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Captain Zed and the Zee Zone is an animated television series that aired on CITV in the United Kingdom from 1991-1993.[1] The series was commissioned by Scottish Television and produced by Tony Collingwood Productions Limited in association with DIC Enterprises with HIT Communications PLC handling worldwide television distribution rights.[2] The series centres on Captain Zed's and his partner PJ, who in the Dream Zone, help protect children from ficious nightmares. Despite having been co-produced in the United States and featuring voice actors mostly from Canada, this show has never aired in the North America nor has it ever had any official Region 1 home video or DVD releases.
Captain Zed and the Zee Zone | |
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Created by | Tony Collingwood |
Developed by | Judy Rothman Phil Harnage |
Directed by | Tony Collingwood |
Composers | Andrew Dimitroff Stephen C. Marston The Music Team Barry Trop |
Country of origin | United Kingdom United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Chris O'Hare Andy Heyward Peter Orton Sandy Ross |
Producer | Tony Collingwood |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Tony Collingwood Productions Limited Scottish Television Film Enterprises DIC Enterprises |
Original release | |
Network | ITV Network (CITV) |
Release | 1991 1993 | –
In the UK, the series was split into two seasons, each with 13 episodes, and was first broadcast on October 17, 1991. The second series started airing on January 5, 1993.[3] The show's last known broadcast in the United Kingdom was in 2009 on wknd@stv - a children's television strand on Scottish television channel, STV.
Episodes
editSeason 1 (1991)
edit- Making the Grade (story: David Ehrman; teleplay: David Ehrman and Tony Collingwood)
- Curtain Call (story: Jocelyn Stevenson; teleplay: Jocelyn Stevenson, Judy Rothman, and Tony Collingwood)
- Finishing School (story: Tony Collingwood; teleplay: Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr)
- Revenge of the Killer Bunnies (story: Tony Collingwood; teleplay: Paul Dell and Steven Weiss
- Nasty Norman (story: Tony Collingwood; teleplay: Tony Collingwood, Paul Dell, and Steven Weiss)
- Follow the Leader (written by Alisa Marie Schudt)
- Monster Factor (written by Tony Collingwood)
- Catnapped (based on a story by Harvinda Sikmon, teleplay by Tony Collingwood)
- Invasion Dreambase (written by Tony Collingwood)
- Growing Pains (written by Phil Harnage and Charles Kaufman)
- Christmas Nightmare (story: Phil Harnage and Tony Collingwood; teleplay: Tony Collingwood, Eleanor Burian-Mohr, Jack Hanrahan, and Judy Rothman)
- Commander, I Shrunk the Dream Patrol (story: Phil Harnage, Paul Dell, and Steven Weiss; teleplay: Paul Dell and Steven Weiss)
- Cries & Dolls (written by Judy Rothman)
Season 2 (1993)
edit- Look who’s Dreaming (written by Tony Collingwood)
- Farewell, My Bully (written by Tony Collingwood)
- The Planet of the Hopeless Liars (written by Tony Collingwood, Steven Weiss, and Paul Dell)
- A Dark Day’s Night (written by Tony Collingwood, Jack Hanrahan, and Eleanor Burian-Mohr)
- Send In The Clones (written by Judy Rothman)
- The Curtain Monster Dream Eaters from Another Dimension (written by Tony Collingwood)
- Lost in the Backpack (written by Tony Collingwood, Jack Hanrahan, and Eleanor Burian-Mohr)
- Wedding Bells (written by Jocelyn Stevenson and Tony Collingwood)
- I Want My Zed T.V. (written by Skip Sheppard and Tony Collingwood)
- To Bee Or Not To Bee (story by Selena D’Santos, teleplay by Tony Collingwood)
- Mind Over Mutter (written by Paul Dell, Steven Weiss, and Tony Collingwood)
- Computer Chaos (based on a story by Harvinda Sikmon, teleplay by Tony Collingwood)
- Loch Ness Nightmare (written by Tony Collingwood)
Voices
edit- Julian Holloway as Captain Zed
- Jay Brazeau as Snort
- Garry Chalk as Captain Flannel
- Ian James Corlett as Mutter
- Wally Marsh as The Commander
- Pauline Newstone as Doris
- Venus Terzo as P.J.
- Dale Wilson as Larry
- Tomm Wright as Spring
Additional voices
editReferences
edit- ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. pp. 39–40. ISBN 9781476672939.
- ^ "HIT ENTERTAINMENT CATALOGUE - CAPTAIN ZED AND THE ZEE ZONE 26 x 30'". www.hitentertainment.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 1998.
- ^ Date: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1993 P35 Publication: The Times (London, England)
External links
edit- Captain Zed and the Zee Zone at IMDb
- Captain Zed and the Zee Zone at Toonhound.com