Catalogue

Adventure in the Hopfields

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

The Adventures of HAL 5

A very old Austin 7 with great character is found by two children and bought by their uncle, the Vicar, but the garage proprietor conceals Hal's faulty transmission. This leads to surprising developments.

The Adventures of Rex

Series of five adventures about two children and their Alsatian.

Ali and the Camel

When Ali's father, a diver, has to go to hospital, Ali is offered money by a Professor involved in a jewel robbery. A camel, who talks only to Ali, persuades Ali to buy him and then helps him to discover where the jewels are hidden.

All at Sea

The unexpected adventures of children on a school cruise to Portugal and North Africa.

Ambush at Devil's Gap

Whilst on a winter sports holiday in the Highlands, five children encounter an eccentric Professor, and find themselves involved in a web of industrial espionage.

Anoop and the Elephant

Nobody in their right mind would think of adopting an elephant. But what would you do if an elephant decided to adopt you?

Avalanche

Young climbers try to scale alpine peak and are trapped by avalanche.

The Battle of Billy's Pond

Young Anglers against pollution.

Beware of the Dog

The adventures of a Great Dane dog called Junia and her adoption by a family who come to live in her old home.

The Big Catch

The story of youthful rivalry in a Highland fishing port.

Big Wheels and Sailor

Children of long distance lorry drivers, travelling with their fathers, become involved in attempted hijacking.

Black in the Face

Peter is a chimney sweep.

Black Island

Young castaways are captured by violent criminals using apparently uninhabited island as a hideout.

Blind Man's Bluff

Newsboys foil kidnappers.

Blinker's Spy-Spotter

Blinker, so named because he blinks whenever he has a bright idea for a new invention, is the son of an eccentric Professor who is developing a top secret Pulsar Crystal X. Blinker's inventions help him to be a successful goalkeeper and to keep an eye on The Masons gang - and some real crooks.

Blow Your Own Trumpet

A young lad learns to play the trumpet and competes for a place in the local colliery brass band, in spite of strong opposition from another boy and his ambitious father.

The Boy who Never Was

Son of African diplomat is kidnapped and replaced by his double in an attempt to assassinate a VIP at a London conference.

The Boy Who Turned Yellow

When John unaccountably turns yellow and receives a visit from a being who feeds on electricity, it is obvious that he is in for some strange adventures.

The Boy with Two Heads

Chris and Jill discover South American shrunken head with magical powers.

Break Out

Two boys are kidnapped by three escaping convicts and the relationship which develops between captor and captured brings out the good side of the most dangerous criminal's character.

Bungala Boys

A new life-saving Surf Club is started on a small beach in Australia and struggles to success against difficulties.

The 'Copter Kids

Helicopter pilots help children to track down cattle rustlers.

Calamity the Cow

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.

The Camerons

Three children on holiday uncover plot to hi-jack secret jet aircraft.

The Carringford School Mystery

The exciting adventures of five children who set out to vindicate a school friend wrongly accused of theft from the local museum.

The Cat Gang

Three children stumble on the plans of some modern smugglers and have many adventures helping H.M. Customs to capture them.

Caught in the Net

The work of Peter Ketley on Fisheries Research in Devon is being disorganised by a mysterious new method of salmon poaching. His young brother Bob, with the help of two children from London, eventually uncovers and catches the poachers.

The Chiffy Kids (Series 1)

Six short comedies.

The Chiffy Kids (Series 2)

A further collection of short comedies.

Chimpmates (Series 1)

Chimpanzee proves to be a troublesome guest.

Chimpmates (Series 2)

More adventures with Alice, the Chimpanzee.

Chimpmates (Series 3)

Further adventures of Alice, the Chimpanzee.

The Christmas Tree

The adventures encountered by Gary, his brother and sister, when they try to get a Christmas tree for a hospital Christmas Eve party.

Circus Friends

The efforts of two circus children and their dog to retrieve the circus pony, given to a farmer in payment of a debt.

The Clue of the Missing Ape

Adventure drama of a sea cadet and a little Gibraltarian girl who round up crooks trying to destroy the British Fleet in Gibraltar.

Countdown to Danger

The story of a race against time to rescue a boy trapped with a German time bomb.

Cry Wolf

A highly imaginative boy involves his friends in a series of false alarms, with the result that nobody will come to his aid when he is involved in a dangerous situation.

Cup Fever

Barton United's hopes of winning the Manchester Junior Football League Cup receive a setback when their practice ground is taken over for use as a car park. Luckily, Manchester United help them with their training, and enable them to win the Cup - and a new pitch.

