Mystic (TV series)

Mystic
Genre
Created byAmy Shindler and Beth Chalmers
Based onPony Club Secrets
by Stacy Gregg[2]
Directed by
Starring
Composers
Country of origin
  • New Zealand
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes29
Production
Executive producers
  • Amy Buscombe
  • Richard Fletcher
  • Simon Crawford-Collins
  • Amy Shindler
  • Beth Chalmers
  • Brian Bird
Producers
  • Trevor Haysom
  • Emily Anderton
  • Hannah Prior
Cinematography
  • Dave Cameron
  • Drew Sturge
Editors
  • Jochen Fitzherbert
  • Gary Hunt
  • Margot Francis
Running time30 minutes[1]
Production companies
  • Libertine Pictures
  • Slim film+television
Original release
Network
Release14 July 2020 (2020-07-14) –
4 July 2022 (2022-07-04)
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Mystic is a New Zealand environmental teen drama television series produced by Libertine Pictures and Slim film+television for CBBC, TVNZ and the Seven Network.[2]

Created by Amy Shindler and Beth Chalmers, it is based on Pony Club Secrets, Stacy Gregg's series of pony novels, the first of which is Mystic and the Midnight Ride (2007). Set on the fictional peninsula of Kauri Point, New Zealand, Mystic tells the story of Issie Brown and her new-found friendships with the town's teen horse riders, and their efforts to save Kauri Point from an industrial development that threatens it.[1] It stars Macey Chipping. The series premiered on CBBC and BBC iPlayer in the UK on 14 July 2020.[3] Mystic season two launched in November 2021 and season three in July 2022.

Season two won Best Children's Programme at the Asian Academy Creative Awards in 2022 and in 2023, Season three picked up the award for Best Children's Programme at the NZTV awards.

  1. ^ a b c "British actors join New Zealand cast for major new family thriller Mystic – coming to CBBC". 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c White, Peter (27 November 2019). "'Mystic': British Drama Producer Slim Film + Television Teams With Neil Cross' Libertine Pictures On Kids' Drama Adaptation".
  3. ^ "Mystic Series 1: 1. The Outsider". BBC.