Overview
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends was a 1979 television series documenting the exploits of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, based on the novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by American writer Mark Twain. The series was made up of 26 episodes and was a Canadian/German coproduction. Huckleberry Finn is played by Ian Tracey who is also the narrator. Tom Sawyer is played by Sammy Snyders. Directed by Jack B. Hively and Ken Jubenvill, this mini-series was broadcast in many countries such as Germany, UK, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Venezuela and many other Latin American nations. The series was re-shown many times during the 1980s to early 1990s and has grown somewhat of a cult following. Even though Mark Twain originally wrote the books The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as separate units, this mini-series conjures up both literary works as only one story. Therefore, it places greater importance on Huckleberry's character without putting aside Tom Sawyer's. In 2007, the complete series was released as a 4 DVD box set by Fabulous Films in the UK. It contains many extras including a 12 page color booklet and a 30 minute 'making of' documentary featuring interviews with many stars of the series including Sammy Snyders, Ian Tracey, and Blu Mankuma.
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Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1: Welcome Neighbour
Jan 01, 1980
Aunt Polly isn't very young anymore when she takes her two nephews Tom and Sid Sawyer under her wing after their parents died. Tom doesn't l...
Episode 2: Love in Bloom
Jan 08, 1980
Because Tom Sawyer is always into mischief, Aunt Polly punishes him by whitewashing the fence. Tom who doesn't really feel like doing it, lets hi...
Episode 3: The Engagement
Jan 15, 1980
Tom Sawyer tells his brother Sid that he isn't feeling well and doesn't want to go to school. Aunt Polly sees him through and when he sudden...
Episode 4: Mystery at Midnight
Jan 22, 1980
Because Tom Sawyer doesn't feel well, aunt Polly gives him a spoon full of her famous, but awful tasting spring-elixer. That did the trick and on...
Episode 5: The Pirates
Jan 29, 1980
Tom Sawyer meets his friend Joe Harper on his way to school. Joe is convinced that his mother doesn't love him. Because Tom isn't happy at h...
Episode 6: How nice to be missed
Feb 05, 1980
When Huck Finn, Joe Harper and Tom Sawyer hide out Jackson's Island, aunt Polly and Mrs. Harper realise that the boys have run away from home. Th...
Episode 7: Such a lovely Funeral
Feb 12, 1980
Tom Sawyer decides to swim back to St. Petersburg en goes to his house. He sees and hears how aunt Polly, Sid and Mrs. Harper are grieving the loss of...
Episode 8: Muff Potter's Trial
Feb 19, 1980
Muff Potter was arrested because he was accused of murdering doctor Robinson. Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn witnessed the murder in the churchyard. But it ...
Episode 9: Buried Treasure
Feb 26, 1980
Because Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are still stressed out of the escape of Injun Joe from the courthouse, the two boys decide to dig for burried...
Episode 10: Huck Is A Hero
Mar 04, 1980
Episode 11: Millionaires
Mar 11, 1980
Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher get lost in a cave during their school field trip. Their teacher and the other pupils don't even miss them and leav...
Episode 12: I Want to Be Free
Mar 18, 1980
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn return to St. Petersburg with their found treasure. The two find out that the widow Douglas and her sister Miss Watson...
Episode 13: Huck Becomes a Victim
Mar 25, 1980
Huck doesn't enjoy his new life with the widow Douglas and her sister Miss Watson. On his way to school, Huck sees a print of the heel of his fat...
Episode 14: Huck gets away
Apr 01, 1980
The widow Douglas and her sister Miss Watson both realize that Huck is missing. Pap Finn gets questioned about his son's whereabouts. He denies e...
Episode 15: Huck Finds Jim
Apr 08, 1980
Huck evades bounty hunters on Jackson Island but is suspicious to find someone else staying on the other side of the island. When Huck and Jim meet th...
Episode 16: The Rains Come
Apr 15, 1980
On Jackson Island Huck and Jim are hiding in a cave when a massive storm suddenly breaks loose and devastates the island. All kinds of things float pa...
Episode 17: Smallpox
Apr 22, 1980
Huck and Jim build a shelter for Jim on their raft for Jim to hide in when other boats come near them. When this actually happens Huck tells the boatm...
Episode 18: Meet the Grangerfords
Apr 29, 1980
Tired and worn out after the raft accident Huck comes across a large farm estate a few hundred yards from the river. After some initial scepticism the...
Episode 19: The Thing About Feuding
May 06, 1980
Huck is entangled further into the feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons and realise that he himself is now as much a target as any of th...
Episode 20: End of the Feud
May 13, 1980
When Huck returns to the Grangefords he finds that the house is empty. His slave Jack informs him that the feud has erupted after Sophia took off to m...
Episode 21: Meet the Duke and the Dauphin
May 20, 1980
Upon resuming their travels down the Mississippi Huck and Jim encounter two strangers whom they pick up and save from a group of chasing gunmen. The ...
Episode 22: Where Art Thou, Romeo?
May 27, 1980
The Duke and the Dauphin rehearse their wacky Shakespeare-act on the raft. The Dauphin falls into the water but Huck manages to help him back on the r...
Episode 23: Jim Disappears
Jun 03, 1980
Jim warns Huck, that every time he feels his shoulder twitching, that something bad is going to happen. The Duke goes to town to look for venues for t...
Episode 24: Huck Sawyer-Tom Finn
Jun 10, 1980
Tom Sawyer's aunt Sally mistakingly sees Huck as her nephew Tom, who is on his way to visit her. Huck decides to go along lends a horse and wagon...
Episode 25: The Rescue
Jun 17, 1980
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are digging a tunnel beneath the the hut where Jim is held prisoner. The first attempt is a complete failure. Jim want...
Episode 26: The Whole Truth
Jun 24, 1980
Huck and Tom help Jim escape from the hut. A search party catches up on them and shoot Tom in the leg. Huck finds a doctor who wants to help Tom and t...
