Fatty and George

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Fatty and George
Genre	Children's TV Drama
Created by	Ron Saunders & Eddie Moses
Written by	John Honey John Patterson Louise Sanders
Directed by	John Honey
Theme music composer	Peter McKinley
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producer(s)	John Honey
Location(s)	Tasmania
Cinematography	Gert Kirchner
Running time	Approx 25 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Original run	03 March 1981 – 05 May 1981
External links
IMDb profile

Fatty And George was an Australian children's sci-fi television series from 1981 produced by Tasmanian Film Corp for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series consisted of 10 episodes, each lasting 25 minutes.

The series follows the adventures of a brother and sister as they try to discover the whereabouts of their scientist father, whilst being pursued by an evil woman and her henchman.

Fatty and his sister George are two ordinary kids whose scientist father is experimenting with time travel. One day things go very wrong and he becomes trapped in a limbo-like dimension. Worse still, the rod-like crystal at the heart of his experiment is sought after by the wealthy and evil Nancy, who ruthlessly pursues the siblings in order to possess it. The crystal has the power to freeze time around the bearer, thus the consequences of it falling into the wrong hands could be potentially devastating. With the help of their friend Izzy, aunty Kath and grandad Bert, Fatty and George search for a way to bring their father back, while trying to stay one step ahead of Nancy and her henchman Phil. Complicating matters further are the children's battles with a gang of biker kids, Slasher, Jones and Maggot.

The ABC's rights to air the series have long since expired, and thus it is unlikely the series will see its way onto television screens again.

In 2004 Screen Tasmania presented the first three episodes of Fatty and George in their "Tasmanian Travelling Picture Show".

[edit] Cast List

Character	Actor
Fatty	Scott Kinloch
George	Lisa Douglas
Izzy	Mathew Excell
Nancy	Pamela Archer
Phil	Barry Pierce
Maggot	Michael Aitken
Slasher	Michael Chapman
Jones	Shaun Cocker
Bert	Fred Frampton
Kath	Noreen La Mottee

[edit] Episode List

Episode #	Episode Title	Original Air Date
1	The Crystal	03.03.1981
2	Kidnapped	10.03.1981
3	The Hideout	17.03.1981
4	The Champion	24.03.1981
5	The Gravestone	31.03.1981
6	Stolen Property	07.04.1981
7	The Bomb	14.04.1981
8	Common Criminals	21.04.1981
9	Discovery	28.04.1981
10	The Destroyers	05.05.1981