Captain Zed and the Zee Zone
Captain Zed and the Zee Zone is a short-lived British-American-Chinese television series, airing on CITV in the United Kingdom.[1] When children go to sleep, it is Captain Zed's and his partner PJ’s job to prevent children from having nightmares in the dream zone. The 26-episode of 2 series was 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.
Captain Zed and the Zee Zone | |
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Created by | Tony Collingwood |
Developed by | Judy Rothman Phil Harnage |
Directed by | Tony Collingwood |
Composers | Andrew Dimitroff Stephen C. Marston The Music Team Barry Trop |
Country of origin | United Kingdom United States China |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Chris O'Hare Andy Heyward Peter Orton Sandy Ross |
Producer | Tony Collingwood |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Tony Collingwood Productions Limited Scottish Television Film Enterprises DIC Enterprises Shanghai Morning Sun Animation Co., Ltd. |
Distributor | HIT Communications PLC |
Release | |
Original network | ITV Network (CITV) |
Original release | 1991-1993 |
In the UK, the series was split in two. The first series had 13 episodes and was first broadcast on October 17th, 1991. The second series had 13 episodes and started airing on January 5th, 1993. [2] The series was aired again during autumn 1993.
The programme was re-aired in 2009 on wknd@stv - a children's television strand on Scottish television channel, STV. Despite having been co-produced in the United States and China who was also done the animation for the series and featuring voice actors mostly from Canada, this show has never aired in the North America nor has it ever had any official Region 1 home video or DVD releases.
Episodes
Season 1 (1991)
- Making the Grade (story: David Ehrman; teleplay: David Ehrman and Tony Collingwood)
- Curtain Call (story: Jocelyn Stevenson; teleplay: Jocelyn Stevenson, Judy Rothman, and Tony Collingwood)
- Finishing School (story: Tony Collingwood; teleplay: Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr)
- Revenge of the Killer Bunnies (story: Tony Collingwood; teleplay: Paul Dell and Steven Weiss
- Nasty Norman (story: Tony Collingwood; teleplay: Tony Collingwood, Paul Dell, and Steven Weiss)
- Follow the Leader (written by Alisa Marie Schudt)
- Monster Factor (written by Tony Collingwood)
- Catnapped (based on a story by Harvinda Sikmon, teleplay by Tony Collingwood)
- Invasion Dreambase (written by Tony Collingwood)
- Growing Pains (written by Phil Harnage and Charles Kaufman)
- Christmas Nightmare (story: Phil Harnage and Tony Collingwood; teleplay: Tony Collingwood, Eleanor Burian-Mohr, Jack Hanrahan, and Judy Rothman)
- Commander, I Shrunk the Dream Patrol (story: Phil Harnage, Paul Dell, and Steven Weiss; teleplay: Paul Dell and Steven Weiss)
- Cries & Dolls (written by Judy Rothman)
Season 2 (1993)
- Look who’s Dreaming (written by Tony Collingwood)
- Farewell, My Bully (written by Tony Collingwood)
- The Planet of the Hopeless Liars (written by Tony Collingwood, Steven Weiss, and Paul Dell)
- A Dark Day’s Night (written by Tony Collingwood, Jack Hanrahan, and Eleanor Burian-Mohr)
- Send In The Clones (written by Judy Rothman)
- The Curtain Monster Dream Eaters from Another Dimension (written by Tony Collingwood)
- Lost in the Backpack (written by Tony Collingwood, Jack Hanrahan, and Eleanor Burian-Mohr)
- Wedding Bells (written by Jocelyn Stevenson and Tony Collingwood)
- I Want My Zed T.V. (written by Skip Sheppard and Tony Collingwood)
- To Bee Or Not To Bee (story by Selena D’Santos, teleplay by Tony Collingwood)
- Mind Over Mutter (written by Paul Dell, Steven Weiss, and Tony Collingwood)
- Computer Chaos (based on a story by Harvinda Sikmon, teleplay by Tony Collingwood)
- Loch Ness Nightmare (written by Tony Collingwood)
Voices
- Julian Holloway as Captain Zed
- Jay Brazeau as Snort
- Garry Chalk as Captain Flannel
- Ian James Corlett as Mutter
- Wally Marsh as The Commander
- Pauline Newstone as Doris
- Venus Terzo as P.J.
- Dale Wilson as Larry
- Tomm Wright as Spring
Additional voices
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References
- 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.
- Date: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1993 P35 Publication: The Times (London, England)
External links
- Captain Zed and the Zee Zone at IMDb
- Captain Zed and the Zee Zone at Toonhound.com