Runaway Bay (TV series)
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Runaway Bay was a children's adventure television series, which ran from 1992 to 1993. The series followed a group of friends having adventures while living on the island of Martinique
in the Caribbean
. The show was principally produced by Lifetime Productions International Ltd with Ellipse Productions for the television networks Antenne 2, CBS Television, and Yorkshire Television
. In the UK, the show was screened on ITV
. The character of Shuku was one of Naomie Harris
's first television roles.
Martinique
Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...
in the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
. The show was principally produced by Lifetime Productions International Ltd with Ellipse Productions for the television networks Antenne 2, CBS Television, and Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television, now officially known as ITV Yorkshire and sometimes unofficially abbreviated to YTV, is a British television broadcaster and the contractor for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network...
. In the UK, the show was screened on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
. The character of Shuku was one of Naomie Harris
Naomie Harris
Naomie Melanie Harris is an English screen actress. She is best known for her starring role as Selena in 28 Days Later, as well as her supporting turn as Tia Dalma/Calypso in the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean films...
's first television roles.
Season 1
- Into the Night (9 January 1992)
- Rotten Fish (16 January 1992)
- Lonely Is the Brave (23 January 1992)
- Taking the Rap (30 January 1992)
- Fool's Gold (6 February 1992)
- You Only Live Twice (13 February 1992)
- Treasure Hunt (20 February 1992)
- Curse of the Monkey's Skull (27 February 1992)
- All That Glitters (5 March 1992)
- Fast Forward (12 March 1992)
- The Venture (19 March 1992)
- History Revisited (26 March 1992)
- All in the Mine (2 March 1992)
Season 2
- Going for Gold (15 February 1993)
- Race Like the Wind (22 February 1993)
- Sink or Swim (1 March 1993)
- The Escape (8 March 1993)
- Heartbreak Hotel (15 March 1993)
- The Secret Garden (22 March 1993)
- The Robbery (29 March 1993)
- Turtles Rule (5 April 1993)
- Music to My Ears (19 April 1993)
- Bombs Away (26 April 1993)
- Deadline (10 May 1993)
- Masquerade (17 May 1993)
- Radio Daze (24 May 1993)