The Coral Island (1983)
The Coral Island (1983)
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Plot.
After a shipwreck, three boys, Ralph Rover, Jack Martin, and Peterkin Gay, become stranded on an uninhabited Polynesian island.
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Details.
Release DateJanuary 6, 1983
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes9
Running Time30m
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This TV Show Is About.
missionary
shipwreck
friends
based on children's book
deserted island
south sea island
19th century
Scripted
Wiki.
The Coral Island is a children's television series, adapted from the 19th-century novel The Coral Island by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne. The series of 4 episodes was a joint production of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Thames Television. It was filmed on location in the western Samoan village of Salamumu and then on the Whitsunday Islands off the Queensland coast in 1981.
The series was first broadcast in Australia on ABC-TV on 6 January 1983.