{{Convert to Episode table}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = Fantasy<br /> Adventure<br /> Mystery | creator = Nick Leather | producer = Tim Compton<br />Lucy Martin | executive_producer = Sue Nott<br />Rebecca Hodgson<br />Steve Christian<br />Tony Wood | starring = {{Plainlist| * Joe Gallucci * Helen Daniels * Jordan Benjamin * Keith Rice * Sydney Wade * Debra Stephenson * Anthony Flanagan * Natasha Joseph * Mark Jordon * Samuel Bottomley * Kit Connor * Lauren Press }} | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = We Can Have It All (series 1) | end_theme = We Can Have It All (series 1; 2 episodes) | composer = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | company = Lime Pictures<br />All3Media<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.limepictures.com/programmes/scripted/rockets-island | title=Rocket's Island }}</ref> | network = CBBC | camera = | runtime = 30 minutes | first_aired = {{Start date|2012|12|4|df=y}} | last_aired = {{End date|2015|12|7|df=y}} | num_series = 3 | num_episodes = 29 | list_episodes = }} '''''Rocket's Island''''' is a British television series, created by Nick Leather about a family taking care of foster children. It stars Jordan Benjamin, Samuel Bottomley, Jack Hartley, Tom Coliandris, Helen Daniels and Joe Gallucci. It was produced by Lime Pictures and All3Media for CBBC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rocket's Island|url=https://www.all3mediainternational.com/catalogue/618|access-date=2021-06-09|website=www.all3mediainternational.com}}</ref>
It was nominated for a BAFTA children's award in the drama category in 2016, but lost out to the winner ''Refugee''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2016 Children's Drama {{!}} BAFTA Awards|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2016/childrens/drama|access-date=2022-01-18|website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref> Rocket's Island has never been released on DVD. The first series consisted of three episode, whilst series two and three consisted of thirteen episodes.
==Plot== ''Rocket's Island'' is about the Boulsworth family, who live at and run Knot Farm, who take care of a number of foster children who come and stay with them. Rocket and his friends have many adventures in their day-to-day lives with plenty of drama involved.
==Cast== ===Main=== * Joe Gallucci as William "Rocket" Boulsworth * Helen Daniels{{efn|In series 1, she is credited as Helen Smith}} as Alli Boulsworth * Jordan Benjamin as Daniel "Dibber" Sparks * Keith Rice as Casey (series 1) * Sydney Wade as Lena/Jade Hollis{{efn|Wade is not credited in the opening titles in series 2 episode 2, only in the end credits. She is returned to the opening for episode 3 onwards. She is absent and was not credited in episode 1.}} * Samuel Bottomley as Brandon Keleher (series 2–3){{efn|Bottomley is credited in the opening titles from S2Ep1 through S3Ep9, S3Ep9 he is not credited and does not appear.}} * Debra Stephenson (series 1)/Natasha Joseph (series 2–3) as Sarah Boulsworth * Anthony Flanagan (series 1)/Mark Jordon (series 2–3) as Peter Boulsworth * Kit Connor as Archie Beckles (main series 3; recurring series 2) * Lauren Press as Izabella "Izzy Wizzy" Winston (series 3){{efn|Press is only credited in the opening in series 3 episodes 10–13; She was credited in end credits in episodes 7–9}}
===Recurring=== * Tom Gilling as PC Gerry Beddoe * William Hall as Jonathan Healey * Tom Coliandris as Lucas Summer * Leisa Gwenllian as Bethany Summer * Isaac Rouse as Ben & Barney Bean * Jack Hartley as Tyler McCray * Gia Lodge-O'Meally as Madison Creetch * Mark Frost as Elfyn Summers (series 3) * Kéllé Bryan (series 1)/Suzette Llewellyn (series 2–3) as Wendy Sparks * Ram John Holder as Grandad "The Oldest Man" Sparks * Naoko Mori as Liz (series 1)
==Production== The series was filmed in North Wales,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/film-tv/flintshire-transformed-fictional-island-cbbc-6242997 | title=Flintshire transformed into fictional island for CBBC series | date=25 October 2013 }}</ref> and in the Isle of Man.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://isleofmedia.org/productions/rockets-island/ | title=Rocket's Island | work=Isle of Media }}</ref>
==Episodes== {{Series overview | color1 = #66CC20 | link1 = #Series 1 | episodes1 = 3 | start1 = {{Start date|2012|12|4|df=y}} | end1 = {{End date|2012|12|6|df=y}}
| color2 = #FD6A00 | link2 = #Series 2 | episodes2 = 13 | start2 = {{Start date|2014|04|14|df=y}} | end2 = {{End date|2014|07|7|df=y}}
| color3 = #000000 | link3 = #Series 3 | episodes3 = 13 | start3 = {{Start date|2015|09|21|df=y}} | end3 = {{End date|2015|12|07|df=y}} }}
===Series 1 (2012)=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" !style="background-color: #66CC20; color: #000000;"|Number in series !style="background-color: #66CC20; color: #000000;"|Title !style="background-color: #66CC20; color: #000000;"|Directed by !style="background-color: #66CC20; color: #000000;"|Written by !style="background-color: #66CC20; color: #000000;"|Original broadcast date !style="background-color: #66CC20; color: #000000;"|Viewers |- {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |Title=Episode 1 |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Nick Leather |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|12|4|df=y}} |ShortSummary= With the annual village show just around the corner, Rocket and Alli are dismayed to learn that their family is fostering two mysterious newcomers. |LineColor=66CC20 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2 |Title=Episode 2 |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Nick Leather |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|12|5|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Rocket wants justice after somebody vandalizes his wish cave. But his search for the truth uncovers more secrets than he anticipated. |LineColor=66CC20 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |Title=Episode 3 |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Nick Leather |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|12|6|df=y}} |ShortSummary= With just hours left in the doomsday prophecy, Alli and Rocket come closer to learning the truth about Casey and Lena. |LineColor=66CC20 }} |}
