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Terry and the Gunrunners - Full Series
Television (Full Length Episodes) – 1985
This colourful six-part series pits 12-year-old Terry Teo, his clever sister Polly and big brother Ted against a gang of gunrunners. Having skateboarded down the wrong driveway, the unflappable Terry is captured by crime boss Ray Vegas (ex Goon Michael Bentine) and his idiot henchmen. The show takes its cues from the beloved comic by Stephen Ballantyne and Bob Kerr: bright colours, arcade game-style animation, and graphics echoing the 1960s version of Batman. Don McGlashan supplies the inventive soundtrack. The cast includes Phillip Gordon, and cameos by ex Prime Minister Robert Muldoon and Billy T James (who also sings the catchy theme song). Check out this episode guide.
If a Belgian boy can be internationally famous since 1933, then why can’t an Antipodean one?– Producer Logan Brewer makes comparisons to Tintin, in The Press, 18 February 1984
Key Cast & Crew
See all 64 credits
Produced by
Finlayson-Hill
Acknowledgements
A Finlayson-Hill Production, made in association with Television New Zealand and the NZ Film Commission
Music
Theme song composed by Don McGlashan and performed by Billy T James
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