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Season 1

Season 2

  • S02E01 Konrad (Part 1)

    • October 7, 1985
    • PBS

    A factory-made child is sent to the wrong address.

  • S02E02 Konrad (Part 2)

    • October 14, 1985
    • PBS

    A factory-made child is sent to the wrong address. (Conclusion)

  • S02E03 Happily Ever After

    • October 21, 1985
    • PBS

    Friends and a dog help 7-year-old Molly adjust to her parents' divorce.

  • S02E04 The Fire in the Stone

    • October 28, 1985
    • PBS

    A teenager tries to recover a fortune in stolen opals.

  • S02E05 Seal Morning (Part 1)

    • November 4, 1985
    • PBS

    A girl and her aunt are brought together by a seal.

  • S02E06 Seal Morning (Part 2)

    • November 11, 1985
    • PBS

    A girl and her aunt are brought together by a seal. (Conclusion)

  • S02E07 The Canterville Ghost

    • November 18, 1985
    • PBS

    An American girl wins the heart of an irascible spirit haunting a Gothic English mansion.

  • S02E08 Miracle at Montreaux

    • December 2, 1985
    • PBS

    Sister Gabrielle and her students help young children escape from occupied France during WWII.

  • S02E09 Buster's World

    • December 16, 1985
    • PBS

    In the process of growing up, a remarkable magician amazes his friends but annoys his teachers.

  • S02E10 Marciela

    • January 6, 1986
    • PBS

    A 13-year-old immigrant from El Salvador tries to fit in with her new Latin American friends.

  • S02E11 The Wild Pony

    • January 13, 1986
    • PBS

    A 12-year-old boy becomes increasingly obsessed with a wild pony after his mother remarries.

  • S02E12 The Boy Who Never Was

    • January 27, 1986
    • PBS

    An African diplomat's son is kidnapped by terrorists and replaced by a look-alike.

  • S02E13 Hockey Night

    • February 3, 1986
    • PBS

    A 14-year-old girl tries to join a boys' hockey team.

  • S02E14 The Lone Star Kid

    • February 10, 1986
    • PBS

    The true story of an 11-year-old who becomes mayor of a Texas town.

  • S02E15 Anne of Green Gables (1/4)

    • February 17, 1986
    • PBS

    An elderly brother & sister need a boy to help with chores but wind up with a talkative girl instead.

  • S02E16 Anne of Green Gables (2/4)

    • February 24, 1986
    • PBS

    Diana Barry becomes Anne's best friend, but then Anne gets her drunk at a tea party.

  • S02E17 Anne of Green Gables (3/4)

    • March 3, 1986
    • PBS

    Anne saves the life of Diana's little sister one wintry night, and their friendship is renewed.

  • S02E18 Anne of Green Gables (4/4)

    • March 10, 1986
    • PBS

    As a schoolteacher, Anne finds her niche in the academic world. When Green Gables is in peril, it is Gilbert who helps Marilla.

  • S02E19 On Loan

    • March 17, 1986
    • PBS

    Lindy, a 13-year-old Vietnamese girl adopted as an infant by an Australian family, believes herself to be an orphan until one day she receives a letter from her real father, who wants her back.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Walking on Air

    • January 17, 1987
    • PBS

    In a bid for physical freedom, a wheelchair-bound boy encourages his disabled friends to join him in trying to become astronauts.

  • S03E02 Hector's Bunyip

    • January 24, 1987
    • PBS

    An Australian family tells a welfare counselor that a friendly swamp creature kidnapped their foster son.

  • S03E03 Ride a Northbound Horse

    • February 7, 1987
    • PBS

    An orphan joins a cattle drive to get even with the peddler who swindled him.

  • S03E04 Mighty Pawns

    • February 14, 1987
    • PBS

    In this true story, a maverick teacher gets inner-city youths off the street and rechannels their energies to the game of chess.

  • S03E05 A Little Princess (1/3)

    • February 21, 1987
    • PBS

    Bad investments and her father's death leave lovely Sara Crewe penniless and in the clutches of grasping, greedy Miss Minchin.

  • S03E06 A Little Princess (2/3)

    • February 28, 1987
    • PBS

    Carrisford moves to England to search for Crewe's missing daughter.

  • S03E07 A Little Princess (3/3)

    • March 7, 1987
    • PBS

    Sara endures more cruelties at the hands of Miss Minchin, but is at last reunited with friends and fortune.

  • S03E08 The Last Warhorse

    • March 14, 1987
    • PBS

    An elderly scrap dealer and his three grandchildren fight to keep their home despite the efforts of a real estate developer's devious employees.

