
Sky
1975 · ITV1 · 30 min · 1 season
S01E07 · Chariot of Fire
Sat, 17 May, 9:00 pm
The juganet is revealed as Stonehenge, and Arbie and Jane take Sky there. He prepares to leave Earth but Arbie pleads to go with him. Sky will not allow it, but Arbie triggers the force of the juganet and finds himself propelled forward in time to a harsh world and threatening people. Arbie is likely to be lost forever but Sky intervenes and in thye most bizarre transport, gets him back to his own time - having learned a lesson about the forces of nature.
About
Eerie, unsettling and a benchmark production for children's television in the 1970s, Sky was created as one of the run of outstanding children's dramas HTV produced in that decade. Filmed in such richly atmospheric locations as Avebury, Glastonbury Tor and Stonehenge, Sky is a mixture of ecological fable, science fantasy and good, old-fashioned peril.
Marc Harrison stars as Sky - an ethereal boy who materialises on an Earth that is as unprepared for him as he is for it. He soon realises that he's been brought to the wrong time and must seek out the Juganet to return to his correct place in reality. With the help of tearaway Arby Vennor, his sister Jane and friend Roy, he must race against time as Nature rejects Sky and the Earth's immune system creates the evil Goodchild, who is out to stop him at all costs...
Episodes
- E01
Burning Bright
Mon, 7 Apr· 30 minA Strange storm ... and an extraordinary adventure begins for Arbie (Stuart Lock), a West Counrty lad, when he discovers a remarkable youth named Sky, who has visited the earth accidentally.
- E02
Juganet
Mon, 14 Apr· 30 minArbie's sister Jane (Cherrald Butterfiels) is left alone with Sky and at first believes him to be a madman. She becomes confused when he explains the mystery of his arrival on earth and his need to return to his "own time". Nature is rebelling against Sky, the intruder, and materializes in the human form of Goodchild (Robert Eddison) to repel him. Sky needs to find refuge in the strange 'juganet' to escape from earth and he commands Arbie and Jane to help him.
- E03
Goodchild
Mon, 21 Apr· 30 minThe forces of nature in the guise of Goodchild are still attacking Sky and cause an accident in which Arbie's mother is injured. Sky uses all his energy to cure her but leaves himself in a weal state for a further encounter with his adversary.
- E04
What Dread Hand
Mon, 28 Apr· 30 minSky is weakened by the power of Goodchild and Jane and Arbie take him to hospital for safety, but Goodchild still pursues him in the form of a surgeon. Sky, at risk, enlists the help of another patient by telepathy and together with Jane and Arbie, they probe the possibility that Glastonbury may be the place of the "burning circles" where the power of the juganet has to be found.
- E05
Evalake
Mon, 5 May· 30 minTom, the patient who has telepathic contact with Sky, and the teenagers take Sky to Glastonbury. There, on top of the Tor, Sky is confronted by a hippie who believes the strange youth is the long-awaited "Keeper of the Grail" for whom he has been seeking. Goodchild is still at hand, ready to attack.
- E06
Life Force
Sat, 10 May· 30 minGoodchild, still thwarted in his attempts to rid Earth of the intruder Sky, creates a mysterious house to entrap him and Jane and Arbie. They enter the trap and find the house does not exist. But Sky is gaining strength and reveals himself in a golden light as the life force which Goodchild cannot resist. Goodchild offers to show Sky the Juganet if he will be gone from Earth. Sky agrees.
- E07
Chariot of Fire
Sat, 17 May· 30 minThe juganet is revealed as Stonehenge, and Arbie and Jane take Sky there. He prepares to leave Earth but Arbie pleads to go with him. Sky will not allow it, but Arbie triggers the force of the juganet and finds himself propelled forward in time to a harsh world and threatening people. Arbie is likely to be lost forever but Sky intervenes and in thye most bizarre transport, gets him back to his own time - having learned a lesson about the forces of nature.
Cast

Robert Eddison
Goodchild
Cherrald Butterfield
Jane Vennor
Stuart Lock
Arby Vennor
Marc Harrison
Sky
Richard Speight
Roy Briggs