Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs

Season 1
Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs is an animated television series of 52 x 11 minute episodes. It is a fantastical action-adventure comedy for a 6 to 9 year old target audience. The series is based on the popular books by Giles Andreae, and illustrated by Russell Ayto. Giles' children's books have, to date, sold more than two million copies.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Missing Treasure
    September 5, 2016
    12min
    7+
    Flinn and his crew help Captain Gurgleguts retrieve his missing treasure... stolen by pirate dinosaurs. They find the 'baddest baddies' and the treasure on Bag O' Bones Island, and a nail-biting swashbuckle ensues. When T Rex loses, he calls on his cousin, Gigantosaurus, the biggest dinosaur of all, who chases them into a cave. There they come up with a cunning plan to distract him.
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  2. S1 E2 - The Statue of Gold
    September 5, 2016
    12min
    7+
    The pirate dinosaurs steal a map to the Statue of Gold, which is lodged in the plug of a volcano. Flinn and crew are unable to persuade the villains to stop before the volcano erupts. They push the statue off a ledge, where it lands on a springy palm tree. Flinn cries out 'Sea ferrets ahoy!' and the stupid dinos run off the ledge in fear.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Baddest Bellyache
    September 6, 2016
    12min
    7+
    When the pirate dinosaurs and Captain Flinn are swallowed by the very hungry Gigantosaurus, the rest of Flinn's crew works together to save them. They feed the gigantic greedy dinosaur a pot full of Stubble's horrible chilli con custard as medicine to cure his 'baddest bellyache' ever and tickle him with a feather and blow pepper pollen up his nose at the same time.
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  4. S1 E4 - Thunder Alley
    September 6, 2016
    12min
    7+
    In notorious 'Thunder Alley' a narrow straight full of dangers, the Acorn and the Pirate Dinosaur's ships collide, and their Captains are bumped onto the opposite ships. There they discover that under their new leadership, the personalities of their crews begin to change... the goodest goodies becoming sneaky and rude and the baddest baddies become brave and rise to the occasion.
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  5. S1 E5 - Squiginator
    September 6, 2016
    12min
    7+
    Captain Flinn and his crew run into a giant squid that is disarmed by a love of Stubble's custard. Stubble bonds with the squid and names her Winifred. The pirates are kept up at night by Winifred's glow and her resonating snore. To make matters worse, Winifred accidently damages the Acorn. Captain Flinn orders Stubble to send his unsuitable pet packing.
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  6. S1 E6 - True North
    September 7, 2016
    12min
    7+
    The Goodest Goodies set out to recover Gurlgegut's Mummy's ornamental teaspoon collection, stolen by the Pirate Dinosaurs. They discover the marauding meanies have taken something even more valuable - magnetic north. Tom's off kilter compass leads them right to the Pirate Dinosaurs who are using magnetic north to collect metallic booty from other ships.
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  7. S1 E7 - Up Up and Away!
    September 7, 2016
    12min
    7+
    The pirate dinosaurs' ship gets airborne when they blow up too many balloons for greedy T Rex's birthday. As they take advantage of the situation and loot pirate treasure from above, using bungee ropes, Captain Flinn takes the Acorn to the air to combat them. But the great greedy pirate dinosaurs amass way too much treasure and get stuck on a mountain top.
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  8. S1 E8 - Custardcano
    September 8, 2016
    12min
    7+
    Violet falls into a deep hole while trying to dispose of Stubble's broccoli flavoured custard. The remaining 'Goodest Goodies' search the Acorn from top to bottom looking for her, but they fall into the same deep hole. Meanwhile, the rotten reptiles commandeer the Acorn.
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  9. S1 E9 - Made Up Monster
    September 8, 2016
    12min
    7+
    Captain Flinn and the crew of the Acorn boldly hunt down a sea monster that is terrorizing the high seas, only to discover it is a pedal-powered fake manned by the pirate dinosaurs! But when a real Sea Monster turns up, Flinn and Co. must travel to the forbidding edge of the map (where there be dragons) to reunite the monster with its own kind.
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  10. S1 E10 - Tomnado
    September 9, 2016
    12min
    7+
    Tom gets blown onto the pirate dinosaurs' ship in a tornado and bumps his head. This causes amnesia, which results in him thinking he's a pirate dinosaur, a Tom-osaurus no less. After joining forces with the enemy in a bitter battle to the end - where they catapult ketchup and custard at one another - Tom proves himself to be a dangerous adversary.
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  11. S1 E11 - The Magic Cutlass
    September 9, 2016
    12min
    7+
    When the rotten rascally pirate dinosaurs' trick Captain Flinn into retrieving a legendary magic cutlass from under the sea, T Rex discovers it's not always a good thing to have your wishes come true. The pirate dinosaurs greedy wishes all turn out badly for them, and Captain Flinn and his crew come up trumps as well as having a good belly laugh. Be careful what you wish for!
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  12. S1 E12 - Pearl's Peril
    September 10, 2016
    12min
    7+
    The 'would be' gourmet Pirate Dinosaurs have asked Gigantosaurus to dinner - and they desperately want to impress him. They put on a fancy feast (with ketchup) and ask 'goodest goodie' Pearl for lessons in 'social ettiquetty' stuff.
