The Adventures of Sam | |
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Genre | Children's Drama Action Adventure |
Written by | Ken Kelso |
Directed by | Craig Handley George Whaley |
Starring | Justin Rosniak Emma Jane Fowler Michael Craig Lewis Fitz-Gerald Sam Wilcox Keith Buckley Walter Grkovic Anthony Wong David Mackennal Bob Baines Joy Hopwood Noeline Brown Penne Hackforth-Jones Katharine Cullen Scott McGregor Ace Matters Graham Matters David Downer John Sheerin Stephen Shanahan Jon Pollard Paul Smyth David Whitney John Derum Diana McLean Rachel King Mitch Matthews Colin Lee Lee Perry |
Theme music composer | Nerida Tyson-Chew |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Ron Saunders Claire Henderson |
Producers | Noel Price Peter Jackson |
Running time | 24 minutes |
Production companies | Australian Film Finance Corporation Southern Star Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | ABC Television |
Release | 29 January – 23 April 1999 |
The Adventures of Sam was an Australian children's animated television series, written by Ken Kelso, that aired on the ABC in 1999.
The show ran for 13 episodes and is produced by the Australian Film Finance Corporation and Southern Star Entertainment in association with the ABC. It was also well known for its theme music by Nerida Tyson-Chew which was nominated for several awards. The show was also released on three videos in 1999 by PolyGram Video each containing four episodes featuring all episodes except for the final episode "Begin Again". It also aired on Toon Disney and The Disney Channel in the United Kingdom, TV2 in New Zealand, Kids Central in Singapore, Arutz HaYeladim in Israel, K-T.V. World in South Africa, France 5 in France, Disney Channel in Malaysia and RTÉ2 in Ireland being shown on the long running children's block The Den .
Set in 1840, it follows a sea-faring boy named Sam Donahue as he goes on many adventures around the world while trying to find his brother Tom and discovers new worlds and different cultures.
Release name | Release date | Classifaction | Publisher | Format | Language | Subtitles | Notes | REF |
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Adventures of Sam Vol 01 | 17 February 1999 | G | Polygram Video | PAL | English | None | Includes episodes 1 - 4 | [1] |
Adventures of Sam Vol 02 | 17 March 1999 | G | Polygram Video | PAL | English | None | Includes episodes 5 - 8 | [2] |
Adventures of Sam Vol 03 | 16 April 1999 | G | Polygram Video | PAL | English | None | Includes episodes 9 - 12 | [3] |
Release name | Release date | Publisher | Format | Language | Subtitles | Notes | REF |
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Le Avventure Di Sam | 1 December 2008 | Digivision | PAL | English, Italian | None | Includes episodes 1 - 4 combined, with only a single opening and ending sequence. | [4] |
Le Avventure Di Sam 2 | 1 December 2008 | Digivision | PAL | English, Italian | None | Includes episodes 5 - 8 combined, with only a single opening and ending sequence. | [5] |
Le Avventure Di Sam 3 | 1 December 2008 | Digivision | PAL | English, Italian | None | Includes episodes 9 - 13 combined, with only a single opening and ending sequence. | [6] |
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