Set in a German-speaking country in the seventies, brother and sister Tyltyl and Mytyl live with their parents, a dog and a cat. When their mother becomes seriously ill on Christmas Day, Tyltyl and Mytyl receive the visit of Berylune fairy. It entrusts them with the task of finding the “blue bird”, the bearer of happiness, making them able to heal the mother. With their dog Tyrol, cat Shanet, and a range of spirits, they set out on a journey to find the “blue bird” and maybe learn happiness along the way.
Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey (Season 1)
One Warm Evening, A Visitor (Episode 1)
Air date: 1980-01-09
Runtime: 30 min
Sing! Dance! The merry fairies (Episode 2)
Air date: 1980-01-16
Runtime: 30 min
The forest of darkness is full of mysteries (Episode 3)
Air date: 1980-01-23
Runtime: 30 min
Guardian of the dark, queen of the night (Episode 4)
Air date: 1980-01-30
Runtime: 30 min
Good evening, ghost (Episode 5)
Air date: 1980-02-06
Runtime: 30 min
The birds who grasped freedom (Episode 6)
Air date: 1980-02-13
Runtime: 30 min
Welcome to the land of sickness (Episode 7)
Air date: 1980-02-20
Runtime: 30 min
The land where time has stopped (Episode 8)
Air date: 1980-02-27
Runtime: 30 min
A happiness a little too full of itself (Episode 9)
Air date: 1980-03-05
Runtime: 30 min
Pleased to meet you, motherly love (Episode 10)
Air date: 1980-03-12
Runtime: 30 min
Secret of the palace of the night (Episode 11)
Air date: 1980-03-19
Runtime: 30 min
Desert with no oasis (Episode 12)
Air date: 1980-03-26
Runtime: 30 min
Mechanical blue bird (Episode 13)
Air date: 1980-04-02
Runtime: 30 min
Invitation to the graveyard (Episode 14)
Air date: 1980-04-09
Runtime: 30 min
Revolt of the animals!! (Episode 15)
Air date: 1980-04-16
Runtime: 30 min
Children who are yet to be born (Episode 16)
Air date: 1980-04-23
Runtime: 30 min
I'm now being born... (Episode 17)
Air date: 1980-04-30
Runtime: 30 min
The land of gold is full of dreams! (Episode 18)
Air date: 1980-05-07
Runtime: 30 min
Giant of the isle of topsy-turvy (Episode 19)
Air date: 1980-05-14
Runtime: 30 min
Deep sea is the gathering place of demons (Episode 20)
Air date: 1980-05-21
Runtime: 30 min
Devil-inhabited mansion (Episode 21)
Air date: 1980-05-28
Runtime: 30 min
Face-off against the queen of the night (Episode 22)
Air date: 1980-06-04
Runtime: 30 min
Fight the beast! Mother's life in the balance (Episode 23)
Air date: 1980-06-11
Runtime: 30 min
Break through the demon's trap (Episode 24)
Air date: 1980-06-18
Runtime: 30 min
Queen of night, dead at dawn (Episode 25)
Air date: 1980-06-25
Runtime: 30 min
Where are you going, blue bird? (Episode 26)
Air date: 1980-07-09
Runtime: 30 min
Seasons
Episodes 26