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

Poster for the series.

Status: Partially 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 various wild adventures while unintentionally putting themselves into 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 being 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 selling on eBay, but 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 10th, 2024, the actor for Rory in the series had sent a VHS to the YouTuber Freelight Lost and Found episodes of the series. The actor claims that they had send 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 says he has digitzed half the tapes, and is getting ready to work on the second half very soon. As of the 8th, Simon confirmed he was finally able to get ahold of the executive producer of the series Seaton McLean, who gave the go ahead to post the series on YouTube, so they are working on creating a new channel and gearing up to post the entire series on YouTube right now.

An African Skies official account has been made on YouTube by Freelight Lost and Found. The whole series has been digitalized and is now going to be released on YouTube for everyone to see.

Gallery

Pictures of the tape
More pictures

Series 1 and 2

#	Episode Title	Airdate	Status
1	The Rainmaker	Oct 11, 1992	Found
2	Romeo and Jambele	Oct 18, 1992	Lost
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	Lost
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	Lost
11	Wildlife	Dec 20, 1992	Lost
12	Architect/Architect of Doom	Dec 27, 1992	Found
13	The Hunted	Jan 3, 1993	Lost
14	The Last Crown	Jan 10, 1993	Lost
15	Pay the Piper	Jan 17, 1993	Lost
16	So... Where to Now?	Jan 24, 1993	Lost
17	Safety Last	Jan 31, 1993	Lost
18	The Foul	Feb 7, 1993	Lost
19	Inside Moves	Feb 14, 1993	Lost
20	Smoke	Feb 21, 1993	Lost
21	Crocodile Tears	Feb 28, 1993	Lost
22	Aid and Comfort	Mar 7, 1993	Lost
23	Quarantine	Mar 14, 1993	Lost
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	Lost
28	The One That Got Away	Oct 16, 1993	[1] [2] [3]Partially Found
29	Children in Chains	Oct 23, 1993	Lost
30	Swing Vote	Oct 30, 1993	Lost
31	Extinct is Forever	Nov 6, 1993	Lost
32	Market Day	Nov 13, 1993	[4] [5] [6]Partially Found
33	Women Alone	Nov 20, 1993	Lost
34	Ancient History	Dec 4, 1993	Lost
35	Question of the Heart	Dec 11, 1993	Lost
36	A Bone To Pick	Dec 18, 1993	Lost
37	Ties that Bind	Jan 1, 1994	Lost
38	Diamonds arent Forever	Jan 8, 1994	Found
39	Baby Talk	Jan 15, 1994	Partially Found (Spanish Dub)
40	The Writing on the Wall	Jan 22, 1994	Lost
41	Payback	Jan 29, 1994	Lost
42	Pet Shop Boys	Feb 5, 1994	Lost
43	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Feb 12, 1994	Lost
44	Samson and Charley	Feb 26, 1994	Lost
45	Fear of Wages	Mar 5, 1994	Lost
46	Under Pressured	Mar 12, 1994	Lost
47	Road to Nowhere	Mar 19, 1994	Lost
48	Head in the Sand	Mar 26, 1994	Lost
49	Noah and the Arc	Apr 2, 1994	Lost
50	Natural Beauty	Apr 9, 1994	Lost
51	Star Turn	Apr 16, 1994	Lost
52	Poker Face	Apr 23, 1994	Lost

Video

Commercial for the series.

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

References