The Legends of Treasure Island | |
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Directed by | Dino Athanassiou Simon Ward-Horner |
Starring |
Dawn French John Hasler Juliet Stevenson Corinna Powlesland Richard E. Grant Rob Brydon Robert Powell Hugh Laurie Chris Barrie Rob Rackstraw Gary Martin Carla Mendonça Issy Van Randwyck William Maxwell David Holt Leslie Randall Shona Morris Jimmy Hibbert |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Peter Lewis |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | ITV Network (CITV) |
Original release | 10 September 1993 – 27 June 1995 |
The Legends Of Treasure Island is an animated cartoon from the UK that ran from 1993-1995. It had two series of 13 episodes each and each episode runs for 22–25 minutes.
The series was loosely based on Robert Louis Stevenson's original story "Treasure Island". Featuring a mysterious and dark storyline, it incorporates magic and many new characters. Billy Bones is not in this series instead Jim's father Mr Hawkins is in his place. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom and in other countries throughout Europe and Latin America and was also aired in Australia. The programme was a FilmFair production for Central Independent Television, The Legends of Treasure Island, is owned by ITV PLC.
This cartoon, unlike most other Treasure Island cartoons and movies, featured the main characters as animals:
Subsidiary recurring characters included the pirates Morgan (a hog), Nebbich (a hyena), and Rat (who was, ostensibly enough, a rat). These characters featured mainly in the first season and only made minor appearances at the beginning of the second before disappearing altogether. Other minor pirates except Israel Hands seen during series 1 included a weasel and a rabbit among others.
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