African Skies (partially found Family Channel drama series; 1992-1994)

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Poster for the series.

Status: Found

Date found: August 12, 2024

Found by: Nuukledeemso, Sam, Freelight Lost and Found

African Skies is a drama show about 2 teenagers: 1 white, and 1 black teen living in a post-Apartheid South Africa. A kid named Rory lives with his mother, and his dad runs a clinic far away. This makes the kids go through a lot of wild adventures while unintentionally putting themselves in jeopardy or trouble.

Availability

There are only 4 episodes that survived: 2 being found in Series 1, which are "Wild Child" and "The Rainmaker", and 1 & 1/2 are found in Series 2: "The One Who Got Away (Spanish Dubbed)" and "Diamonds Aren't Forever". The show is also dubbed in French, Spanish, and English. A user on Reddit named r/darkoneisrising has found a sale on eBay but it has now been sold out. On May 15th, 2024, a YouTuber by the name of "Freelight's Lost and Found" has gotten 3 more lost episodes.

On June 10, 2024, the actor for Rory in the series sent a VHS to the YouTuber Freelight Lost and Found episodes of the series. The actor claims that they had sent most of the episodes from the series namely "Romeo and Jambele", "Wildlife", "Rites of Passage", and "Cruel to Be Kind". These episodes have not been uploaded to the YouTuber's account as of June 2024.

On August 8, 2024, Freelight digitized half the tapes. As of the 8th, Simon confirmed he was finally able to contact the executive producer of the series Seaton McLean, who gave the go-ahead to upload the series to YouTube. An official account for African Skies has been made created. The whole series has been digitalized and is now going to be released on YouTube for everyone to see.

On August 12, 2024, an official African Skies account has been made, and it Is going to post all of the episodes (even the already found episode) making this media consider Found by Freelight Lost and Found, Nuukles, and Sam (stopnswop1784).

Gallery

Series 1 and 2

# Episode Title Airdate Status
1 The Rainmaker Oct 11, 1992 Found
2 Romeo and Jambele Oct 18, 1992 Found
3 Cruel to Be Kind Oct 25, 1992 Found
4 The Flies Nov 1, 1992 Found
5 Red Winds Nov 8, 1992 Found
6 Rites of Passage Nov 15, 1992 Found
7 Mountain Man Nov 22, 1992 Found
8 Take Your Best Shot Nov 29, 1992 Found
9 The Gift Dec 6, 1992 Found
10 Children of the Dust Dec 13, 1992 Found
11 Wildlife Dec 20, 1992 Found
12 Architect/Architect of Doom Dec 27, 1992 Found
13 The Hunted Jan 3, 1993 Found
14 The Last Crown Jan 10, 1993 Found
15 Pay the Piper Jan 17, 1993 Found
16 So... Where to Now? Jan 24, 1993 Found
17 Safety Last Jan 31, 1993 Found
18 The Foul Feb 7, 1993 Found
19 Inside Moves Feb 14, 1993 Found
20 Smoke Feb 21, 1993 Found
21 Crocodile Tears Feb 28, 1993 Found
22 Aid and Comfort Mar 7, 1993 Found
23 Quarantine Mar 14, 1993 Found
24 The Goal Mar 21, 1993 Found
25 Waste Not Mar 28, 1993 Found
26 Wild Child Feb 7, 1993 Found
27 The Bottom Line Oct 9, 1993 Found
28 The One That Got Away Oct 16, 1993 Found
29 Children in Chains Oct 23, 1993 Found
30 Swing Vote Oct 30, 1993 Found
31 Extinct is Forever Nov 6, 1993 Found
32 Market Day Nov 13, 1993 Found
33 Women Alone Nov 20, 1993 Found
34 Ancient History Dec 4, 1993 Found
35 Question of the Heart Dec 11, 1993 Found
36 A Bone To Pick Dec 18, 1993 Found
37 Ties that Bind Jan 1, 1994 Found
38 Diamonds arent Forever Jan 8, 1994 Found
39 Baby Talk Jan 15, 1994 Found
40 The Writing on the Wall Jan 22, 1994 Found
41 Payback Jan 29, 1994 Found
42 Pet Shop Boys Feb 5, 1994 Found
43 The Lion Sleeps Tonight Feb 12, 1994 Found
44 Samson and Charley Feb 26, 1994 Found
45 Fear of Wages Mar 5, 1994 Found
46 Under Pressured Mar 12, 1994 Found
47 Road to Nowhere Mar 19, 1994 Found
48 Head in the Sand Mar 26, 1994 Found
49 Noah and the Arc Apr 2, 1994 Found
50 Natural Beauty Apr 9, 1994 Found
51 Star Turn Apr 16, 1994 Found
52 Poker Face Apr 23, 1994 Found

Video

Commercial for the series.

3 full episodes of Series 1: Episodes 4,8, and 9.

References