Return to Treasure Island (TV series)
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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.
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 Schöne Deborah Poplett Peter Lloyd Kenneth Colley Dicken Ashworth Donald Pickering Artro Morris Bruce Purchase Peter Copley Richard Beale Morgan Shepherd Nick Brimble |
Composers | Tom McGuinness Terry Oldfield |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Patrick Dromgoole |
Producer | Alan Clayton |
Production locations | Glen Usk, Newport, Newport, Wales, UK Jamaica Tabernas, Almería, Andalucía, Spain |
Cinematography | Tony Impey |
Editors | 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 companies | Harlech Television (HTV) Primetime Television Ltd. Walt Disney Pictures |
Original release | |
Network | ITV (United Kingdom) The Disney Channel (United States) |
Release | 5 July (1986-07-05) – 23 August 1986 (1986-08-23) |
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.