O/T Adventure Island (Australian TV)

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

For hose of you who don't know, Adventure Island was a Australian TV show....

""Adventure Island is an Australian television series for children which screened on the ABC from 11 September 1967 to 22 December 1972 (repeats of the 1969-1972 episodes ran from 1973–1976). It was jointly created by Godfrey Philipp, who produced the series, and actor-writer John Michael Howson, who also co-starred in the show. It typically aired from Monday to Friday and each story would stretch across a full week, reaching a resolution on Friday....Many of the early episodes of Adventure Island appear to no longer exist.
The National Film & Sound Archive database National Film & Sound Archive contains listings for six episodes, preserved on 16mm film and in video copies—one from 1967, one from 1971, and four consecutive episodes (1171–1174) from 1972, which are among the last to have been produced.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2aqMsfdJ4U The Magic Plant 1967
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU-TMEkbS70 Holiday Cruise a' Sailing we will Go 1969
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUnLh46qz34 Knights and Daze
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVjbcpSkAjM Farewell Dear, Friends Goodbye Chapter 1

[Chris Keating]

A large number of "Adventure Island" episodes are held by the National Archives of Australia; the ABC deposited most of their archival holdings there.

They hold around 950 episodes of the 1175 produced. Of the 220 or so missing are episodes 6 – 75, 80 – 115, 117 – 123, 125 – 178, 180 – 220, and 272 – 275. The run from is near complete from eps. 276 to 1175, with eight episodes missing - 710, 770, 977, 1059, 1078, 1103, 1122, and 1125.