  • S03E09 The Haunting of Barney Palmer

    • March 21, 1987
    • PBS

    A young man fears he has inherited his family's magical powers when he is visited by the spirit of his great uncle.

  • S03E10 The Paper Boy

    • March 28, 1987
    • PBS

    As Christmas 1932 approaches, a part-time paper boy becomes his family's sole support.

  • S03E11 Top Kid

    • April 4, 1987
    • PBS

    A 10-year-old boy is tempted to cheat after he becomes a game show celebrity.

  • S03E12 The Revolt of Job

    • April 10, 1987
    • PBS

    A Jewish family in Nazi Hungary adopts an 8-year-old Christian boy who learns valuable life lessons. Based on a true story.

  • S03E13 Daniel and the Towers

    • April 17, 1987
    • PBS

    The chronicle of a friendship between a streetwise Hispanic boy and an eccentric Italian immigrant as he builds the Watts Towers in Los Angeles. Based on a true story.

  • S03E14 Room to Move

    • April 24, 1987
    • PBS

    A young athlete faces a choice between continuing her track-and-field training or pursuing an interest in dance that develops after she befriends a new girl in school who is not accepted because of her punk look.

  • S03E15 The Horse Without a Head

    • May 1, 1987
    • PBS

    Mischievous children and a series of mishaps thwart a band of inept robbers.

  • S03E16 Quest Beyond Time

    • May 8, 1987
    • PBS

    A young boy who enjoys hang gliding is transported into a post-apocalyptic future in which he tries to help people dying of a mysterious illness.

  • S03E17 Almost Partners

    • May 15, 1987
    • PBS

    A 14-year-old girl joins forces with a police detective to find a missing urn containing her grandfather's ashes.

  • S03E18 Colour in the Creek (1/2)

    • May 22, 1987
    • PBS

    A 12-year-old boy and his family take part in the Australian Gold Rush in the early 1930s.

  • S03E19 Colour in the Creek (2/2)

    • May 29, 1987
    • PBS

    A 12-year-old boy and his family take part in the Australian Gold Rush in the early 1930s. (Conclusion)

  • S03E20 The December Rose (1/2)

    • June 5, 1987
    • PBS

    A young chimney sweep comes to work at the elegant home of a nobleman, and tumbles into a crooked and dangerous adventure.

  • S03E21 The December Rose (2/2)

    • June 12, 1987
    • PBS

    A young chimney sweep comes to work at the elegant home of a nobleman, and tumbles into a crooked and dangerous adventure. (Conclusion)

Season 4

  • S04E01 The Fig Tree

    • October 10, 1987
    • PBS

    Miranda, a sensitive young loner, seeks help from her grandmother and an odd aunt in her struggle to understand death.

  • S04E02 The Littlest Horse Thieves (1/2)

    • October 17, 1987
    • PBS

    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.

  • S04E03 The Littlest Horse Thieves (2/2)

    • October 24, 1987
    • PBS

    A mine explosion threatens to sabotage the children's attempts to rescue the pit ponies.

  • S04E04 Isaac Littlefeathers

    • November 14, 1987
    • PBS

    An American Indian boy's struggle with racial prejudice is eased by his friendship by a kind old Jewish man.

  • S04E05 Home at Last

    • January 9, 1988
    • PBS

    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.

  • S04E06 Taking Care of Terrific

    • January 16, 1988
    • PBS

    A police action results from efforts by a teenage girl and a street musician to provide a special evening for the neighborhood's homeless.

  • S04E07 Frog

    • January 23, 1988
    • PBS

    After a witch turns him into a frog, a teenager makes use of his scientific talents to reclaim a poisoned pond.

  • S04E08 Golden Pennies (1/2)

    • January 30, 1988
    • PBS

    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.

  • S04E09 Golden Pennies (2/2)

    • February 6, 1988
    • PBS

    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)

  • S04E10 Anne of Green Gables, The Sequel (1/2)

    • March 5, 1988
    • PBS

    AKA Anne of Avonlea (Parts 1 & 2). Anne leaves home to teach at a girls' school in Kingsport.

  • S04E11 Anne of Green Gables, The Sequel (2/2)

    • March 12, 1988
    • PBS

    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.

  • S04E12 A Waltz Through the Hills (1/2)

    • April 23, 1988
    • PBS

    Following their mother's death, two children begin a trek across western Australia, hoping to reach their grandparents in England.

  • S04E13 A Waltz Through the Hills (2/2)

    • April 30, 1988
    • PBS

    The children continue their dangerous odyssey through the Australian outback.

  • S04E14 Hiroshima Maiden

    • May 14, 1988
    • PBS

    A young Japanese woman scarred by atomic radiation lives with a U.S. family while undergoing plastic surgery.

