About
Children’s imaginations take centre stage in this series, where stories dreamed up by young writers were brought to life by grown-up performers. Each episode presented three short films, with scripts penned by children aged fifteen years old or under. In these excerpts, stories range from superhero crime-busting adventures in Superduperhuperman, to an epidemic-struck New Zealand in The Last Survivors, and a sentient mould monster terrorising suburban housewives in The Mould. The first season was directed by Peter Sharp, and hosted by actors Ilona Rodgers and Selwyn Crockett. Read Sharp's memories of the show here, and the full guide to excerpts can be found here.
Key Cast & Crew
DW
Derek Ward
As: Herbie the Tramp (Herbie the Tramp)
RLM
Roger Le Mesurier
Producer
TC
Tina Cross
As: Tane Kiwara (Tane Kiwara)
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Related images
Tani Kawara (Tina Cross), in Tani Kawara, from episode three of Child's Play.
Herbie (Derek Ward) attempts to milk a cow, in Herbie The Tramp — one of the stories from episode eight of Child's Play.
Production manager Brian Walden prepares to play Mary Mute in Child's Play story SuperHuperDuperMan (see clip five). Next to him is grip Vic Yarker.
Two teenage boys on the run from a pandemic in The Last Survivors, which screened in episode seven of Child's Play.
Susan Robinson (left) and Ilona Rodgers in Whose Mother Mine? from episode eight of Child's Play.
The mould hitches a ride on a pram, in The Mould, from episode six of Child's Play first season.
A man (Grant Bridger) unexpectedly runs into his wife, in Operation Extermination from episode two of Child's Play.
A Batman-inspired graphic, in Superduperhuperman from episode four of Child's Play.
Janey walks beside the lake, in The Girl From Nowhere, from episode four of Child's Play.
Mary Mute (played in this shot by production manager Brian Walden) in Superduperhuperman, from episode four of Child's Play.
Screen grab, copyright South Pacific Television/TVNZ