===Series 2 (2014)=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" !style="background-color: #FD6A00; color: #000000;"|Number in series !style="background-color: #FD6A00; color: #000000;"|Title !style="background-color: #FD6A00; color: #000000;"|Directed by !style="background-color: #FD6A00; color: #000000;"|Written by !style="background-color: #FD6A00; color: #000000;"|Original broadcast date !style="background-color: #FD6A00; color: #000000;"|Viewers |- {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |Title=Rocket Boulsworth and an Answer for Everything |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Nick Leather |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|04|14|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Rocket finds an oracle that knows the answer to everything in the telephone box. |LineColor=FD6A00 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2 |Title=Brandon and the Beast |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Nick Leather |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|04|21|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Brandon is chased by a mysterious beast in the woods, which Rocket thinks might be the legendary tancath. |LineColor=FD6A00 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |Title=The Fairy Queen |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Nick Leather |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|04|28|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Jade meets a woman who says she is the queen of the fairies. |LineColor=FD6A00 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=4 |Title=The Golden Egg |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Neil Jones |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|05|5|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Alli breaks a valuable egg from the school collection and tries to find a replacement. |LineColor=FD6A00 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=5 |Title=Alli and the Wish Friend |DirectedBy = Tessa Hoffe |WrittenBy= Nick Leather |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|05|12|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Alli makes a wish for a friend, and is astounded when it comes true. |LineColor=FD6A00 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=6 |Title=Fallout |DirectedBy = Tessa Hoffe |WrittenBy= Neil Jones |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|05|19|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Alli and Shada investigate an underground shelter, which is supposedly haunted. |LineColor=FD6A00 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=7 |Title=The Mermaid's Song |DirectedBy = Tessa Hoffe |WrittenBy= Michelle Lipton |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|05|26|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Rocket, Jade and Brandon explore a cave in which a mermaid is said to reside. |LineColor=FD6A00 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=8 |Title=The Wolf Tree |DirectedBy = Tessa Hoffe |WrittenBy= Nick Leather |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|06|2|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Rocket comes across a tree said to bring the dead to life. |LineColor=FD6A00 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=9 |Title=The Lost Boy |DirectedBy = Tessa Hoffe |WrittenBy= Neil Jones |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|06|9|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Rocket and Dibber think the new foster boy, Archie, may be a child who went missing on the island many years ago. |LineColor=FD6A00 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=10 |Title=Rocket's Return |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Nick Leather |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|06|16|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Rocket and friends are suspicious that Billy, a visitor to the Knot, may be a time-traveller. |LineColor=FD6A00 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=11 |Title=The Goblin Curse |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Michelle Lipton |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|06|23|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Brandon mocks the goblin king and is in turn cursed. |LineColor=FD6A00 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=12 |Title=The Ballabungie Detective Agency |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Neil Jones |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|06|30|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Rocket and friends form a detective agency to clear Brandon's name of a terrible crime. |LineColor=FD6A00 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=13 |Title=The Tearpot |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Nick Leather |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|07|7|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Rocket and friends fill a magical teapot with tears which they believe will save the Knot foster home from closing. |LineColor=FD6A00 }} |}
