows who is capable of facing Turok, the man who captured the princess. Before Sinbad is beheaded, Doubar comes to the rescue and sets him free. The brothers meet up with the rest of Sinbad's crew and proceed to Turok's lair, in search for Princess Adena. Sinbad tells his crew they need the help of his and Doubar's old mentor, Master Dim-Dim, so the crew head off for the Isle of Dawn, where he resides. They arrive at the island where they meet Dim-Dim and his new apprentice, Maeve, along with her avian companion, Dermott, a hawk. After the crew leaves the island Dim-Dim goes missing and Maeve decides to join Sinbad and his crew in their search for the lost Master.