Captain Zed and the Zee Zone

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British TV series or program

Captain Zed and the Zee Zone is a animated television series, produced by Collingwood O’Hare for Scottish Television Film Enterprises in association with DIC Entertainment and Shanghai Morning Sun Animation Co., Ltd. and distributed by HIT Communications PLC. The 26-episode were produced an originally airing on CITV in the United Kingdom.[1]

Premise[edit]

When children go to sleep, it’s Captain Zed’s and his partner PJ’s job to prevent children from having nightmares in the dream zone.

Episodes[edit]

Season 1 (1991)[edit]

  1. Making the Grade (story: David Ehrman; teleplay: David Ehrman and Tony Collingwood)
  2. Curtain Call (story: Jocelyn Stevenson; teleplay: Jocelyn Stevenson, Judy Rothman, and Tony Collingwood)
  3. Finishing School (story: Tony Collingwood; teleplay: Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr)
  4. Revenge of the Killer Bunnies (story: Tony Collingwood; teleplay: Paul Dell and Steven Weiss)
  5. Nasty Norman (story: Tony Collingwood; teleplay: Tony Collingwood, Paul Dell, and Steven Weiss)
  6. Follow the Leader (written by Alisa Marie Schudt)
  7. Monster Factor (written by Tony Collingwood)
  8. Catnapped (based on a story by Harvinda Sikmon, teleplay by Tony Collingwood)
  9. Invasion Dreambase (written by Tony Collingwood)
  10. Growing Pains (written by Phil Harnage and Charles Kaufman)
  11. Christmas Nightmare (story: Phil Harnage and Tony Collingwood; teleplay: Tony Collingwood, Eleanor Burian-Mohr, Jack Hanrahan, and Judy Rothman)
  12. Commander, I Shrunk the Dream Patrol (story: Phil Harnage, Paul Dell, and Steven Weiss; teleplay: Paul Dell and Steven Weiss)
  13. Cries & Dolls (written by Judy Rothman)

Season 2 (1992-1993)[edit]

  1. Look who’s Dreaming (written by Tony Collingwood)
  2. Farewell, My Bully (written by Tony Collingwood)
  3. The Planet of the Hopeless Liars (written by Tony Collingwood, Steven Weiss, and Paul Dell)
  4. A Dark Day’s Night (written by Tony Collingwood, Jack Hanrahan, and Eleanor Burian-Mohr)
  5. Send In The Clones (written by Judy Rothman)
  6. The Curtain Monster Dream Eaters from Another Dimension (written by Tony Collingwood)
  7. Lost in the Backpack (written by Tony Collingwood, Jack Hanrahan, and Eleanor Burian-Mohr)
  8. Wedding Bells (written by Jocelyn Stevenson and Tony Collingwood)
  9. I Want My Zed T.V. (written by Skip Sheppard and Tony Collingwood)
  10. To Bee Or Not To Bee (story by Selena D’Santos, teleplay by Tony Collingwood)
  11. Mind Over Mutter (written by Paul Dell, Steven Weiss, and Tony Collingwood)
  12. Computer Chaos (based on a story by Harvinda Sikmon, teleplay by Tony Collingwood)
  13. Loch Ness Nightmare (written by Tony Collingwood)

Additional voices[edit]

Broadcasts[edit]

In the UK, the series was split in two. The first series had 13 episodes and was first broadcast on 17 October 1991. The second series had 13 episodes and started airing on 15 October 1992. Repeats were shown in 1992 and 1993. The show was re-aired in 1995 on Scottish television and in 2009 on wknd@stv – a children’s television strand on Scottish television channel, STV at the time. The series was also broadcast in Gaelic during the 90s.

Although it was produced in the United States and featured voice actors from Canada, this show has never aired in North America, nor has it ever had any official Region 1 home video or DVD releases.

The series has been screened in numerous countries around the world.

  1. ^ Animation outsourced to Shanghai Morning Sun Animation Company.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.

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