Cast & Crew

Series Directed by

Ian Oliver
(10 episodes, 1980-1981)
Christopher Tandy
(6 episodes, 1984)
Oliver MacFarlane
(6 episodes, 1986)

Series Writing Credits

Patrick Dowling
(creator) (17 episodes, 1980-1986)
Patrick Dowling
(written by) (12 episodes, 1980-1984)
Patrick Dowling
(devised by) (3 episodes, 1984-1986)
Eamon Bloomfield
(contributor) (10 episodes, 1980-1986)
Toby Freeman
(contributor) (6 episodes, 1986)
Malcolm Banthorpe
(contributor) (5 episodes, 1986)
Ken Miller
(contributor) (4 episodes, 1980)
Ian Messiter
(contributor) (3 episodes, 1980)
Craig Gaddas
(contributor) (1 episode, 1980)

Series Cast

Christopher Leaver
 Gandor 22 episodes, 1980-1986
Charmian Gradwell
 Gnoard 16 episodes, 1980-1984
Anne Palmer
 Assistant Argond / ... 12 episodes, 1980-1986
Richard Lewis
 Assistant Argond 12 episodes, 1984-1986
Karen Walker
 Assistant Argond 12 episodes, 1984-1986
Bill Homewood
 Dagnor / ... 7 episodes, 1984-1986
Sarah Lam
 Dorgan / ... 6 episodes, 1986
Lesley Judd
 Lesley Judd / ... 6 episodes, 1980-1981
Kenny Baker
 A Highly Trained Aspidistra 6 episodes, 1984
Patrick Dowling
 Self - Presenter 5 episodes, 1981
Moira Stuart
 Darong 5 episodes, 1980
Ian Messiter
 The Rangdo 4 episodes, 1980
Jane Kite
 Assistant Assistant Argond 3 episodes, 1984
Sue Lipscombe
 Assistant Assistant Argond 3 episodes, 1984
Lynn Allen
 Assistant Assistant Argond 2 episodes, 1984
Paul Darrow
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1980
Denise Coffey
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1980
Mark Dugdale
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1980
Pat Cater
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1980
Sandra Dickinson
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
Sarah Greene
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
Fern Britton
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
Christopher Hughes
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
Emma Disley
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
Neil Adams
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
Ruth Madoc
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
Johnny Ball
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
Joanna Monro
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
Heather Couper
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
Fiona Kennedy
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
Sheelagh Gilbey
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
James Burke
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1980
Elizabeth Estensen
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1980
Toby Freeman
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1980
Derek Griffiths
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1981
Sue Cook
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1981
Carol Chell
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1981
John Craven
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1981
Derek Gale
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1981
Bonnie Langford
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
Noel Edmonds
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
Chris Serle
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
Duncan Goodhew
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
Ann Miller
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
Nigel Crockett
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
George Layton
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
Keith Chegwin
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
Barbara Lott
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
Heinz Wolff
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
Roy Kane
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
Ian McCaskill
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
Maggie Philbin
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1980
Fred Harris
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1980
Robert Malos
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1980
Garry Hunt
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1980
Madeline Smith
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1981
Nicolas Hammond
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1981
Tessa Hamp
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1981
Bill Green
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1981
Philip Sheppard
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1981
Janet Fielding
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
Sue Nicholls
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
Adam Tandy
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
Richard Stilgoe
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
Jolyon McDowell
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
Ray Virr
 Self - Visitor 1 episode, 1984
Liz Hobbs
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
Ian McNaught-Davis
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
Adam Gilbey
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
David Sandeman
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
Deborah Leigh Hall
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
Val Prince
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1986
Stevie Young
 The Rangdo 1 episode, 1980
Nerys Hughes
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1981
David Yip
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1981
Graeme Garden
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1981
Kirsty Miller
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1981
David Singmaster
 Self - Explorer 1 episode, 1981
Norman Bird
 Captain Acteon 1 episode, 1981
Terence Dunn
 Dragon 1 episode, 1981
Paul Francis
 Dragon 1 episode, 1981
Belynda Nuttall
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Jodie Hutchings
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Allison Turner
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Chris Turner
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Martyn Richmond
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Keitel Suri
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Nicola Matthewman
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Wendy Hawkins
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Joanne Feetham
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Farida Ahmad
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
David Betts
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Claire Green
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Dan Mitchell
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Joanne Scales
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Samantha Roberts
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Lorraine Hewitt
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Paula Clayden
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Jacky DeBonis
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Simon Maden
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Claire Brown
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Robert Haycock
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Russell Standring
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Paul Belchamber
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Sing Cheong Tai
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Naomi Wilson
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Karen Feetham
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Nicola Nimmo
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Julia Albert
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Ben Millington
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Lucy Davies
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Kerry Wilkins
 Self - Caller 1 episode, 1984
Liza Goddard
 Self 1 episode, 1980
Michael Rodd
 Self 1 episode, 1980
Stephen Cox
 Self 1 episode, 1980
Peter Hawkins
 Opening Narrator (uncredited) 11 episodes, 1980-1986
Nicholas Shearman
 Green Dragon (uncredited) 1 episode, 1980

Series Produced by

Ian Oliver
producer (12 episodes, 1984-1986)
Patrick Dowling
producer (10 episodes, 1980-1981)
Norman Miles
production team (6 episodes, 1984)
Pamela O'Callaghan Wilde
production team (6 episodes, 1984)
Lynn Schnier
production team (6 episodes, 1984)
Arch Dyson
production team (6 episodes, 1986)
Amanda Easterbrook
production team (6 episodes, 1986)
Alexandra McLeod
production team (6 episodes, 1986)
Christopher Tandy
producer (6 episodes, 1986)
Julian Hitchcock
production team (5 episodes, 1981)
Pippa Holloway
production team (5 episodes, 1981)
Harminder Riyat
production team (5 episodes, 1981)

