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The Empty Ocean

Episode 1.1
Australia: Aug 17, 1998
Germany: October 27, 1998
Written by David Phillips, Robert Loader, Karen Petersen
Directed by Howard Rubie, Robert Klenner

Expert yachtsman and daredevil adventurer Paul Raymond sets sail from Samoa on his most dangerous and thrilling mission yet — to find the mythical treasure Robert Lewis Stevenson wrote about in his pirate masterpiece 'Treasure Island'. But when Paul's ship capsizes in a Pacific storm, he disappears without a trace.

One year later, his wife Sally, daughter Jacqui and step-son Mark, set out to follow in his footsteps and find him. Along the way they take on board Thea, who is found drifting helplessly on a raft. Approaching the location of the island, a violent maelstrom engulfs the yacht and they are forced to abandon ship.

Starring: Daniel Kellie as Mark, Brittany Byrnes as Thea, Brooke "Mikey" Anderson as Jacqui, Jan Wachtel as Karl

With: Tiriel Mora as Escovar, Kim Lewis as Sally, Scott McGregor as Paul, Tim Elliot as Stevenson, Peter Talmacs as Baumann

Shipwrecked

Episode 1.2
Australia: Aug 18, 1998
Germany: October 28, 1998
Written by David Phillips
Directed by Howard Rubie

After washing ashore on Skeleton Island, Mark, Thea and Karl rescue a young woman who takes them to her village where they end up locked in cages. Leaving the yacht, Jacqui is chased by Samurai but is rescued by Raoul, of the Horselord tribe, when he throws her a rope to climb into a tree to escape her pursuer.©tzuk

With: Scott Swalwell as Hans-Peter, Enrique Neant as Raoul, Tanya Lawson as Danni, Anna Volska as Frau Keller; John O'Brien as Samurai

Lost in Time

Episode 1.3
Australia: Aug 19, 1998
Germany: October 29, 1998
Written by Robert Loader
Directed by Howard Rubie

Mark, Karl and Thea find themselves prisoners of Hamburg merchants whose ancestors were stranded on the island in the 19th Century. The merchants are lead my Frau Keller who sentences the trio of outsiders to be thrown off a cliff along with their technological evils. Raoul rides with Jacqui through the dangerous woods to his tribe, the Spanish Horse Lords, but are once again attacked by the Samurai warriors. Desperate to save their lives, Mark promises to use his computer to build a distillation system to supply the merchants with safe drinking water.©tzuk

With: Scott Swalwell as Hans-Peter, Enrique Neant as Raoul, Tanya Lawson as Danni, Anna Volska as Frau Keller; Daniel Guia as Maximillian

No Escape

Episode 1.4
Australia: Aug 20, 1998
Germany: October 30, 1998
Written by Karen Petersen
Directed by Robert Klenner

Despite Mark providing the Merchants with clean water, Frau Keller decides that he, Karl and Thea must still be thrown over the cliff. Raoul and Jacqui arrive at the Horselord village. Don Grego, the leader of the Horse Lords, hopes to gain knowledge from the newcomers and will marry Jacqui to do so. With help from Hans-Peter, Mark and the others escape and flee into the jungle.©tzuk

With: Scott Swalwell as Hans-Peter, Enrique Neant as Raoul, Tanya Lawson as Danni, Anna Volska as Frau Keller; Jacek Koman as Don Grego, Shane Briant as Dante, Bunny Gibson as Mercury

Bride of the Horselord

Episode 1.5
Australia: Aug 24, 1998
Germany: November 02, 1998
Written by Judith Colquhoun
Directed by Robert Klenner

After their escape from the Merchants, Hans-Peter helps rescue Karl from some quicksand but the group later become seperated after an encounter with the Samurai. Jacqui refuses to agree to marry Don Grego and manages to escape the village with help from Raoul. Mark stumbles out of the jungle and onto a beach where he comes face to face with a British submarine.©tzuk

With: Scott Swalwell as Hans-Peter, Shane Briant as Tempus, Enrique Neant as Raoul; Jacek Koman as Don Grego, Frederick Parslow as Smith, Daniel Guia as Maximillian,

The Old Ones

Episode 1.6
Australia: Aug 25, 1998
Germany: November 03, 1998
Written by Hugh Stuckey
Directed by Howard Rubie

Mark boards the submarine where he meets the quirky Smith and Jones of the Royal Navy who recruit Mark and allow to go on a voyage to the wreck of his ship where he can get supplies and batteries for his computer. There he encounters Escovar. Danni finds Hans-Peter and Thea who have been kept captive by Karl. Hans-Peter tells her of the lost treasure and the map which they found on the wall of the cave. Meanwhile, Tempus takes Jacqui to her step-mother who is being held captive by the Samurai.©tzuk

With: Kim Lewis as Sally, Scott Swalwell as Hans-Peter, Tiriel Mora as Escovar, Shane Briant as Tempus, Tanya Lawson as Danni, Frederick Parslow as Smith, Martin Vaughan as Jones, Daniel Guia as Maximillian

