Return to Jupiter

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | alt_name = | genre = Science fiction | creator = | developer = | writer = David Ogilvy | director = {{plainlist| *Robert Klenner *Paul Faint }} | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = Steve Bisley<br>Arthur Dignam<br>Justin Rosniak<br>Daniel Taylor<br>Anna Choy | judges = | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = Ian Davidson | country = Australia | language = English | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 13 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = {{plainlist| *Kagari Tajima *Ron Saunders }} | producer = Terry Jennings | editor = Christopher Spurr | location = | cinematography = Louis Irving | camera = | runtime = 25 minutes | company = Film Australia | channel = {{plainlist| *ABC *NHK }} | first_aired = {{start date|1997|3|23|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|1997|6|15|df=y}} | related = }}

'''''Return to Jupiter''''' was an Australian television series, a 13-part follow-up to ''Escape from Jupiter''. It aired in Australia from 23 March to 15 June 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australiantelevision.net/return-to-jupiter/index.html|title=Australian Television: Return to Jupiter|work=Australian Television Archive|accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/return-to-jupiter-1996/9101/|title=Screen Australia: Return to Jupiter|work=Screen Australia|accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref>

==Plot== After their escape from Io, Michael, Kumiko, Gerard and Anna, last seen in ''Escape From Jupiter'', are reunited on the Icarus, a solar cruiser that will take them back to their parents on Ganymede, one of Jupiter's moons. But the journey is far from a smooth one. Danger and excitement wait around every turn, as the children face a crash landing on Mars, hitch a ride on an asteroid, and race against two villains whose evil plan jeopardises the Icarus and its crew.

==Cast== *Sonia Todd as Cmdr Edwina Dent *David Wenham as Dr. Chrobak *Jeanette Cronin as Glovic *Colin Moody as Tobias Selby *Anna Choy as Kumiko *Justin Rosniak as Gerard *Daniel Taylor as Michael *Dominic Elmaloglou as Abraham *Robyn MacKenzie as Anna *Emma Jane Fowler as Zac * Bruce Spence as Ed Unit

== Episodes == Episode information retrieved from IMDB.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0118447/episodes/?season=1|title=Episode Guide: Return to Jupiter|work=IMDB|accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref>

{{Episode table|background=#08acd1 |overall=6 |title=25 |director=22 |writer=22 |airdate=22|episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 1 |Title= Shipwreck |DirectedBy= Robert Klenner |WrittenBy= David Ogilvy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|6|8|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=08acd1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 2 |Title= Quarantine |DirectedBy= Robert Klenner |WrittenBy= David Ogilvy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|6|15|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=08acd1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 3 |Title= Stowaway |DirectedBy= Robert Klenner |WrittenBy= David Ogilvy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|6|22|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=08acd1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 4 |Title= Rescue |DirectedBy= Paul Faint |WrittenBy= David Ogilvy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|6|29|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=08acd1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 5 |Title= Demons |DirectedBy= Paul Faint |WrittenBy= David Ogilvy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|7|6|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=08acd1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 6 |Title= Moonlighting |DirectedBy= Paul Faint |WrittenBy= David Ogilvy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|7|13|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=08acd1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 7 |Title= Hacker |DirectedBy= Paul Faint |WrittenBy= David Ogilvy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|7|20|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=08acd1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 8 |Title= Jettison |DirectedBy= Robert Klenner |WrittenBy= David Ogilvy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|7|27|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=08acd1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 9 |Title= Virtual Trust |DirectedBy= Robert Klenner |WrittenBy= David Ogilvy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|8|3|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=08acd1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 10 |Title= Ghosts |DirectedBy= Robert Klenner |WrittenBy= David Ogilvy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|8|10|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=08acd1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 11 |Title= Comet |DirectedBy= Robert Klenner |WrittenBy= David Ogilvy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|8|17|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=08acd1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 12 |Title= Terminex |DirectedBy= Robert Klenner |WrittenBy= David Ogilvy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|8|24|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=08acd1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 13 |Title= Space Pirates |DirectedBy= Robert Klenner |WrittenBy= David Ogilvy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|8|31|df=y}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=08acd1 }} }}

== See also == * List of Australian television series

==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0118447|title=Return to Jupiter}} * [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=310462;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 ''Return to Jupiter'' at the National Film and Sound Archive]{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}

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Category:Australian children's television series Category:Australian science fiction television series Category:Fiction set on Ganymede (moon)