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  13. S1 E13 - Unplugged
    September 10, 2016
    12min
    7+
    The Pirate Dinosaurs pull the plug out of the ocean, and drain it completely, so they can steal treasure from shipwrecks without getting their feet wet. Unfortunately for them, being pirates with very short arms, they can't swim.
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  14. S1 E14 - Enchanted Skull
    September 11, 2016
    12min
    7+
    Safe and sound on Bag O' Bones Island after a busy day of pillaging, the pirate dinosaurs set aside their cutlasses and play a game of Pirate badminton. When they hear strange ghostly noises in the fading light they get frightened and call on Captain Flinn, who's ship is anchored nearby, to save them.
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  15. S1 E15 - The Stowaway
    September 11, 2016
    12min
    7+
    The King's annoying young son, Prince Eustace, wants to be a brave pirate and stows away on the Acorn, where he makes a huge nuisance of himself. When the pirate dinosaurs rob the Acorn, Flinn makes sure the useless Prince Eustace is part of the pirate booty, and the Prince is so unbearable that the rotten reptiles literally beg Flinn to take his ship and the Prince back again.
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  16. S1 E16 - Leading Lady
    September 12, 2016
    12min
    7+
    Violet is kidnapped by the pirate dinosaurs and forced to be a 'damsel in distress' in Terry's play. The other pirate dinosaurs can't act, in fact they're as wooden as palm tees. But Violet is no shrinking violet, she takes over and casts herself as a Pirate Captain, a role she's been practising for all her pirate days, and she is so good that the play wins a prize at the festival.
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  17. S1 E17 - Something I Ate
    September 12, 2016
    12min
    7+
    When the kids eat Stubble's latest batch of disgusting custard, seasoned with some stinky seaweed, they experience silly side-effects, making swashbuckling difficult. They set sail for Bag O' Bones Island to find the antidote, the juice from a rare lime only found on the island. Unluckily their foes the pirate dinosaurs are also after the limes to season their latest batch of ketchup.
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  18. S1 E18 - Gurgleguts The Pirate
    September 13, 2016
    12min
    7+
    After saving him three times in one week, the crew of the Acorn sets about trying to help the cowardly Captain Gurgleguts find his inner 'brave and ferocious' pirate. After trying and failing many times, only kind little Pearl still has patience with Gurgleguts.
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  19. S1 E19 - Deep Down
    September 13, 2016
    12min
    7+
    When one of Tom's experiments on Stubble's custard goes terribly wrong, Flinn is forced to forbid any more 'crazy experiments'. But then a whale-shaped submarine piloted by the Pirate Dinosaurs sinks after a spell of pillaging the Seven-and-a-half seas, and Tom is the only one that can mount a daring rescue to the sea floor. What Captain Flinn realises is that everyone makes mistakes!
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  20. S1 E20 - Swim Safely
    September 14, 2016
    12min
    7+
    The kids do the right thing and give the pirate dinosaurs swimming lessons. But the 'baddest baddies' return the favour by doing the wrong thing. They are too scared to go in the water and run away into a cave. There they find some treasure, steal it, trap the kids in the cave and sail away on the Acorn. But good wins over greed and Flinn and his crew emerge victorious.
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  21. S1 E21 - Baby On Board
    September 14, 2016
    12min
    7+
    A fun treasure hunt reveals an unexpected prize. As well as a chest full of chocolate doubloons the 'goodest goodies' discover a large egg inside the treasure chest. And it's not chocolate. In fact, it hatches into a baby pirate dinosaur!
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  22. S1 E22 - Off With The Birds
    September 15, 2016
    12min
    7+
    The pirate dinosaurs plant Terry aboard the Acorn disguised as an albatross in distress. Their rotten plan is to trick Flinn and his crew into surrendering their ship, The Acorn, by holding the albatross's egg to ransom. The trick seems to work. A switch is planned at midnight, the egg for the sturdy pirate vessel, but will they really fool Flinn and his band of goodest goodies?
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  23. S1 E23 - Moby Clam
    September 15, 2016
    12min
    7+
    Captain Flinn and the crew embark on a quest to find the great white beast of the sea - Moby Clam! The giant beast has stolen Gurgleguts' most treasured treasure, his giant pearl. Unfortunately when they do the great beast swallows them - and the pirate dinosaurs - and their ship.
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  24. S1 E24 - Curse Of The Cursed Curses
    September 16, 2016
    12min
    7+
    The Pirate Dinosaurs steal three statuettes, the Giggling Giggler, the Dancing Dancer and the Crying Crier from the Temple of the Cursed Curses, unleashing the dreaded triple curse. This curse causes everyone to laugh, cry and dance randomly, uncontrollably and without warning.
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  25. S1 E25 - Blown Away
    September 16, 2016
    12min
    7+
    When an innocent tailor is kidnapped (Captain Gurgleguts) by the pirate dinosaurs to make Captain T Rex new clothes, they need to rescue him. But when their sails are destroyed by lightening, Captain Flinn has to overcome his fear of what others think, and rig his out-sized long johns to the main mast, to give them enough wind power to reach the reptiles, save the captured tailor and the day.
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Subtitles
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Directors
Greg Ingram
Producers
Suzanne Ryan
Studio
SLR Productions
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