The Legends of Treasure Island

The Legends of Treasure Island
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.

Characters

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.

Voice talents

Series 1

Series 2

Episode list

Season 1

# Title Air Date
1"The Quest Begins"10 September 1993
Jim leaves the Admiral Benbow with Captain Flint's treasure map and begins a treasure voyage aboard Captain Smollett's ship. Along the way Silver and his gang board and take over the ship, but Jim and his friends escape and enter a portal to Treasure Island.
2"Memories Are Made Of This"17 September 1993
Setting up camp on the island, the explorers venture into a purple mist which temporarily gives them amnesia, resulting in them handing the map over to the pirates. Can Captain Smollett and shipwrecked dog Ben Gunn rescue them?
3"The Watch Tower"24 September 1993
Jim and Jane explore a watchtower on Skeleton Island but end up leaving the map there and must go back to retrieve it. However, the pirates learn of this and plan to get the map before they do.
4"Now You See Me"1 October 1993
Jim and Jane discover a graveyard containing Flint's grave. Could this be where the treasure is buried? Meanwhile, Jane puts on a ring turning her invisible and she can't get it off!
5"Flint's Return"8 October 1993
Once every year, the ghost of Captain Flint rises from his grave to visit the spot where he buried his treasure. While the pirates plan to use this to find the treasure, the explorers plan to use it to trap the pirates.
6"The Cave Of Babel"15 October 1993
Jim enters a cave a distorted babbling voices and comes out flat and disfigured like a Picasso painting. Long John Silver and Rat also enter the cave and come out with their heads swapped on the other's body! Can they be put right?
7"The Labyrinth"22 October 1993
Pew plans to use the Labyrinth, a mountain cave to get rid of Jim and his friends once and for all. Silver, also plans to not only do this but dispose of Pew as well, fed up of being bossed around by him.
8"The Merman Prince"29 October 1993
Long John Silver makes a deal with a merman prince to give Jane over as a bride to the merman in exchange for a magic compass.
9"The Fountain Of Truth"5 November 1993
Long John Silver drinks from the Fountain of Truth, believing it to be the Fountain of Youth. As a result, he begins to speak to the truth and plans to change his ways, but can he be trusted?
10"The Pool Of Prophecy"12 November 1993
Jim falls into the Pool of Prophecy, which shows him a vision of the future where he'll become a pirate. Is there any way to prevent this from happening?
11"Return To Sender"19 November 1993
Ben Gunn wants to borrow Long John Silver's longboat to reach his friend on Yonder Island, but the pirate will only lend it to him in exchange for the map. Will Ben betray one friend to help another?
12"Tails We Win"26 November 1993
Jane wonders off and discovers a lagoon where she befriends a mermaid. While she's gone, Silver attacks the campsite, taking Jim and his friends prisoner. Can Jane and her mermaid friend save them?
13"The Beginning Of The End"3 December 1993
Long John Silver accidentally destroys a statue of a fire god resulting in the island about to self-destruct, unable to cope with any more evil. While the explorers make a deal with the pirates, Jim and Silver have a fiery showdown atop the island volcano.

Season 2

# Title Air Date
1"Consequence"4 April 1995
Jim and Ben Gunn (along with Squire Trelawney) return to the island planning to save it from self-destructing but the place has other ideas. Meanwhile, Pew is about to rise from his watery grave, endangering Jim and his friends.
2"Reunion"11 April 1995
Jane leaves Captain Smollett and Squire Trelawney on the Hispaniola to join Jim and the others on the island. She stumbles across a shipwreck containing Flint's logbook. Could this lead them to the treasure? However, the girl is menaced by a ghost.
3"Silver In The Island's Underworld"18 April 1995
Following his fall into the volcano at the end of Series 1, Long John Silver finds himself in Hell where he meets some horrific creatures including the Devil himself!
4"Silver's Bond"25 April 1995
Back in the land of living as a pact to send Jim to the underworld in his place, Long John Silver attempts to convince the boy that's he's changed but Jim isn't so sure.
5"Emily"2 May 1995
Jim and Jane stumble across shipwrecks where they meet a ghost girl called Emily who is looking for her father.
6"Forest Of Darkness"9 May 1995
7"City In The Sky"16 May 1995
8"Antidote"23 May 1995
Jane is bitten by a snake and has only 24 hours to live! Jim and Ben Gunn must venture across a dangerous swamp to find the antidote.
9"Dragon"30 May 1995
Jim and Long John must put aside their differences when they are both swallowed by a dragon and must find their way out of the beast.
10"Allegiance"6 June 1995
11"The Oracle"13 June 1995
12"Double Cross"20 June 1995
The explorers are captured by Long John Silver and Pew who make them find the treasure and try to dispose of each other in the process.
13"One For All"27 June 1995
Captain Smollett and Dr. Livesey return and rescue Jim from Pew. With the treasure, the explorers plan to head home but they are not out of the woods yet.

Trivia

Credits

Series 1

1,3-5,7-13

2,6

Series 2

External links

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