Series Editing by

Ron Bowman
(1 episode, 1986)
Andy Quested
(1 episode, 1986)

Series Production Design by

Lynda Kettle
(11 episodes, 1981-1986)
Sally Hulke
(5 episodes, 1980)
Christopher Robilliard
(5 episodes, 1984)
Rob Hinds
(4 episodes, 1984)
Bob Hutton
(1 episode, 1981)

Series Costume Design by

Sally Nieper
(6 episodes, 1984)
Jackie Pinks
(3 episodes, 1980)
Kathryn Ayerst
(5 episodes, 1981)
Ann Doling
(4 episodes, 1986)
Amin Hassan
(2 episodes, 1986)

Series Makeup Department

Cynthia Goodwin
make-up supervisor / make-up (9 episodes, 1980-1984)
Gill Hughes
make-up (5 episodes, 1981)
Sue Needs
make-up supervisor (3 episodes, 1986)
Val Burgess
make-up supervisor (2 episodes, 1986)
Tracey Drury
make-up supervisor (1 episode, 1986)

Series Production Management

Barry Chatfield
technical manager (6 episodes, 1986)
George Allan
technical manager (3 episodes, 1981)
Peter Booth
technical manager (1 episode, 1981)
John Jevons
technical manager (1 episode, 1981)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Cliff White
floor manager (6 episodes, 1984)
Nick Patten
floor manager (5 episodes, 1981)
Philip Thickett
floor manager (5 episodes, 1986)
Caroline Matthews
floor manager (1 episode, 1986)

Series Art Department

Laurence Henry
graphic designer (5 episodes, 1981)
William Fawcett
production buyer (4 episodes, 1981)
Leslie Hope-Stone
graphic designer (4 episodes, 1981)
David Ackrill
props (4 episodes, 1986)
Winnie Hulbert
graphic designer (1 episode, 1981)

Series Sound Department

Peter Rose
sound: studio / sound (3 episodes, 1980)
Peter Mellors
sound (5 episodes, 1981)
John D. Wilson
sound (4 episodes, 1984)
Paul Balmer
sound (3 episodes, 1986)
Ian Rae
sound (3 episodes, 1986)
Mike Smythe
sound (2 episodes, 1984)
Richard Reynolds
sound (1 episode, 1981)

Series Special Effects by

Steve Bowman
special effects designer / special effects (5 episodes, 1981)
Mickey Edwards
special effects designer / special effects (5 episodes, 1981)
Mat Irvine
special effects (3 episodes, 1980)

Series Visual Effects by

John Brace
visual effects designer (6 episodes, 1984)
Denis Granville
visual effects (6 episodes, 1986)
Andy McVean
visual effects (6 episodes, 1986)
Nick Moore
video effects (5 episodes, 1981)
Mat Irvine
visual effects (1 episode, 1980)
Charles Lumm
visual effects (1 episode, 1980)
Simon Tayler
visual effects (1 episode, 1980)
Dave Jervis
video effects (1 episode, 1981)
Mickey Edwards
visual effects assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department

Barry Powell
lighting (6 episodes, 1986)
H.H. Wells
studio lighting / lighting (3 episodes, 1980)
Ron Irvine
lighting (5 episodes, 1981)
Paul Woolston
camera supervisor (5 episodes, 1986)
Derek Fawley
lighting (4 episodes, 1984)
Don Cooper
senior cameraman (3 episodes, 1981)
Dave Farmer
senior cameraman (2 episodes, 1984)
Alan Hayward
senior cameraman (2 episodes, 1984)
Reg Jones
lighting (2 episodes, 1984)
Stan Westwood
senior cameraman (2 episodes, 1984)
David Doogood
senior cameraman (1 episode, 1981)
Tony Wigley
camera supervisor (1 episode, 1986)

Series Editorial Department

Andy Quested
videotape editor (8 episodes, 1984-1986)
Martyn Suker
vision mixer (5 episodes, 1984)
Jane Weir
vision mixer (5 episodes, 1986)
Malcolm Banthorpe
videotape editor (4 episodes, 1980-1986)
Dennis Collett
vt editor (4 episodes, 1981)
Mark Kershaw
vision mixer (3 episodes, 1981)
Mike Taylor
videotape editor (3 episodes, 1984)
Roger Sutton
vision mixer (2 episodes, 1981-1986)
Chris Allen
vision mixer (1 episode, 1981)
Ian Howlett
videotape editor (1 episode, 1981)
Sue Cox
vision mixer (1 episode, 1984)
Sam Seal
videotape editor (1 episode, 1986)

Series Additional Crew

Malcolm Banthorpe
computer programmer (11 episodes, 1981-1984)
Paul Barbour
computer programmer (6 episodes, 1984)
Tim Craig
computer programmer (6 episodes, 1984)
Stephen Green
computer programmer (6 episodes, 1984)
Geoff Rowlands
computer programmer (2 episodes, 1984)
Fiona Bishop
assistant floor manager (1 episode, 1980)
Charlotte Blair
producer's assistant (1 episode, 1980)
Jeff Sluggett
floor manager (1 episode, 1980)
Kenny Baker
animatronics operator: The Rangdo of Arg (unknown episodes)
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