===Series 3 (2015)=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" !style="background-color: #000000; color: #FFFFFF;"|Number in series !style="background-color: #000000; color: #FFFFFF;"|Title !style="background-color: #000000; color: #FFFFFF;"|Directed by !style="background-color: #000000; color: #FFFFFF;"|Written by !style="background-color: #000000; color: #FFFFFF;"|Original broadcast date !style="background-color: #000000; color: #FFFFFF;"|Viewers |- {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |Title= Here Be Dragons |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Neil Jones |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|09|21|df=y}} |ShortSummary=After Rocket discovers a giant fossil, new foster child Benjamin thinks he sees a real dragon. However, Rocket's reputation is put on the line when they go on a sunset hunt for the creature. Meanwhile, Brandon is torn over whether to reply to his mother when she decides to make contact with him. |LineColor=000000 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2 |Title=The Tell Stones |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Neil Jones |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|09|28|df=y}} |ShortSummary= When Dibber cheats on a school presentation, he appears to become the target of ancient powers. As runic stones tell of disaster for the one he loves the most, he finds out that his mother is lying to him. When Charlie the horse falls ill, Alli realises that she does not have enough time for Lucas. |LineColor=000000 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |Title=The Broken Soldier |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Nick Leather |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|10|5|df=y}} |ShortSummary= When Archie uncovers an old toy soldier under his bed, Jade worries that he might have brought the toy to life. While Dibber copes with spending more time with Bethany Summer, his suspicions grow that Benjamin is going to hurt Rocket. |LineColor=000000 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=4 |Title= Madison The Vampire |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Michelle Lipton |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|10|12|df=y}} |ShortSummary=Madison's sudden strange behaviour leads the Knot children to believe that she may be a vampire. When a chick goes missing on the farm, the gang acts quickly before she can hurt anyone else. Meanwhile, Rocket realises he might actually fancy Bethany Summer. |LineColor=000000 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=5 |Title= Jade the Magnificent |DirectedBy = Paul Cotter |WrittenBy= Scott Payne |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|10|19|df=y}} |ShortSummary=There's a storm at the Knot, lightning strikes and sends Jade flying. As strange things happen around Jade, she appears to have developed potentially dangerous magical powers. Meanwhile, Brandon decides to contact his mother, only for it to have an unexpected result. |LineColor=000000 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=6 |Title= The Mirror of Morglaw |DirectedBy = Paul Cotter |WrittenBy= Bede Blake |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|10|26|df=y}} |ShortSummary= A skeleton washes up on the Dirgelmor shore, uncovering the journal of Lord Loomis and his quest to find a mirror that reflects a person's true self. As Rocket goes on the hunt for this mirror, the whole group is put in danger when Benjamin's secret is revealed. |LineColor=000000 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=7 |Title= Telling Porkies |DirectedBy = Paul Cotter |WrittenBy= Elly Brewer |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|11|02|df=y}} |ShortSummary= A new energetic foster child, Izzy Wizzy, makes a noisy arrival at The Knot. However, it is not long before everyone wonders how much trouble she might cause. Meanwhile, Archie discovers the new pig on the farm can talk, but will only speak to him. |LineColor=000000 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=8 |Title= The Selkie Boy |DirectedBy = Paul Cotter |WrittenBy= Neil Jones |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|11|09|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Alli sits on the rocks, looking at her life plan - she is upset that so far she has not achieved her goals. However, a mythical and handsome Selkie might just have arrived to save her from her loneliness. Meanwhile, Izzy finds herself in more trouble when she loses one of Sarah's treasured rings. |LineColor=000000 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=9 |Title= Mountain Post |DirectedBy = Paul Cotter |WrittenBy= Nick Leather |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|11|16|df=y}} |ShortSummary= A lone postbox on top of Dirgelmor's only mountain is rumoured to be able to send letters to historical figures. But when Brandon uses it to send a letter to his mother, it leads to a big surprise for him. |LineColor=000000 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=10 |Title= The Knights of Dirgelmor |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Michelle Lipton |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|11|23|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Upset over Brandon's departure, Jade loses herself in a fantasy book about three knights who discover a castle. Jade seeks out her own castle and, to her amazement, three knights appear soon after. However, her joy turns to despair when she and Dibber are trapped by the mystical knights. |LineColor=000000 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=11 |Title= Izzy Wizzy and The Weeping Oak |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Elly Brewer |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|11|30|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Alli comes to a big decision, while Rocket believes Izzy Wizzy has been possessed by tree sprites and while he is trying to help he uncovers a huge secret she has been keeping from everyone - she is going deaf. |LineColor=000000 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=12/13 |Title= Goodbye Island/The Dirgeldoor |DirectedBy = Dirk Campbell |WrittenBy= Nick Leather |Viewers= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|12|07|df=y}} |ShortSummary= Peter announces there will be no new foster children at the Knot. When Jade, Archie and Izzy Wizzy overhear that someone will be leaving the farm they search for the legendary Dirgeldoor to take them to their true home, a journey that will trap all of the Knot children deep within an abandoned mine and lead them to discover who really is leaving the island. |LineColor=000000 }} |}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Notelist}}
==External links== * {{BBC programme}} *{{IMDb title|2555406}}
Category:BBC children's television shows Category:English-language British television shows Category:Television series by All3Media Category:2012 British television series debuts Category:2015 British television series endings Category:British children's fantasy television series