Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone
American television series are famous all over the world and offer a wide range of options for all tastes. An interesting animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera in collaboration with Sleepy Kids PLC is Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone, known outside the United States as Potsworth & Co. The series focuses on four children who meet in their dreams every night, accompanied by their dog Potsworth and a toy dinosaur, to protect the sleep of innocent children from the feared Prince of Nightmares.
The story revolves around Potsworth, an English Springer Spaniel, based on a real Springer Spaniel dog called Potsworth, bought from Battersea Dogs Home by Martin and Vivien Schrager-Powell. The pair were disappointed with some of the children's programs of the time, commenting that "six-year-olds aren't content to be cheated out of 'Mr Wizard Goes Away and the Bad Guy Goes Away'." In 1987, Martin began writing stories about Potsworth living in a town in America and four young children: Carter, Keiko, Rosie and Nick. The pair pitched the idea to Hanna-Barbera and proposed a 50-50 deal to turn the stories into a television series.
The series, which lasted just 13 episodes, was watched by 8.5 million people in the US and 5.1 million viewers on Children's BBC in Britain, making it the "second most popular children's program on British television after Neighbours." .
The series tells of four children and the dog Potsworth who live in the same area. When they go to sleep at night, they find themselves in the Dream Zone, where, as the Midnight Patrol, they are tasked by the Great Dozer with protecting the place from nightmares and other threats and are given their missions by the Snooze Patrol. Their main enemy is the Prince of Nightmares. While in the Dream Zone, the five have special powers.
The series was so popular that it even spawned an officially licensed video game, released in 1992, in which the player took control of one of the characters in each themed level and had to collect various items and reach the exit.
Midnight Patrol features five main characters: Potsworth, Carter, Keiko, Rosie and Nick, along with various characters from the Dream Zone setting, including the Great Dozer, an important figure in the series. The antagonists, such as the Prince of Nightmares and his henchmen Igor, Irving and Shorty, are also an integral part of the story.
In conclusion, Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone is an animated series that has captured the imagination of young viewers around the world and created a fantasy and adventurous world that has continued to live in the hearts of many fans even after its short term.
Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone is an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera in collaboration with Sleepy Kids PLC and is known outside the United States as Potsworth & Co. The series revolves around four children who meet in their dreams every night, accompanied by their dog Potsworth and a toy dinosaur, to protect the sleep of the innocent from the feared Prince of Nightmares. The series was created by Martin Powell and Vivien Schrager-Powell, developed by Dave Edwards and directed by Don Lusk and Paul Sommers. The series was produced by Hanna-Barbera in collaboration with Sleepy Kids PLC and the number of episodes was 13. The series is of American and English origin, is a mix of animation, adventure, fantasy and comedy, has a duration 21 minutes long and was broadcast on the BBC, The Children's Channel (UK) and in syndication in the United States. The series was released on September 1, 1990. Other details include: executive producers William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Martin Powell, Vivien Schrager-Powell, Paul Sabella, Theresa Plummer-Andrews, and producer Davis Doi. The series was watched by 8,5 million people in the US and 5,1 million on Children's BBC, making it the "second most popular children's show on British television after Neighbours". The series was also adapted into a video game licensed under the British title by Potsworth and Co, released in 1992 by Hi-Tec Software for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and Atari ST.