  • S04E15 Places Not Our Own

    • May 21, 1988
    • PBS

    A woman, abandoned by her husband, encounters prejudice against her Metis family as she struggles to support them in Depression-era Canada.

  • S04E16 Gryphon

    • May 28, 1988
    • PBS

    An imaginative substitute teacher mesmerizes a tough Hispanic student and brightens his outlook.

Season 5

  • S05E01 Necessary Parties (1/2)

    • November 5, 1988
    • PBS

    A teen tries to save his parents' marriage by taking them to court.

  • S05E02 Necessary Parties (2/2)

    • November 12, 1988
    • PBS

    A teen tries to save his parents' marriage by taking them to court. (Conclusion)

  • S05E03 Born to Run

    • November 26, 1988
    • PBS

    Two Australian brothers try to save their grandfather's farm during the Depression by entering a prize horse in a race.

  • S05E04 Miracle Down Under

    • December 3, 1988
    • PBS

    On the Australian frontier, can a young boy's faith in Father Christmas save them from ruin?

  • S05E05 The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (1/3)

    • January 14, 1989
    • PBS

    Parts 1 & 2 of the 6-part BBC series, an adaptation of the C.S. Lewis allegorical fantasy about a group of children who discover a magical realm and become embroiled in its inhabitants' conflicts.

  • S05E06 The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (2/3)

    • January 21, 1989
    • PBS

    Parts 3 & 4 of the 6-part BBC series, an adaptation of the C.S. Lewis allegorical fantasy about a group of children who discover a magical realm and become embroiled in its inhabitants' conflicts.

  • S05E07 The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (3/3)

    • January 28, 1989
    • PBS

    Parts 5 & 6 of the 6-part BBC series, an adaptation of the C.S. Lewis allegorical fantasy about a group of children who discover a magical realm and become embroiled in its inhabitants' conflicts.

  • S05E08 Runaway

    • February 4, 1989
    • PBS

    A teen goes underground when he is falsely accused of causing an accident.

  • S05E09 Young Charlie Chaplin (1/3)

    • February 11, 1989
    • PBS

    Charlie and his brother Sydney are sent to an orphanage after Charles Sr. deserts his family.

  • S05E10 Young Charlie Chaplin (2/3)

    • February 18, 1989
    • PBS

    Charlie escapes the orphanage to act on stage and visit his mother Hannah, now confined to an insane asylum.

  • S05E11 Young Charlie Chaplin (3/3)

    • February 25, 1989
    • PBS

    Charlie and Sydney take odd jobs to support their mother; an audition for a touring company decides their fate.

  • S05E12 Captain Johnno (1/2)

    • April 8, 1989
    • PBS

    A 12-year-old loner struggles to overcome difficulties and misunderstandings arising from his deafness.

  • S05E13 Captain Johnno (2/2)

    • April 15, 1989
    • PBS

    Tony helps Johnno realize he can't run away from his problems.

  • S05E14 Good Old Boy (1/2)

    • April 22, 1989
    • PBS

    A 12-year-old boy has summer adventures in 1942 Mississippi.

  • S05E15 Good Old Boy (2/2)

    • April 29, 1989
    • PBS

    A 12-year-old boy has summer adventures in 1942 Mississippi. (Conclusion)

  • S05E16 Two Daddies?

    • May 13, 1989
    • PBS

    In this animated sequel to "Happily Ever After", Molly Conway is upset when she learns about her mother's plans to remarry.

  • S05E17 Jacob Have I Loved

    • May 20, 1989
    • PBS

    A teenage girl struggles with jealousy of her twin sister.

  • S05E18 The Silent One

    • May 27, 1989
    • PBS

    A deaf-mute Polynesian boy befriends a large white turtle after he is shunned by superstitious villagers. An edited version of the 1984 movie.

Season 6

  • S06E01 Sweet 15 (1/2)

    • January 13, 1990
    • PBS

    During the final days of amnesty for illegal aliens, a Mexican-American girl dreams of attending her quinceañera celebration.

  • S06E02 Sweet 15 (2/2)

    • January 20, 1990
    • PBS

    During the final days of amnesty for illegal aliens, a Mexican-American girl dreams of attending her quinceañera celebration. (Conclusion)

  • S06E03 Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1/3)

    • January 27, 1990
    • PBS

    A prince flees his evil uncle, who wants to keep the throne of Narnia for himself. An adaptation of the C.S. Lewis fantasy novel Prince Caspian. Parts 1 & 2 of the 6-part BBC series.

  • S06E04 Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2/3)

    • February 3, 1990
    • PBS

    Three teens help Prince Caspian look for his father's trusted advisors, who were banished from Narnia. An adaptation of the C.S. Lewis fantasy novel The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Parts 3 & 4 of the 6-part BBC series.

