Fatty and George

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genre = Children's TV Drama
creator = Ron Saunders & Eddie Moses
writer = John Honey John Patterson Louise Sanders
director = John Honey
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theme_music_composer = Peter McKinley
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country = AUS
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 10
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producer = John Honey
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location = Tasmania
cinematography = Gert Kirchner
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runtime = Approx 25 minutes per episode
network = Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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first_aired = 03 March 1981
last_aired = 05 May 1981
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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".

Cast List

Episode List

External links

* [http://bonza.rmit.edu.au/essays/1998/tas_children/TCCFTV.php"Fatty and George"] at Bonza RMIT
* [http://www.travellingpictureshow.com.au/whatwemade.html#fatty"Fatty and George"] at Travelling Picture Show
* [http://www.memorabletv.com/australia/tvaf.htm"Fatty and George"] at Memorable TV.com
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082366/"Fatty and George"] at Internet Movie Database