Rent The Boy from Space (1980)

Name: The Boy from Space
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Synopsis:: When brother and sister Dan and Helen see a mysterious object falling from the sky one night, they set out to look for traces of a meteorite in the nearby sandpit. There, they are confronted by a strange thin man, and discover a boy called Peep-peep who speaks a bizarre alien language. Originally broadcast in 1971, as part of the BBC's educational 'Look and Read' strand, 'The Boy from Space' was shown again in 1980 in a revised version featuring new presenters Wordy and Cosmo, as well as updates - including a new foreword and a voice-over - to the main drama.
Actors:: Sylvestra Le Touzel, Loftus Burton, Stephen Garlick, Colin Mayes, John Woodnutt, Anthony Woodruff, Gabriel Woolf, Michael Guest, Charles Collingwood, Phil Cheney
Directors:: Pat Farrington, Jill Glindon Reed
Producers:: Claire Chovil
Writers:: Richard Carpenter
Studio:: BFI Video
Genres:: Children & Family, Kids’ TV, TV Action & Adventure, TV Classics, TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy

BBFC:

Release Date:

25/08/2014

Run Time:

200 minutes

Languages:

English Dolby Digital 2.0

Subtitles:

English Hard of Hearing

DVD Regions:

Region 2

Formats:

Pal

Aspect Ratio:

Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3

Colour:

Colour

Bonus:

The complete 1980 series (10 x 20 mins): all ten episodes of the BBC's classic Look and Read series, featuring Dan, Helen and Peep-peep's story, as well as helpful reading tips from Wordy and Cosmo
Feature-length presentation (70 mins): exclusive version of Dan, Helen and Peep-peep's adventures, edited specially for this release
BBC Records LP - audio version (55 mins): original spoken-word recordings from the 1972 vinyl release, narrated by Charles Collingwood
BBC Records LP - film version (55 mins): an exclusive presentation, combining audio from the 1972 LP with footage from the 1980 TV broadcast
Wordy's Think-ups: original animations from the series
Downloadable PDFs of original 1971 and 1979 pamphlets

Disc 1:

This disc includes the following episodes:
1. The Meteorite
2. The Spinning Compass
3. The Man in the Sandpit
4. In Danger!
5. The Hold-Up
6. Where is Tom?
7. The Hunt for the Car
8. The Lake
9. Captured!
10. In the Space-ship

Disc 2: