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Written by |
John Cristopher (books) |
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Country of origin |
United Kingdom |
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Languages |
English, French, Italian, German |
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Seasons |
2 |
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Episodes |
25 |
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Original run |
15 September 1984 - 23 November 1985 |
The Tripods is a television adaptation of John Christopher's The Tripods series of novels. It was jointly produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom and the Seven Network in Australia. The music soundtrack was written by Ken Freeman.
Series One[]
Series one was broadcast in 1984 and contained 13 half-hour episodes written by the well-known author of many radio plays Alick Rowe. It covers the first book of The Tripods trilogy, The White Mountains.
Series Two[]
Series two was broadcast in 1985) and contained 12 episodes. This series covered the second book of the trilogy, The City of Gold and Lead.
Series Three[]
Series three was supposed to cover the final book of the trilogy, The Pool of Fire, but despite a television script having already been written, it was cancelled due to high production costs and insufficient ratings.
DVD[]
A DVD release of the series one and two was released on 23 March 2009. A soundtrack album named The Tripods: Pool Of Fire Suite by the original composer Ken Freeman was released at the same time.