I hope that the Radio Times website people don’t mind me nicking the episode description to preserve it for posterity.

The Secret of Eel Island
9:30am - 9:45am
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Children’s drama series about a boy who makes a new friend on the mysterious and deserted Eel Island. Scott returns to Eel Island where he and Sapphire are soon thrown into a new adventure. They discover a cave full of precious jewels and have to outwit the sinister Green Beryl, who wants to take over the island.

The “offline” version of the Radio Times credits Luke Ward-Wilkinson in the role of Scott, but doesn’t credit Ms. Lukoszevieze, sadly.

It also says that Lesley Joseph will be guest-starring, which is really weird! I wonder what she’ll be doing in it…

Any pedants reading this might like to know that the episode title appeared on screen as “The Return”, rather than just “Return”.

My impression is that the story was slightly more complex than any in the first series. I suspect the programme makers are taking into account the fact that the first-series viewers are now a year and a half older, and are aiming the new series at them and their peers, rather than trying to capture a new set of viewers of the younger age.

Of course, my impression might be wrong…

And of course, Lesley Joseph played “Green Beryl”. If I’d paid more attention to the advert you posted above, or even just the episode description, I might have been able to guess that!

The Secret of Eel Island
9:30am - 9:45am
Five
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Children’s drama series about a boy who makes a new friend on the mysterious and deserted Eel Island. Scott and Sapphire discover a secret path across the sinking sands and race to prevent the evil Green Beryl from finding it.

And some good news! The offline version of the Radio Times this time credits not only Luke Ward-Wilkinson and Lesley Joseph, but also… Elysia Lukoszevieze. Fame at last!

And yes, that last link to the IMDb does work. It turns out that they’ve finally got round to adding both The Secret of Eel Island and its leading lady to the database. And about time, too!

The Secret of Eel Island
9:30am - 9:45am
Five
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Children’s drama series about a boy who makes a new friend on the mysterious and deserted Eel Island. The arrival of a small sailing boat signals potential trouble for Scott.

Children
The Secret of Eel Island
9:30am - 9:45am
Five
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Children’s drama series about a boy’s adventures on a secret, magical island. When a balloonist crash-lands on Eel Island, Scott and his friends race against the clock to rescue him.

The Secret of Eel Island
9:30am - 9:45am
Five
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Children’s drama series about a boy’s adventures on a secret, magical island. All is not as it seems when Turquoise, a legendary Eel Catcher, appears to have returned to the island.

The Secret of Eel Island
9:30am - 9:45am
Five
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Children’s drama series about a boy’s adventures on a secret, magical island. Tonight there will be a full moon on Eel Island and the children are in the mood for ghost stories. But little do they realise that tonight the ghost of Jasper Peg-Leg will be visiting them.

we had such a good time working on it, hope you all enjoy watching it.

Part of team Art/Stunt.

The Secret of Eel Island
9:30am - 9:45am
Five
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Children’s drama series about a boy’s adventures on a secret, magical island. Kesali the horse has cut her leg and Sapphire is worried that is infected. It is up to Sapphire and Scott to find a special flower which will heal the wound, but their search leads them into real danger.

The Secret of Eel Island
9:30am - 9:45am
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Children’s drama series about a boy’s adventures on a secret, magical island. Sapphire believes a mermaid has come to visit Eel Island and it’s up to Scott and Pearl to stop Green Beryl from catching it.

The Secret of Eel Island
9:30am - 9:45am
Five
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Children’s drama series about a boy’s adventures on a secret, magical island. Homer the pigeon proves his worth when he helps foil a plan to dump deadly toxic waste near Eel Island.

The Secret of Eel Island
9:30am - 9:45am
Five
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Children’s drama series about a boy’s adventures on a magical island. Sapphire’s cousin Malachite is back from his travels. Green Beryl tries to enlist his help with her malevolent plans.

I usually tape the episodes, but, annoyingly, I won’t be able to this week, as we’re having building work done, and the builders have disconnected the relevant leads from the aerial. Apparently it was necessary to do this, and impossible to rectify before they went home for the weekend.

Is anyone else taping it…?

The Secret of Eel Island
9:30am - 9:45am
Five
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Children’s drama series about a boy’s adventures on a magical island. When a greyhound arrives on Eel Island, Scott and Sapphire discover something important from the past.

(Did anyone catch last week’s episode? I didn’t, so I’m just hoping there will be a DVD, as there was for the first series.)

proudness

emz