
Season 3 (1987)
Episodes: 21
Star Cast:
Episodes List

Ep.1 Walking on Air
Air Date: 1987-01-17
In a bid for physical freedom, a wheelchair-bound boy encourages his disabled friends to join him in trying to become astronauts.

Ep.2 Hector's Bunyip
Air Date: 1987-01-24
An Australian family tells a welfare counselor that a friendly swamp creature kidnapped their foster son.

Ep.3 Ride a Northbound Horse
Air Date: 1987-02-07
An orphan joins a cattle drive to get even with the peddler who swindled him.

Ep.4 Mighty Pawns
Air Date: 1987-02-14
In this true story, a maverick teacher gets inner-city youths off the street and rechannels their energies to the game of chess.

Ep.5 A Little Princess (1/3)
Air Date: 1987-02-21
Bad investments and her father's death leave lovely Sara Crewe penniless and in the clutches of grasping, greedy Miss Minchin. Parts 1 & 2 of the 1986 BBC mini-series.

Ep.6 A Little Princess (2/3)
Air Date: 1987-02-28
Carrisford moves to England to search for Crewe's missing daughter. Parts 3 & 4 of the 1986 BBC mini-series.

Ep.7 A Little Princess (3/3)
Air Date: 1987-03-07
Sara endures more cruelties at the hands of Miss Minchin, but is at last reunited with friends and fortune. Parts 5 & 6 of the 1986 BBC mini-series.

Ep.8 The Last Warhorse
Air Date: 1987-03-14
An elderly scrap dealer and his three grandchildren fight to keep their home despite the efforts of a real estate developer's devious employees.

Ep.9 The Haunting of Barney Palmer
Air Date: 1987-03-21
A young man fears he has inherited his family's magical powers when he is visited by the spirit of his great uncle.

Ep.10 The Paper Boy
Air Date: 1987-03-28
As Christmas 1932 approaches, a part-time paper boy becomes his family's sole support.

Ep.11 Top Kid
Air Date: 1987-04-04
A 10-year-old boy is tempted to cheat after he becomes a game show celebrity.

Ep.12 The Revolt of Job
Air Date: 1987-04-10
A Jewish family in Nazi Hungary adopts an 8-year-old Christian boy who learns valuable life lessons. Based on a true story.

Ep.13 Daniel and the Towers
Air Date: 1987-04-17
The chronicle of a friendship between a streetwise Hispanic boy and an eccentric Italian immigrant as he builds the Watts Towers in Los Angeles. Based on a true story.

Ep.14 Room to Move
Air Date: 1987-04-24
A young athlete faces a choice between continuing her track-and-field training or pursuing an interest in dance that develops after she befriends a new girl in school who is not accepted because of her punk look.

Ep.15 The Horse Without a Head
Air Date: 1987-05-01
Mischievous children and a series of mishaps thwart a band of inept robbers.

Ep.16 Quest Beyond Time
Air Date: 1987-05-08
A young boy who enjoys hang gliding is transported into a post-apocalyptic future in which he tries to help people dying of a mysterious illness.

Ep.17 Almost Partners
Air Date: 1987-05-15
A 14-year-old girl joins forces with a police detective to find a missing urn containing her grandfather's ashes.

Ep.18 Colour in the Creek (1/2)
Air Date: 1987-05-22
A 12-year-old boy and his family take part in the Australian Gold Rush in the early 1930s.

Ep.19 Colour in the Creek (2/2)
Air Date: 1987-05-29
A 12-year-old boy and his family take part in the Australian Gold Rush in the early 1930s. (Conclusion)

Ep.20 The December Rose (1/2)
Air Date: 1987-06-05
A young chimney sweep comes to work at the elegant home of a nobleman, and tumbles into a crooked and dangerous adventure.

Ep.21 The December Rose (2/2)
Air Date: 1987-06-12
A young chimney sweep comes to work at the elegant home of a nobleman, and tumbles into a crooked and dangerous adventure. (Conclusion)