Runaway Bay (TV series)

Runaway Bay is a children's adventure television series which originally aired 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. In the Netherlands, the series was shown on Kindernet from 1993 to 1999.

Runaway Bay
FrenchLa Baie des fugitifs
GermanAbenteuer in der Karibik
BulgarianЗаливът беглец
GenreAdventure
Created byDickie Jobson
Based onRunaway Bay
by Dickie Jobson
Written byDickie Jobson
Aaron Barzman
Elizabeth Baxter
Martin Brossollet
Jeremy Burnham
John Chambers
Sylvie Dervin
Michael Russell
Ben Steed
Lucy Wagner
Fabrice Ziolkowski
Directed byTim Dowd
Xavier Castano
Laurence Moody
StarringCarl Bradshaw
Eric Fried
Diana Eskell
Opening theme"Romantic World" by Dana Dawson
ComposerRomano Musumarra
Country of originUnited States
United Kingdom
France
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producersChris Jelley
Robert Page
Robert Réa
ProducersEddie Babbage
Anne W. Gibbons
Frédérique Gore
Production locationsMartinique, Caribbean
Original release
NetworkAntenne 2
CBS Television
Yorkshire Television
Kindernet
Release1992 (1992) –
1993 (1993)

The show's theme is sung by Dana Dawson and is a lyrical reworking of her 1990 single "Romantic World", which was a hit in France.

Episodes

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Season 1

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  1. Into the Night (9 January 1992)
  2. Rotten Fish (16 January 1992)
  3. Lonely Is the Brave (23 January 1992)
  4. Taking the Rap (30 January 1992)
  5. Fool's Gold (6 February 1992)
  6. You Only Live Twice (13 February 1992)
  7. Treasure Hunt (20 February 1992)
  8. Curse of the Monkey's Skull (27 February 1992)
  9. All That Glitters (5 March 1992)
  10. Fast Forward (12 March 1992)
  11. The Venture (19 March 1992)
  12. History Revisited (26 March 1992)

Season 2

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  1. All in the Mine (2 April 1992)
  2. Going for Gold (15 February 1993)
  3. Race Like the Wind (22 February 1993)
  4. Sink or Swim (1 March 1993)
  5. The Escape (8 March 1993)
  6. Heartbreak Hotel (15 March 1993)
  7. The Secret Garden (22 March 1993)
  8. The Robbery (29 March 1993)
  9. Turtles Rule (5 April 1993)

Season 3

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  1. Music to My Ears (19 April 1993)
  2. Bombs Away (26 April 1993)
  3. Deadline (10 May 1993)
  4. Masquerade (17 May 1993)
  5. Radio Daze (24 May 1993)
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