Spellbinder is a 1995 English-language fantasy adventure science fiction children's television series, co-produced between Australia and Poland, and filmed in both countries. The series follows the adventures of Sydney high-schooler Paul Reynolds (Zbych Trofimiuk) as he is accidentally stranded in a parallel world where the industrial revolution never happened. Only a small number of people there have technology – the "Spellbinders" – and they pretend it is magic and use it to rule over everyone else, manipulating people's fear and ignorance. Paul, with the help of a local girl called Riana (Gosia Piotrowska), uses his wits and his own knowledge of science to survive, whilst his high-school friends try to rescue him.
The series has 26 episodes of 30 minutes each, and was produced by Film Australia and Telewizja Polska, in association with the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF), who provide accompanying educational material for the series.
International versions[]
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Czech | Vládci kouzel | Prima family (formerly) |
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Dutch | Spellbinder | Veronica (formerly) RTL 4 (formerly) Ketnet (formerly) |
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French | Les maîtres des sortilèges | France 2 (formerly) TMC (formerly) Canal J (formerly) |
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German | Spellbinder – Gefangen in der Vergangenheit | Der Kinderkanal (formerly) SRF Zwei (formerly) ZDF (formerly) |
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Hebrew (subtitled) |
במלכודת העולמות | Channel 2 (formerly) |
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Hungarian | Mágusok | RTL Klub (formerly) |
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Italian | Spellbinder | Rai 2 (formerly) |
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Japanese | 対決スペルバインダー | NHK Educational TV (formerly) |
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Polish (voice-over) |
Dwa światy | TVP2 (formerly) TVP Polonia (formerly) TVP ABC (formerly) |
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Portuguese (Portugal) | unknown | Canal Panda (formerly) |
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Romanian (voice-over) |
Spellbinder: tărâmul dragonului | TVR 2 (formerly)[2] |
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Russian (dub) |
Чародей | Russia (formerly) Detskiy Mir (formerly) |
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Russian (voice-over) |
Чародей | Inter (formerly) Novyi Kanal (formerly) |
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Sinhala (subtitled) |
මායා බන්ධන | Rupavahini (formerly) Channel Eye |
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Vietnamese | Spellbinder: Vùng đất của những nhà thông thái | HTV7 (formerly) |