Danger on Dartmoor

The adventures of children lost in fog on Dartmoor, who encounter a wild dog, an escaped convict, and other dangers.

Danger Point

Three irresponsible teenagers borrow a yacht belonging to the local Sea Scouts and run out of fuel. They hoist the sail in an endeavour to stop the boat drifting on to the notoriously dangerous Bradda Head, but find themselves in even greater trouble in the shape of a sea-mine.

Danny the Dragon

Gavin, Jean and Peter meet Danny the Dragon, an unintentional visitor from outer space. Danny and the children encounter many adventures before Danny finally manages to return to his own planet.

Davey Jones' Locker

A group of children on holiday in Malta join an aqua-lung diving class. One of them discovers a wreck, and disobeying instructions decides to investigate on his own, with near serious consequences.

The Dawn Killer

Sheepdog Glen, accused of sheep killing on the Romney Marshes, is cleared by the efforts of his two youthful owners in time for the Sheepdog Trials.

Daylight Robbery

Three children are accidentally locked in a supermarket for the week-end - and find themselves involved with a gang of crooks who are using the basement to tunnel into the bank vaults next door.

Dead End Creek

Jane witnesses a bullion robbery, but does not realise that one of the participants is an old friend whom she likes and trusts.

Deep Waters

Young bird watchers, cut off by tide, become involved with a ruthless group of illegal immigrant smugglers.

The Dog and the Diamonds

A group of children living in flats where pets are forbidden use a deserted house as a private zoo and by chance capture three jewel thieves.

Eagle Rock

While attempting a solo climb against orders, a brilliant but rash young climber gets into difficulties but is saved by his companions and the local mountain rescue team.

Echo of the Badlands

Young English holiday visitors help Lesotho herdboy to recover stolen bull.

Eggheads' Robot

'Egghead' Wentworth adapts his father's robot paratrooper to perform his chores, but forgets to programme it to keep him out of trouble.

Electric Eskimo

Polar scientists accidentally energise young Eskimo, who gives London more than one shock!

Escape from the Sea

The story of the rescue of a young boy who is washed out to sea in a rubber dinghy.

Fern, the Red Deer

Young orphan visits relatives on Exmoor farm and makes pet of a baby deer which has to be returned to the wild.

A Film for Maria

The children of a Saturday morning Cinema club entertain a visitor from abroad. They miss the show but foil a theft and are rewarded with a special show.

The Firefighters

Young auxiliary fire-fighters are suspected of arson.

Five Clues to Fortune (or The Treasure of Woburn Abbey)

A treasure has been hidden at Woburn Abbey at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. When the sale of the present-day estate is threatened three children find this treasure by means of five clues hidden in a deer's antler.

Five have a Mystery to Solve

Adapted from Enid Blyton's book which tells how four cousins meet a new friend who has strange powers over all the animals on Whispering Island. After discovering the crusader's treasure, they are imprisoned in a flooded dungeon.

Five O'clock Finish

Peter is a mechanic in a garage.

Five on a Treasure Island

Adapted from Enid Blyton's book which tells how four cousins and their dog search for the family treasure in a sunken ship and finally outwit their rivals.

Flash the Sheepdog

The story of how Tom Stokes, an English orphan takes his place in a Scottish Border community, and with his Border Collie, Flash, wins the local sheepdog trials.

The Flood

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.

The Flying Eye

A boy detective, with Colonel Audacious and his wonderful invention, in a model aeroplane, the 'flying-eye', foil the efforts of international thieves to steal a secret formula.

4D Special Agents

Children discover stolen jewellery but are captured by the thieves and imprisoned on their getaway boat.

Fourwinds Island

Mary Lockwood is left an island in the Scillies but it does not look as though she can afford to keep it until she finds the Lockwood jewels and the radio-active sands of Jacob's Reach.

Friend or Foe

In wartime Britain two boys are looking for a crashed German plane. One of the boys is rescued from drowning by the Pilot of the plane. Should the boys tell the Army where the Pilot and his wounded companion are hiding?

Gabrielle and the Doodleman

Gabrielle, an eleven year old paraplegic is on the verge of despair when unexpected help appears in the form of 'Doodleman' a character in a T.V. computer game. Or is he?

A Ghost of a Chance

Children and ghosts combine to prevent the destruction of a historic mansion.

The Ghost of Monk's Island

Sailing too far from shore, the Robinson children are marooned on a deserted Island. Their fight for survival is hampered by mysterious events, and the even more mysterious 'Ghost of Monk's Island'.