  • S06E05 Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (3/3)

    • February 10, 1990
    • PBS

    King Ramandu reveals what must be done to release the sleeping spell. An adaptation of the C.S. Lewis fantasy novel The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Parts 5 & 6 of the 6-part BBC series.

  • S06E06 Traitor in My House

    • February 24, 1990
    • PBS

    A 12-year-old learns her aunt is hiding slaves during the Civil War.

  • S06E07 Danny, The Champion of the World

    • March 10, 1990
    • PBS

    A father-son adventure becomes an extraordinary pheasant hunt.

  • S06E08 Princess Kate (1/2)

    • March 24, 1990
    • PBS

    Adopted Kate forms new relationships and a sense of identity in the search for her birth mother.

  • S06E09 Princess Kate (2/2)

    • March 31, 1990
    • PBS

    Adopted Kate forms new relationships and a sense of identity in the search for her birth mother. (Conclusion)

  • S06E10 Caddie Woodlawn (1/2)

    • April 21, 1990
    • PBS

    A heavily altered version of the classic story about life on the 1860s Wisconsin frontier.

  • S06E11 Caddie Woodlawn (2/2)

    • April 28, 1990
    • PBS

    Reports of Indian massacres spur Caddie to prove the nearby Dakota tribe is peaceful.

  • S06E12 African Journey (1/3)

    • May 5, 1990
    • PBS

    A young American moves to Africa when his father is transferred.

  • S06E13 African Journey (2/3)

    • May 12, 1990
    • PBS

    A young American moves to Africa when his father is transferred. (Continuation)

  • S06E14 African Journey (3/3)

    • May 19, 1990
    • PBS

    A young American moves to Africa when his father is transferred. (Conclusion)

  • S06E15 The Finding

    • May 26, 1990
    • PBS

    When an unexpected inheritance threatens to change his life with his adopted family in London, an eleven-year-old adoptee runs away from home.

Season 7

  • S07E01 Looking for Miracles

    • October 17, 1990
    • PBS

    A 16-year-old camp counselor is forced to make compromises after his pesky younger brother tags along for the summer. A "WonderWorks Family Movie" presentation.

  • S07E02 A Girl of the Limberlost

    • December 15, 1990
    • PBS

    A turn-of-the-century schoolgirl whose dreams are beginning to fade finds hope and friendship with a woman studying the natural history of the nearby Limberlost Swamp. A "WonderWorks Family Movie" presentation.

  • S07E03 The Silver Chair (1/2)

    • December 24, 1990
    • PBS

    Two youngsters enlist the aid of fairy-tale beings when they journey to a magical kingdom to rescue an imprisoned prince. An adaptation of the C.S. Lewis fantasy novel. Parts 1 to 3 of the 6-part BBC series. A "WonderWorks Family Movie" presentation.

  • S07E04 The Silver Chair (2/2)

    • December 25, 1990
    • PBS

    Two youngsters enlist the aid of fairy-tale beings when they journey to a magical kingdom to rescue an imprisoned prince. (Conclusion). An adaptation of the C.S. Lewis fantasy novel. Parts 4 to 6 of the 6-part BBC series. A "WonderWorks Family Movie" presentation.

  • S07E05 Brother Future

    • February 2, 1991
    • PBS

    An inner-city teen learns a lesson in compassion after he is catapulted back in time into the midst of a slave revolt in 19th-century South Carolina. A "WonderWorks Family Movie" presentation.

  • S07E06 Lantern Hill

    • March 2, 1991
    • PBS

    A 12-year-old living with a wealthy relative attempts to reunite her parents when she discovers that her long-thought-dead father is still alive. A "WonderWorks Family Movie" presentation.

  • S07E07 A Cry in the Wild

    • September 23, 1991
    • PBS

    A boy must fend for himself after his plane crash-lands in the Canadian wilderness. A "WonderWorks Family Movie" presentation.

  • SPECIAL 0x2 You Must Remember This

    • November 28, 1992

    Upon opening a mysterious trunk, a teenager discovers her great uncle was a 1940s pioneer of Black film, and wonders why he kept it a secret. A "WonderWorks Family Movie" presentation.

  • SPECIAL 0x3 Clowning Around

    • November 25, 1993

    An orphaned teen meets obstacles and makes friends while pursuing his dream of becoming a circus clown. A "WonderWorks Family Movie" presentation, edited from episodes of the Australian TV series of the same name. Some PBS stations split it into two episodes.

  • SPECIAL 0x4 My Friend Walter

    • November 25, 1993

    A young girl visiting the Tower of London encounters the ghost of Sir Walter Raleigh. A "WonderWorks Family Movie" presentation.

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