Sky (1975)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 7 April 1975 - 19 May 1975
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 7
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: colour
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: HTV
Executive Producer: Patrick Dromgoole
Producer: Leonard White

SCRIPT
Script: Bob Baker, Dave Martin

DIRECTION
Directors: Patrick Dromgoole, Terry Harding, Derek Clark
1st Assistant Director: Dennis Elliott

PHOTOGRAPHY
Lighting: Derek Constable
Film Cameramen: Brian Morgan, Roger Pearce
VTR: Bob Hope, Peter Buchanan

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Film Editors: Terry Maisey, Geoff Shephard

MUSIC
Music: Eric Wetherell

SOUND
Studio Sound: Michael Gore
Film Sound: Gordon Kethro, Barry Back
Dubbing Mixer: John Cross
Dubbing Editor: Terry Maisey

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Valerie Elliott
Wardrobe: Joan West

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Ernie Knagg, Ken Price, Robin Thompson

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designers: John Biggs, Chris Cook

LOCATIONS
Stonehenge, UK; Glastonbury, UK; Avebury, UK

CAST
Marc Harrison (Sky)
Richard Speight (Roy Briggs)
Stuart Lock (Arby Vennor)
Cherrald Butterfield (Jane Vennor)
Robert Eddison (Goodchild)
Jack Watson (Major Briggs)
Thomas Heathcote (Mr Vennor)
Frances Cuka (Mrs Vennor)
David Jackson (Sgt Simmons)
Rex Holdsworth (Dr Marshall)
Ursula Barclay, Monica Lavers (nurses)
Geoff Serle (orderly)
Gerard Hely (Dr Saul)
Meredith Edwards (Tom)
Barbara Baber (receptionist)
Sean Lynch (Michael)
Prunella Ransome (Susannah)
Trevor Ray (Rex)
John Curry (policeman)
Bernard Archard (Haril)
Peter Copley (Revil)

PLOT SUMMARY

A young time-traveller from another dimension, Sky, is thrown into our universe by a black hole. He's befriended by two young children but finds that his presence on Earth causes nature - personified by the mysterious Goodchild - to fight back, like anti-bodies battling a virus. Sky and the children must try to locate the Juganet, the gateway back to his own dimension, before nature destroys him.

Another cracking kids drama produced by HTV (others included Children of the Stones (1977) and the remarkable King of the Castle (1978)). Sky himself is a truly memorable creation, with his blond hair, completely blue eyes and otherworldly demeanor, and the scene where he's almost killed by leaves and roots was the cause of many a childhood nightmare. The product of an era when British television took children's television more seriously than it does now.

EPISODES

Burning Bright (7 April 1976)
Juganet (14 April 1976)
Goodchild (21 April 1976)
What Dread Hand (28 April 1976)
Evalake (5 May 1976)
Life Force (12 May 1976)
Chariot of Fire (19 May 1976)

UK
Television Distributor: ITV

1975
April
7: UK - Burning Bright television broadcast (on ITV)
14: UK - Juganet television broadcast (on ITV)
21: UK - Goodchild television broadcast (on ITV)
28: UK - What Dread Hand television broadcast (on ITV)

May
5: UK - Evalake television broadcast (on ITV)
12: UK - Life Force television broadcast (on ITV)
19: UK - Chariot of Fire television broadcast (on ITV)

LINKS

WEBLINKS
Juganet - excellent unofficial site dedicated to Sky with screencaps, FAQs, news and loads more.

MAGAZINES

Look-In no.15 (5 April 1975) p.22 (UK)
illustrated article (Sky!)

TV Zone Special no.21 pp.16-18 (UK)
illustrated article

BOOKS

The Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction (3rd edition) pp.392-393
credits, episode guide, review

time travel; black holes; alternate dimensions; mysticism; revenge of nature; children; teenagers; stonehenge; standing stones; stone circles