The Lost Islands facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The Lost Islands |
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| Starring | Tony Hughes Jane Vallis Robert Edgington Amanda Ma Chris Benaud Margaret Nelson Rodney Bell Ric Hutton Ron Haddrick Ron Blanchard Wallas Eaton Willie Fennell Cornelia Frances Frank Gallacher Michael Howard Don Pascoe |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Running time | 26 x 30 minute episodes |
| Production company(s) | Paramount Television Network 10 |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution (syndication) |
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| Original network | The 0-10 Network |
| Original release | 1 January – 1 December 1976 |
The Lost Islands is an Australian television series which first aired in Australia on Network Ten. It later screened around the world, including the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Greece (and various other parts of Europe), as well as Israel, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Canada and the United States.
Plot
A hurricane nearly sinks the United World, a sailing ship holding 40 teenagers from all around the world. Most of them flee the ship in lifeboats, but the evacuating children are not counted, and five are left behind. The storm blows the battered ship across a reef into the lagoon of an uncharted island.
The island, Tambu, is ruled by a supposedly 200-year-old immortal tyrant called "Q", who came to the island on one of several ships originally bound for New Holland. In the centre of the island is a valley in which the descendants of the original ship still live, in the manner of an 18th-century colonial community. Adjacent to Tambu is a smaller island, Malo, which is a barren wasteland. It is noteworthy because of a lagoon where prisoners are forced to dive for a "blue weed" which, according to the people of Tambu, is refined into a powder which the Q uses to extend his life.
The five children befriend a local family, the Quinns, who help them remain hidden on the island in a swamp avoided by locals because it is, according to local myth, inhabited by the ghosts of the dead. Most of the episode storylines pit the children against the Q, who fears their knowledge of the outside world is a threat to his dominion of Tambu.
Cast
Protagonists
- Tony Hughes as Tony, an Australian and orphan.
- Jane Vallis as Anna, a German.
- Robert Edgington as David, an American.
- Amanda Ma as Su Yin, a Chinese.
- Chris Benaud as Mark, a British.
The People of Tambu/The "Q-People"
- Margaret Nelson as Helen Margaret Quinn.
- Rodney Bell as Aaron James Quinn, Helen's younger brother.
- Michael Howard as Jason Quinn, Helen's older brother.
- Ron Haddrick as The Q, the tyrant of Tambu.
- Ric Hutton as Rufus Quad, Q's prime minister.
- Willie Fennell as Jeremiah Quizzel, a friend of the Quinns and Q's personal servant.
- Cornelia Frances as Elizabeth Quinn, Helen's mother.
- Don Pascoe as Adam Quinn, Helen's father.
- Frank Gallacher and Ron Blanchard as Quig and Quell, Quad's henchmen.
- Harry Lawrence as the Hermit, an escaped prisoner from Malo and a former friend of Adam Quinn.
- Harold Hopkins as Thomas Quick, one of Q's guards who befriends the children after Su Yin saves his life.
- Wallas Eaton as school headmaster Quilter.
- Kent Strickland as Quimby, the village brat.
- Dianne Berryman as Bess, the Q's ward who befriends Tony.
Modern World people
- Peter Adams as Jimmy Williams, a pilot who was stranded on Tambu when his plane crashed in episode 8.
- Peter Sumner as Christian Dobler, a German sailor and school teacher who is stranded on Tambu in episode 16 and also appears in episode 17.
See also
In Spanish: The Lost Islands para niños
