Zarag Rules

Zarag Rules

January 28, 1994 TV Episode The Dreamstone

Studio
Filmfair Animation, Martin Gates Productions
Distributor
Central Independent Television PLC, Independent Television

Synopsis

"Once more we travel to the Land of Nightmares to discover there, beneath the Black Mountain Of Illfeed, the loathsome Zordrak, Lord of Nightmares, hatching his monstrous plots to thwart the Dreammaker so that nightmares might rule!..."

Characters

Rufus, Amberley, Zordrak, Pildit, Dreammaker, Sergeant Blob, Frizz, Nug, Urpgor, Jackie Clarke (Wildit)

Credits

Producing

Producer
Martin Gates
Executive Producers
Bengt Odner, David Yates
Associate Producer
James Costello

Writing

Writer
Martin Gates, Jimmy Costello
Story
Michael Jupp
Dialogue
Sue Radley

Voices

Voice
Stuart Lock (Rufus), Nancy Hendry (Amberley), Gary Martin (Zordrak), Derek Wright (Pildit), John Franklyn-Robbins (Dreammaker), Richard Tate (Sergeant Blob), Melvyn Hayes (Frizz), Anthony Jackson (Nug), Leonard Whiting (Urpgor), Jackie Clarke (Wildit), Peter Graze (Narrator)

Music

Music
Mike Batt, Mike Batt

Art Department

Art Director
Mike Jupp
Storyboard
Gordon Harrison, John Stevenson, Harold Whitaker, Vince James, Wayne Thomas, Marty Martin, Milt Schaeffer
Key Backgrounds
Mike Jupp
Design
Mike Jupp
Color Models
Carol A. Hughes
Paint Supervisor
Stella Reyes

Sound

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dave Humphries

Casting

Voice Director
Martin Gates

Crew

Character Creation
Mike Jupp
"Better Than a Dream" sung by
Mike Batt

Companies and other credits

  • Performed by: The London Philharmonic Orchestra

Production notes

One of the first half-hour animated adventure series produced in Britain.

Composer Mike Batt created a matching concept album of songs inspired by the stories. These were sung by celebrities and stars ranging from Ozzy Osbourne to Frank Bruno.