Sindbad (TV series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Sindbad |
| Original title | Sinbad |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| year | 2012 |
| Production company |
Impossible Pictures |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 in 1 season |
| genre |
Adventure , action , drama |
| First broadcast | July 8, 2012 (UK) on Sky1 |
| German-language first broadcast |
October 17, 2012 on Super RTL |
| occupation | |
Sindbad (Original Title: Sinbad ) is a British television series based on the stories of Sindbad the seafarers . The series premiered on Sky1 on July 8, 2012. Since October 17, 2012, the series can be seen in Germany on Super RTL .
At the end of February 2013, the series was canceled by Sky1 after one season. The reason given was that the story of Sinbad had been told.
action
Sindbad and his brother fight their way through life as petty crooks in Basra . But when Sindbad accidentally kills the emir's nephew , they are both captured and Sinbad's brother killed. Sindbad is able to flee, but is cursed by his grandmother: He can only stay on land until the next sunrise. If he is not back at sea in time, he will die. Sindbad flees the city with a ship's crew and from then on has only the goal of breaking the curse and restoring his honor.
production
In August 2010, Sky1 program director Stuart Murphy announced plans to produce several new TV series, including a 12-part Sindbad TV series. As a production company, the creators of Primeval - Return of the Primeval Monsters , Impossible Pictures , were chosen. With a budget of around $ 27 million, the series is the station's most expensive self-produced series. Filming started in February 2011 in Malta .
occupation
Main cast
| Role name | Actress | episode | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sindbad | Elliot Knight | 1-12 | Nico Mamone |
| Rina | Marama Corlett | 1-12 | Jana Kilka |
| Gunnar | Elliot Cowan | 1-12 | Roman Kretschmer |
| Nala | Estella Daniels | 1-7 | Daniela Bette-Koch |
| cook | Junix Inocian | 1-12 | Renier Baaken |
| Anwar | Dimitri Leonidas | 1-12 | Daniel Käser |
| tiger | Tuppence Middleton | 9-12 | Corinna Riegner |
Supporting cast
| Role name | Actress | episode | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Akbari | Naveen Andrews | 1-4, 6-7 | Frank Röth |
| Taryn | Orla Brady | 1-7, 11-12 | Ilya Welter |
| emir | Jigal Naor | 1-2, 4, 6 | Thomas Balou Martin |
| Tazeem | Robert Gilbert | 1-2, 4, 7 | |
| Grandmother | Janet Suzman | 1-2, 6-7 | |
| Zalelew | George Harris | 1, 4 | Oliver Stritzel |
| Razia | Sophie Okonedo | 2 | |
| Anicetus | Timothy Spall | 4th | Uli Krohm |
| Roisin | Georgia King | 6th | |
| Kuji | Hannah Tointon | 8th | Joyce Ilg |
| Father La Stessa | Dougray Scott | 11 | Peter Flechtner |
| Alehna | Evanna Lynch | 12 | Annabel Wolf |
Episode list
| No. | German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first broadcast (-) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The curse | pilot | July 8, 2012 | Oct 17, 2012 | Andy Wilson | Jack Lothian |
| 2 | Queen of the water thieves | Queen of the Water-Thieves | July 15, 2012 | Oct 24, 2012 | Andy Wilson | James Dormer |
| 3 | The house of games | House of Games | July 22, 2012 | Oct 31, 2012 | Brian Grant | Steve Thompson |
| 4th | The ghost ship | Old Man of the Sea | July 29, 2012 | Nov 7, 2012 | Andy Wilson | James Dormer |
| 5 | Hunter and hunted | Hunted | Aug 5, 2012 | Nov 14, 2012 | Brian Grant | Jack Lothian |
| 6th | The siren | The siren | Aug 12, 2012 | Nov 21, 2012 | Brian Grant | Harriet Warner |
| 7th | Homecoming | Homecoming | Aug 19, 2012 | Nov 28, 2012 | Andy Wilson | Neil Biswas & Jack Lothian |
| 8th | Anwar's lesson | Kuji | 26 Aug 2012 | Dec 5, 2012 | Colin Teague | Jack Thorne |
| 9 | The Philosopher's Stone | Eye of the Tiger | Sep 2 2012 | Dec 12, 2012 | Colin Teague | Jack Lothian & James Dormer |
| 10 | Hard shell, hard core | For Whom the Egg Shatters | Sep 9 2012 | Dec 19, 2012 | Colin Teague | Richard Kurti & Bev Doyle |
| 11 | Friend or foe? | Fiend or Friend? | 16 Sep 2012 | Dec 26, 2012 | MT eagle | Harriet Warner |
| 12 | In the realm of the dead | Land of the Dead | 23 Sep 2012 | Dec 26, 2012 | Michael Offer | Jack Lothian |
Web links
- Sindbad in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website of the broadcaster Sky1
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: http://www.serienjunkies.de/news/sindbad-britische-serie-sky-41303.html . In: serial junkies . July 8, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Sindbad: Super RTL shows the British series from October . In: serial junkies . September 6, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Sinbad: Sky canceled the series after the first season . In: serial junkies . February 27, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
- ↑ a b Adam Arndt: Sky: Sinbad's extensive in-house production goes into series . In: serial junkies . June 18, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2011.