The Glitterball

Animated silver ball arrives on earth from outer space creating havoc with R.A.F. Strike Command.

Go Kart Go

Rival Groups build their own Go-Karts and encounter excitement and trouble in their efforts to win the local Go-Kart races.

A Good Pull Up

Dickie Duffle and his young friend Tom work in a cafe.

The Great Pony Raid

Wild pony rustling on Dartmoor.

Haunters of the Deep

An American mining company plan to re-open an old Cornish tin mine not knowing that the mine is haunted. A rock fall traps four men and only a ghost can save them.

Headline Hunters

Children decide to keep the local newspaper running while their father is ill.

Heights of Danger

Continental motor racing adventure of a big garage owner who seeks to prevent a father and his children from winning a motorcar rally which will enable them to keep their own garage business.

Hide and Seek

Keith absconds from an Approved School in the hope that his father will take him to Canada. But Keith's father seems more interested in robbing a bank.

High Rise Donkey

Children provide temporary stable for donkey in high rise flats - with hilarious results!

Hijack!

A youth on-the-run hi-jacks a yacht with three children aboard.

A Hitch in Time

Erractic time-machine cuts bullying teacher down to size!

A Horse Called Jester

Horse turned detective communicates with children and helps them foil a dairy robbery.

The Hostages

Children on lonely farm outwit escaped Dartmoor prisoners.

The Hoverbug

The young inventors Dick and Jenny Brewster, build their own 'Hoverbug' and hope to win the race which has been organised for home-made Hovercraft, but their arch rivals, Charlie and Sydney, bend the rules by enlisting professional help and by employing devious means to sabotage the Hoverbug.

The Hunch

Salvage operations off the coast of Scotland.

Hunted in Holland

An English boy goes to stay with a Dutch boy in Holland and becomes involved with diamond thieves among the canals.

John of The Fair

Set in the fair grounds of 18th century England, the story of a kidnapped heir who regains his rightful inheritance to title and estates with the help of his friends.

Johnny on the Run

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.

The Johnstown Monster

Nothing ever happens in the village of Johnstown and even the tourists bypass it. However, one day a youngster takes a photograph of the lake which indicates that the legendary Johnstown Monster might be more than a legend after all.

Junket 89

Junket always seems to be in trouble at school, but his troubles really begin when the absent minded science master allows him to borrow his experimental instant transportation machine to journey in a flash to some delectable spot.

Juno Helps Out

A Great Dane helps the children with the housework.

Kadoyng

It looks as if nothing can stop the village of Byway being demolished to make way for the new motorway - until Kadoyng accidentally arrives from Outer Space.

The Kid from Canada

Andy comes from Canada to stay with Scottish cousins in the Highlands. During a pony trek his efforts to cover his shyness by boasting go down very badly and antagonisms come to a head but are finally wiped out in an exciting climax.

The Last Rhino

The last rhino in a game reserve in East Africa is wounded and condemned to be destroyed until two children prove that she is not dangerous.

Lionheart

A young boy saves the life of an escaped circus lion.

The Magnificent Six and 1/2 (Series 1)

The misadventures of six children and a young girl.

The Magnificent Six and 1/2 (Series 2)

More misadventures of six children and a young girl.

The Magnificent Six and 1/2 (Series 3)

Even more adventures of six children and a young girl.

The Man From Nowhere

Orphan girl is threatened by mysterious stranger.

Mardi and the Monkey

The story of a little Indonesian boy living in a village in West Java and the complications his pet monkey brings to the family.

Masters of Venus

The rocket Astarte is prematurely fired into space by Venusian saboteurs. On board are two children by whose intervention war with Venus is averted.

Mauro The Gypsy

When chickens start to disappear and scrap metal litters the countryside, the time has obviously come for Mauro and his family to be moved on. But things are not always what they seem to be.

The Mine & the Minotaur

Young holiday-makers prevent export of priceless gold mythological figure hidden in disused Cornish tin-mine.

Mischief

Mischief' is the latest addition to a pony trekking stable. Davy looks after him during the school holidays and discovers that 'Mischief' was once a circus pony and reacts to the sound of music. This leads to incidents full of excitement and suspense.

The Missing Note

Three children track their lost piano with a missing note through London streets, markets and music halls.

The Monster of Highgate Ponds

The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate.

Mr. Horatio Knibbles

Mary Bunting is sitting alone when to her surprise and delight a rabbit six foot tall - elegantly dressed in frock coat and fancy waistcoat - appears. As he is a magic rabbit, he can be seen only by Mary, which naturally creates great confusion and misunderstanding.

