Danny the Champion of the World

Danny the Champion of the World 1989

6.20

Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life together. Only their gas station happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer wants to buy. And when he won't take no for an answer, and sets government inspectors and social works onto Danny and his father, Danny and his father decide to get even with Hazell and his pheasant- shooting friends in a manner in keeping with their own family tradition.

1989

The Secret of the Forest

The Secret of the Forest 1956

1

Two children dig up an old Viking treasure ship and become involved with crooks who have buried their loot on the site. Specially made for children.

1956

Sammy's Super T-Shirt

Sammy's Super T-Shirt 1978

6.30

A young boy's lucky t-shirt is transformed through a power surge and gives its wearer super-powers.

1978

The Clue of the Missing Ape

The Clue of the Missing Ape 1953

6.00

Story of how two youngsters round up crooks planning to blow up the British fleet off Gibraltar.

1953

Calamity the Cow

Calamity the Cow 1967

4.50

The adventures of Calamity the cow, who is bought by a farmer for his children, stolen by rustlers, and eventually wins a prize for her part in ridding the area of a gang of cattle thieves.

1967

Monster

Monster 1974

1

An adventure story for children involving a professor's efforts to discover an antidote to some 'shrinking' pills, and the attempted theft of his formula by two crooks

1974

Peril for the Guy

Peril for the Guy 1956

6.50

Story of a group of children's successful efforts to bring to book a gang of oil men intent on stealing valuable invention.

1956

Friend or Foe

Friend or Foe 1982

1

Two evacuated children in wartime rural England find two German airmen hiding out in the woods. An adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's 1977 novel from writer/director John Krish .

1982

Anoop and the Elephant

Anoop and the Elephant 1972

6.00

Two English kids meet their friend Anoop Singh and his baby elephant Ranee. The nasty circus owner wants the elephant for his circus and the children decide that they must prevent this.

1972

Runaway Railway

Runaway Railway 1965

7.00

A group of young railway enthusiasts attempt to stop the closure of the local railway by trying to raise money to buy it and the steam engine "Matilda." They get help from a pair of men claiming to be enthusiasts but who turn out to be robbers who plan to hold up the mail train

1965

Kidnapped

Kidnapped 1964

1

When three year old Willy wanders away from home he falls among thieves. They are forced to kidnap him. The police ask Dickie, his elder brother and his friend, Johnny to help in the search. Johnny's friends all join in and meet with varied adventures. The children find Willy in a disused warehouse but cannot rescue him. Three more are caught by the gang who lock them in with the now unconscious gang leader and escape with the jewels. The police, alerted by the children, capture the gang, recover the jewels and finally rescue the children, including Willy

1964

The Man from Nowhere

The Man from Nowhere 1975

6.20

The Man from Nowhere is a beautifully told Victorian gothic thriller from acclaimed director James Hill. Young orphan Alice has been invited by her rich uncle to live in his country mansion but she soon finds herself persecuted by the apparent visitations of an unsettling stranger. Who is this man from nowhere and just why is he tying to scare her away?

1975

Adventure in the Hopfields

Adventure in the Hopfields 1954

7.00

A little girl accidentally breaks her mother's favourite ornament and goes hop-picking to replace it.

1954

The Stolen Airliner

The Stolen Airliner 1955

1

Three air cadets foil Revolutionaries who are plotting to steal an airliner.

1955

The Flood

The Flood 1963

7.00

Eight youngsters are cut off by the East Anglian floods in a farmhouse with no grown-ups to help them. The story tells how they deal with the situation until they are rescued.

1963

A Hitch in Time

A Hitch in Time 1978

5.60

Two children help an eccentric professor test his new time machine.

1978

Johnny on the Run

Johnny on the Run 1953

7.50

A Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother in Edinburgh and finds a new home in a lakeside village for orphans of all nations, after encountering trouble through his innocent implication in a robbery.

1953

Tim Driscoll's Donkey

Tim Driscoll's Donkey 1955

6.00

Story of how a young Irish boy loses the donkey he has reared from birth.

1955