Spyglass Hill

Episode 1.7
Australia: Aug 26, 1998
Germany: November 04, 1998
Written by Jenny Sharp
Directed by Howard Rubie

Thea and Karl are captured during an attack by the Horse Lords but Thea and Hans-Peter are able to escape and are able to reunite with Mark who takes them onboard the submarine where they are surprised by Don Grego who has comandeered the boat. The occupation is short lived as the captives scare the Horse Lords off by pretending to be sick. Tempus leads Jacqui to the Merchant village where illness is spreading amongst its citizens. Mark, Thea and Hans-Peter leave the submarine to explore Spyglass Hill in search of the lost treasure.©tzuk

With: Scott Swalwell as Hans-Peter, Shane Briant as Tempus, Tanya Lawson as Danni, Frederick Parslow as Smith, Martin Vaughan as Jones, Anna Volska as Frau Keller, Jacek Koman as Don Grego, Daniel Guia as Maximillian

Pirate Gold

Episode 1.8
Australia: Aug 27, 1998
Germany: November 05, 1998
Written by Jo Horsburgh
Directed by Howard Rubie

Jacqui is able to discover the sourse of the illness at the Trader village and gives out medicine to cure the sick. Mark, Hans-Peter, and Thea discover a mysterious stone ring on Spyglass Hill and unearth a dagger. Danni and Karl are joined in captivity by Raoul but the three manage to escape when their Horselord captors are attacked. Escovar finds the kids on Spyglass Hill.

With: Scott Swalwell as Hans-Peter, Tiriel Mora as Escovar, Shane Briant as Dante, Tanya Lawson as Danni, Enrique Neant as Raoul, Anna Volska as Frau Keller, Bunny Gibson as Mercury, Daniel Guia as Maximillian, Brittany Johnson as Hannah

Fortress of the Damned

Episode 1.9
Australia: Aug 31, 1998
Germany: November 06, 1998
Written by Chris Roache
Directed by Howard Rubie

After collapsing atop Spyglass Hill, Escovar is tied up by the kids but manages to excape in the night taking Mark's computer with him. Raoul and Karl journey into the volcanic wastelands where they encounter Rosa who leads them to a fortress. There they meet her grandfather, Alessandro, Rauls finds his father's sword, and Karl a pirate flag inside an old sea chest.

With: Scott Swalwell as Hans-Peter, Tiriel Mora as Escovar, Shane Briant as Dante, Joe Maria Caffarel as Alessandro, Enrique Neant as Raoul, Anna Volska as Frau Keller, Bunny Gibson as Mercury, Tanya Lawson as Danni, Veronica Gomiez as Rosa

The Mountains of Fire

Episode 1.10
Australia: Sep 1, 1998
Germany: November 09, 1998
Written by Hugh Stuckey
Directed by Howard Rubie

Raoul and Karl disguise themselves to escape the fortress and the patrolling Samurai. Jacqui and Danni board the submaine but are taken prisoner by Smith and Jones. Hans-Peter goes to the shipwreak of search of a wind generator while Mark and Thea continue through the jungle and fall into a trap. They are rescued by Tempus only to be lead into another trap. After seperating from Raoul, Karl is captured by the Samurai.

With: Scott Swalwell as Hans-Peter, Shane Briant as Dante, Joe Maria Caffarel as Alessandro, Enrique Neant as Raoul, Veronica Gomez as Rosa, Martin Vaughan as Jones, Frederick Parslow as Smith, Tanya Lawson as Danni, Bunny Gibson as Mercury

Dante's Lair

Episode 1.11
Australia: Sep 2, 1998
Germany: November 10, 1998
Written by David Phillips
Directed by Robert Klenner

Thea shows Dante to a chest in the labrinth, in return he tells her that she was found wondering in the labrinth by The Shadows. Raoul is captured by the Traders who believe that the Horse Lords are responsible for poisoning their water supply. The Old One's set bombs to blow up the submarine — just as Hans-Peter gets the wind generator.

With: Scott Swalwell as Hans-Peter, Tiriel Mora as Escovar, Shane Briant as Dante, Tanya Lawson as Danni, Enrique Neant as Raoul, Anna Volska as Frau Keller, Bunny Gibson as Mercury, Frederick Parslow as Smith, Martin Vaughan as Jones, Kim Lewis as Sally, Scott McGregor as Paul

Secret of the Stone Circle

Episode 1.12
Australia: Sep 3, 1998
Germany: November 11, 1998
Written by Robert Loader
Directed by Robert Klenner

Raoul and Danni set about getting the Horse Lords and Traders to work together to fight their common enemy — Dante. The submarine gets moving as the Raymond family escape from Dante. Once all are aboard, the submarine heads out to the fog gap in the Maelstrom — to go home.

With: Scott Swalwell as Hans-Peter, Tiriel Mora as Escovar, Shane Briant as Dante, Tanya Lawson as Danni, Enrique Neant as Raoul, Anna Volska as Frau Keller, Jacek Koman as Don Grego, Daniel Guia as Maxmillian, Bunny Gibson as Mercury, Frederick Parslow as Smith, Martin Vaughan as Jones, Kim Lewis as Sally, Scott McGregor as Paul