Time Riders (1991)

Directed by

Michael Winterbottom

Genre

sci-fi & fantasy, comedy, kids

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A time traveling professor on a motorbike shows kids different historical eras. The series switches between a modern university and a medieval castle.

quirkysci-fiadventurelightheartedpacededucationalvisual-medleynostalgicretro-future

What happens

Time Riders is a 4-part 1991 CITV show directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Haydn Gwynne as Dr. B. B. Miller, a motorbike riding time traveler. Location filming was carried out at the Polytechnic of Wales for scenes set in the modern day (Part One and the end of Part Four), whilst those set in the past (Parts Two, Three and the bulk of Part Four) occurred at Chepstow Castle. A novelisation of the series written by Eldridge (ISBN 0-09-993940-1) was published in 1991. It was illustrated by Mark Robertson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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