The Boy from Space

📊 Series Specifications

Network BBC One
Episode Runtime ~ min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 11
Original Language EN

The Boy from Space (1971)

Created by Richard Carpenter
⭐ Not Rated Yet 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 11 Episodes 🏷️ Action & Adventure, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

Young siblings Dan and Helen must protect their new friend, a strange blue alien boy they name Peep-Peep, from the terrifying evil alien known only as The Thin (Space) Man, who's after him.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 The Meteorite

When brother and sister Dan and Helen build an observatory in their shed they see a mysterious object falling from the sky.

E2 The Spinning Compass

When Dan and Helen go in search of the object that fell from space, they find themselves coming face-to-face with danger.

E3 The Man in the Sandpit

Dan and Helen encounter a strange thin man, and discover a boy called Peep-peep who speaks a bizarre alien language.

E4 !regnaD nI

Dan and Helen take Peep-peep to meet Mr Bunting at the observatory, where they try to understand his alien writing.

E5 The Hold-Up

When Peep-peep is taken ill, Mr Bunting drives him to the hospital in his car, but the country roads are full of danger...

E6 Where Is Tom?

Mr Bunting and Peep-Peep are taken captive. Meanwhile, Dan and Helen make a break-through. But where has Tom gone?

E7 The Hunt for the Car

While Dan and Helen tell a confused Tom all about what's been going on, Mr Bunting and Peep-peep encounter trouble.

E8 The Lake

Dan, Helen and Tom set out to find Peep-peep and Mr Bunting, but their search takes them closer and closer to danger.

E9 Captured!

When Tom and Helen are captured by the thin space man, it is up to Dan to set them free.

E10 In the Spaceship

Will Dan succeed in rescuing the others?

E11 Feature-Length Version

The entire story edited together