This first episode in the Adventures of Young Indiana Jones is a great start to the series. When these episodes were broadcast in the 1990s as the "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles", they were often shown out of chronological sequence and were bookended by an actor called George Hall playing an elderly Indiana Jones. Old Indy would randomly relate his tales to passing strangers, sometimes with amusing results.
This has been amended for the new DVD editions, which are told in straight chronological order. What would have been two 45-minutes episodes are now linked into a straight 90-minute story, with accompanying documentaries on real-life places, situations and people Indy encounters.
In this opening episode Indy goes on a world lecture tour with his father Henry Jones Sr (Lloyd Owen), and he is given tutoring by a feisty English mentor (Margaret Tyzack). He first lands in Egypt and has an encounter in the Pyramids that will change his life forever. His next stop is Tangiers, where he encounters kids his age who don't have his sheltered upbringing and where he narrowly avoids becoming a slave child.
There is a flux of high production values and solid acting from supporting leads. Douglas Henshall as a hit as a young T.E Lawrence and music fans should spot Asher D (of the 'So Solid' crew) as a young slave boy befriended by Indy.
Fantastic stuff.
This has been amended for the new DVD editions, which are told in straight chronological order. What would have been two 45-minutes episodes are now linked into a straight 90-minute story, with accompanying documentaries on real-life places, situations and people Indy encounters.
In this opening episode Indy goes on a world lecture tour with his father Henry Jones Sr (Lloyd Owen), and he is given tutoring by a feisty English mentor (Margaret Tyzack). He first lands in Egypt and has an encounter in the Pyramids that will change his life forever. His next stop is Tangiers, where he encounters kids his age who don't have his sheltered upbringing and where he narrowly avoids becoming a slave child.
There is a flux of high production values and solid acting from supporting leads. Douglas Henshall as a hit as a young T.E Lawrence and music fans should spot Asher D (of the 'So Solid' crew) as a young slave boy befriended by Indy.
Fantastic stuff.