Mr. Selkie

Adult seal assumes human form in an attempt to combat pollution of the sea.

Mystery in the Mine

The exciting story of a boy and girl and their young scientist friend who foil the efforts of an International Gang to get a rare ore out of the country.

Mystery on Bird Island

A brother and sister, holidaying in the Channel Islands, meet two Alderney children and together organise a campaign to get a bird-watcher established on the Island bird-sanctuary. This interferes with the smugglers using the sanctuary as headquarters, but after a great battle of wits the children win.

Night Cargoes

In the 19th century a group of children is mixed up in local smuggling thinking it is just an exciting game. But they find out how serious it is and help to round up the villains.

Night Ferry

Children foil plan to smuggle priceless Egypian mummy, disguised as a stretcher case, on a night ferry to France.

Nosey Dobson

Set in the beautiful Isle of Arran where an over enthusiastic amateur detective becomes involved in a plot to rob Brodick Castle of its collection of antique silver.

On The Run

The story of the attempted kidnapping of the son of a visiting African potentate.

One Hour to Zero

Young runaway finds himself in a desperate situation when an atomic power station in North Wales develops a fault.

One Wish Too Many

Peter and his friends find unexpected and exciting adventures when all their wishes are granted by a magic marble.

Operation Third Form

In trying to prove their friend Dick innocent of the theft of the school bell, his class mates stumble upon a more serious crime.

Our Exploits at West Poley

Somerset 1850. Two boys exploring an underground cave, divert the course of a river and drastically change the lives of the people of two villages.

Out of the Darkness

During the plague of 1665, a boy from the stricken village of Eyam is hounded to his death by neighbouring villagers. His ghost is unable to rest until it is released from the darkness.

Paganini Strikes Again

Young musicians become amateur detectives.

The Peregrine Hunters

Young falconers join forces to prevent illegal export of rare birds.

Peril for the Guy

A children's comedy thriller involving fireworks and a scientist whom four children rescue when a company kidnaps him for his oil detector.

The Piper's Tune

During the Napoleonic Wars child refugees become involved with a Pyrenean escape route and the problem of whether to save a wounded enemy who is a danger to their own safety.

Playground Express

Peter runs a seaside railway,

Pop Pirates

An adventure with music telling the story of a group of kids who enter a music competition and how a plot to pirate video promos is successfully foiled as they become popular winners with two great hits.

Professor Popper's Problems

Professor accidentally miniaturises himself and his friends.

Project Z

Members of a school expedition in Tunisia become accidentally involved in industrial espionage.

Raiders of the River

Three Covent Garden children trail bank robbers who use a river launch as their headquarters and finally bring about their capture.

Raising the Roof

Jack and Jill Robbins find themselves involved in many strange and exciting adventures in their search for a really strange creature to enter for 'the most unusual pet' competition at their local Saturday Morning cinema.

Rangi's Catch

When their father's boat is stolen by two escaped convicts, some New Zealand children and their Maori friends give chase. But they have to travel the whole length of New Zealand before they finally catch up with the thieves.

The Rescue Squad

Six children lose a toy aeroplane in a high ruined tower. To get to the top and recover it tries their patience and ingenuity until with success in sight, they are trapped themselves until rescued by a donkey.

River Rivals

The efforts of the Holmeschildren to build their own boat and beat their rivals the Craigs, in the local Regatta.

Robin Hood Junior

In Sherwood Forest children foil Norman barons.

Rockets in the Dunes

A film shot in Devon concerning the efforts of local children to prevent the Army using their beach for rocket training.

Rover Makes Good

A useless sheepdog brings help to children trapped in an old Cornish mine.

Runaway Railway

Young railway enthusiasts repair a derelict locomotive and find themselves inadvertently involved in a mail train robbery.

The Salvage Gang

The amusing adventures of four children who inadvertently sell for scrap iron a bed belonging to one of their parents, and set off in hot pursuit as the bed is passed from one dealer to another.

Sammy's Super T-Shirt

Junior athlete's training aided by T-shirt with magical powers.

Scramble!

Jimmy Riley, who has been in trouble with the Police, is befriended by members of a schoolboys' scramble club and given a job in a garage run by the club organiser. Unfortunately, his previous associates interfere with his efforts to start a new life.

The Sea Children

Skindivers on holiday in Malta discover strange world beneath the sea.

Seal Island

Young naturalists protect seal sanctuary.

The Secret Cave

Based on Thomas Hardy's story about three boys who discover the source of a stream in a cave and divert it with some dramatic results.

