The Adventures of Sam


The Adventures of Sam is an Australian children's animated television series, written by Ken Kelso, that aired on the ABC in 1999.
The series ran for 13 episodes and is produced by the Australian Film Finance Corporation and Southern Star Entertainment in association with the ABC. It was also well known for its theme music by Nerida Tyson-Chew which was nominated for several awards. The series was also released on three videos in 1999 by PolyGram Video each containing four episodes featuring all episodes except for the final episode "Begin Again". It also aired on Toon Disney and The Disney Channel in the United Kingdom, TV2 in New Zealand, Kids Central in Singapore, Arutz HaYeladim in Israel, K-T.V. World in South Africa, France 5 in France, Disney Channel in Malaysia and RTÉ2 in Ireland being shown on the long running children's block The Den.

Premise

Set in 1840, it follows a sea-faring boy named Sam Donahue as he goes on many adventures around the world while trying to find his brother Tom and discovers new worlds and different cultures.

Voice cast

Episode listing

  1. Escape
  2. Moon Daughter
  3. The Forbidden City
  4. Fire on the Water
  5. Sea Raiders
  6. Jungle Ghost
  7. The Sultan's Palace
  8. The Queen's Move
  9. Castaway
  10. A Strange Reunion
  11. Not Quite Paradise
  12. My Brother's Keeper
  13. Begin Again

    Home media

Video releases

Australia

DVD releases

Italy