| Cuckoo Land | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Dave Gibson |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Television 2 |
| Release | 10 August – 14 September 1986 |
Cuckoo Land is a short (6 episodes, ½ hour each) TV drama/adventure series from New Zealand,[1] produced in 1986.[2]
The series was screened on Britain's CBBC in 1991.[2]
Cast
- Grant Tilly as Branchy
- Paul Holmes as narrator (voice only)
- Eleanor Gibson as Polly
- Kendyl Robson as Patch
Episodes
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The House" | 1985 | |
| A second hand car dealer who is really a pirate on the inside seeks to sell his house to pursue a life on the sea. Meanwhile, musician mother Petunia and daughters Polly and Patch want to stop living a hectic life on a land yacht travelling perpetually on the motorway. | |||
| 2 | "The Neighbour" | 1985 | |
| Branchy, the neighbor who snuck into the next door tree while the storyteller wasn't looking, is renovating the tree into a treehouse. He gets an unexpected visit from his 3 sons who will eat him out of house and tree. Petunia, Polly, and Patch need to figure out a way to get rid of the 3 nuisance sons. | |||
| 3 | "Bookkeeping" | 1985 | |
| In the middle of writing a song, Petunia gets a demand for $10,000 in income tax and contact the A Greenleaf tax agency to send the wonder accountant Super Tax Girl. Meanwhile, the city library tries to reclaim the book Branchy refuses to relinquish by calling out the library task force. | |||
| 4 | "A House for Mum" | 1985 | |
| Petunia's attempts at cooking a family recipe make bread too hard to eat. Ted and Fred the chainsaw brothers keep cutting apart the tents they live in with her mother. They seek to build a house for her and Branchy's tree is in their sights. | |||
| 5 | "Aunt Menace comes to stay" | 1985 | |
| Aunt Menace the sheriff of rattlesnake with her dangerous finger guns comes to visit. The Rancid Gang (Cyril, Stinky, and Rhythmic Nigel) bring hired hitman Charlie Thunder to get revenge on aunt menace. | |||
| 6 | "Burglary" | 1985 | |
| An overnight burglary at the house by Burton the Burglar finds many of Petunia's songs missing. The famous detectives Stately Holmes and Dr. Wanson show up to help Petunia, Patch, and Polly. The motorcycle police send a clumsy unicycle rookie, who takes a fancy to Petunia. | |||
References
- ^ "Cuckoo Land New Zealand TV".
- ^ a b "BBC – Comedy Guide – Cuckoo Land". Archived from the original on 4 December 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
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