Through the Dragon's Eye

Through the Dragon's Eye
Opening credits
GenreChildren's fantasy
Written byChristopher Russell
Christine Russell
StarringDavid Collings
Simon Fenton
Nicola Stewart
Marlaine Gordon
Carolyn Pickles
Voices ofSean Barrett
Charles Collingwood
ComposerRoger Limb
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes10 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerSue Weeks
Running time10 x 20 mins episodes
Original release
NetworkBBC
Release19 September (1989-09-19) –
28 November 1989 (1989-11-28)
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Through the Dragon's Eye is an educational BBC Look and Read production, which was first aired on BBC2 from 19 September to 28 November 1989. It was repeated several times until 2000 and then shown on digital television between 2002 and 2008.[1] Its plot follows three schoolchildren who are transported to a magical land, which they must save by using their reading skills.[2] The television show was also adapted into a video game for the BBC Micro.[3] A resource pack for the series was released in 1989[4] with a novel published in 1991.[5]

  1. ^ "Look and Read: Through the Dragon's Eye". Broadcast for Schools.co.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Look and Read/Through the Dragon's Eye - BroadcastForSchools.co.uk". broadcastforschools.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Through the Dragon's Eye - Computing History". computinghistory.org.uk.
  4. ^ Through the Dragon's Eye. Russell, Christopher and Russell, Christine. 1989. ISBN 0563343788. OCLC 1042841341.
  5. ^ Russell, Christine. (1991). Through the dragon's eye. Russell, Christopher., Burke, Chris. BBC. ISBN 0-563-34771-6. OCLC 27895084.