The Secret of the Forest

Four children help forest warders and an archaeologist to foil thieves who steal museum exhibits and set fire to an Anglian forest.

Seventy Deadly Pills

When some children find dangerous pills they mistake them for sweets and distribute them amongst their friends. Eventually the pills are recovered, but not without some narrow escapes.

Skid Kids

A group of boy speedway riders in London detect bicycle thieves and help the police round them up.

Sky Pirates

Children uncover thieves using model aircraft to smuggle valuable gems.

The Sky-Bike

Competition between rival inventors endeavouring to win a prize for the first flight by a man-powered flying machine.

Smokey Joe's Revenge

An ancient traction engine gets its own back on an ungrateful owner who consigns it to the scrap-heap.

Soapbox Derby

A group of boys build a soapbox car and compete in the Soap Box Derby despite the activities of a rival group who make every effort to sabotage their enterprise.

Son of the Sahara

A plot by Sidi Faisal to depose his cousin the Caid, is foiled by Abu and his friends, with the help of a blind water seller.

Stable Rivals

Competition between Dick, whose father runs a riding school, and expects to win the local gymkhana, and the baker's children who teach their van pony to jump.

The Stolen Airliner

Representatives of Fragovinia come to England to buy the newest airliner. They are kidnapped by revolutionaries who steal the plane and force the pilot to fly it to a desert rendezvous. Three air cadets, on the track of the revolutionaries, are in the plane and parachute out to enlist the help of the R.A.F.

The Stolen Plans

An adventure story set in London dealing with the successful efforts of a boy and girl to help outwit a gang of spies trying to steal secret aircraft plans from an aircraft designer.

Supersonic Saucer

A baby supersonic saucer inadvertently arrives from Venus. Adopted by a group of children, it causes many misunderstandings but prevents a robbery from their school.

Swift Water

Terry from London, on holiday in Devonshire, is introduced to sailing and bird watching on the River Dart.

Terry on the Fence

This is the story of a boy caught up in a moral dilemma; who becomes deeper and deeper involved in a guilty course of action from which he is unable to extricate himself.

That's An Order

Peter gets a job as assistant in a grocer's shop.

Tightrope to Terror

Danger and excitement when four children are trapped aboard a damaged cable car dangling 150 feet above a glacier.

Tim Driscoll's Donkey

A story starting in the hills behind Dublin and involving Tim in many adventures while in pursuit of his pet donkey, who is sold in error to a family in England.

To The Rescue

A comedy about the life of a valuable poodle, puppy, her owners, sponsors and enemies.

Toto and the Poachers

Taken on safari to look after the Game Warden's camp, a young African boy with his monkey helps to capture dangerous ivory poachers.

Treasure at the Mill

John is anxious to free his mother from having to work as a house-keeper to a bad-tempered antique dealer. He finds a clue to treasure and unravels the mystery involved, also working out the mechanics of the old mill.

Treasure in Malta

Two children spend an exciting holiday in Malta where their father is trying to track down a valuable antique statuette.

The Trouble with 2B

It isn't really the fault of the children in 2B that their efforts to be helpful end in disaster.

The Troublesome Double

'Egghead' Wentworth adapts his electrical robot to take part in a swimming gala, but forgets that he had previously programmed it to win a karate competition.

The Unbroken Arrow

Saxon children overpower Norman Baron.

Up in the Air

Victorian children improvise a balloon to escape from their Dickensian boarding school.

Valley of the Kings

Two children of an archaeologist join their parents in Egypt and as well as seeing the sights, share in the excitement of discovering fresh antiquities.

Watch Out

Dickie Duffle and his young friend Tom in a film studio.

What Next?

A boy's uncanny ability to foretell the future leads him into trouble.

Where's Johnny?

Johnny becomes invisible with adventurous and hilarious results.

Wings of Mystery

A story of racing pigeons and the making of steel. Someone in the works is selling secrets abroad; the children find out who it is and lead in his capture.

The Wreck-Raisers

When the Sally Anne is wrecked off Lyme Regis, Tom and his pals are blamed. The only way they can prove their innocence is by raising the wreck.

The Young Detectives

Young Dickie Goodwin is kidnapped by jewel thieves. His friends organize themselves into search parties and, after many adventures, manage to save him and bring about the arrest of the criminals.

The Young Jacobites

Two children holidaying on the Isle of Skye go back in time to the days of Bonnie Prince Charlie and help him escape from Scotland to France.

The Zoo Robbery

Yen-Yen the Yeti, star attraction at the London Zoo, is kidnapped, and a group of children in a canal barge have an exciting time trying to rescue her.