Anthology series aimed at children and families. Many of the episodes were based on popular children's and young adult novels.
WonderWorks (Staffel 4)
The Fig Tree (Folge 1)
Sendedatum: 1987-10-10
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Miranda, a sensitive young loner, seeks help from her grandmother and an odd aunt in her struggle to understand death.
The Littlest Horse Thieves (1/2) (Folge 2)
Sendedatum: 1987-10-17
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: In a Yorkshire mining town at the turn of the century, three brave children attempt to rescue a group of pit ponies from the slaughterhouse.
The Littlest Horse Thieves (2/2) (Folge 3)
Sendedatum: 1987-10-24
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: A mine explosion threatens to sabotage the children's attempts to rescue the pit ponies.
Isaac Littlefeathers (Folge 4)
Sendedatum: 1987-11-14
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: An American Indian boy's struggle with racial prejudice is eased by his friendship by a kind old Jewish man.
Home at Last (Folge 5)
Sendedatum: 1988-01-09
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: A tough New York City boy gets a chance at a new life when he takes an orphan train to Nebraska to live with a hard-working farm family.
Taking Care of Terrific (Folge 6)
Sendedatum: 1988-01-16
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: A police action results from efforts by a teenage girl and a street musician to provide a special evening for the neighborhood's homeless.
Frog (Folge 7)
Sendedatum: 1988-01-23
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: After a witch turns him into a frog, a teenager makes use of his scientific talents to reclaim a poisoned pond.
Golden Pennies (1/2) (Folge 8)
Sendedatum: 1988-01-30
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Robbed of their fortune, an English family struggles to make a living in an Australian mining town, where they find close friends and a dangerous enemy.
Golden Pennies (2/2) (Folge 9)
Sendedatum: 1988-02-06
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Robbed of their fortune, an English family struggles to make a living in an Australian mining town, where they find close friends and a dangerous enemy. (Conclusion)
Anne of Green Gables, The Sequel (1/2) (Folge 10)
Sendedatum: 1988-03-05
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: AKA Anne of Avonlea (Parts 1 & 2). Anne leaves home to teach at a girls' school in Kingsport.
Anne of Green Gables, The Sequel (2/2) (Folge 11)
Sendedatum: 1988-03-12
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: AKA Anne of Avonlea (Parts 3 & 4). Anne finally wins acceptance by the Kingsport community and even finds romance with the widowed father of a student. Feeling homesick, Anne returns to Avonlea, where she finds Gilbert gravely ill.
A Waltz Through the Hills (1/2) (Folge 12)
Sendedatum: 1988-04-23
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Following their mother's death, two children begin a trek across western Australia, hoping to reach their grandparents in England.
A Waltz Through the Hills (2/2) (Folge 13)
Sendedatum: 1988-04-30
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: The children continue their dangerous odyssey through the Australian outback.
Hiroshima Maiden (Folge 14)
Sendedatum: 1988-05-14
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: A young Japanese woman scarred by atomic radiation lives with a U.S. family while undergoing plastic surgery.
Places Not Our Own (Folge 15)
Sendedatum: 1988-05-21
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: A woman, abandoned by her husband, encounters prejudice against her Metis family as she struggles to support them in Depression-era Canada.
Gryphon (Folge 16)
Sendedatum: 1988-05-28
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: An imaginative substitute teacher mesmerizes a tough Hispanic student and brightens his outlook.