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Butterfly Island

1985–1993 · 3 seasons

A gentle, sunny island adventure where family and community fend off greedy outsiders, easy to dip into and comforting to watch.

Overview
Butterfly Island is a 1985 Australian children's show. The first season cost $1.6 million, the second $3.2 million. "Butterfly Island" tells the story of Charlie Wilson and his children, who are committed to preserving the island’s tropical beauty and charm. However, they encounter various challenges, including competition from nearby resorts, unscrupulous land developers, and shipwrecked boys with mysterious pasts and unintended criminal tendencies.
How it feels
Warm, earnest, light and uplifting. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Family, environment, justice, found family
Content
Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour3
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

Cast

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Details

Created by
David Phillips, Rick Searle
Written by
Rick Searle
Starring
Grigor Taylor, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Mouche Phillips, Susanne Haworth, Mark Kounnas, Peter Mochrie, Patrick Phillips, Leon Cremor
Length
3 seasons, 46 episodes, 30 min each
Country
Australia
Languages
English

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