{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Unreferenced |date=April 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | alt = | caption = | director = Gerry Poulson | producer = Gerry Poulson | executive_producer = Lewis Rudd<br>Paul Knight<br>Richard Carpenter | writer = Richard Carpenter | screenplay = | story = | based_on = <!-- {{based on|title of the original work|writer of the original work}} --> | starring = Judd Trichter<br>Mia Fothergill | narrator = | music = Dave Bainbridge (Not the Iona one) | cinematography = | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 4 | editor = | company = Gatearn<br>Central Independent Television | network = ITV (CITV) | released = | first_aired = {{start date|1994|4|7|df=yes}} | last_aired = {{end date|1994|4|28|df=yes}} | runtime = 92 min | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = <!--(please use condensed and rounded values, e.g. "£11.6 million" not "£11,586,221")--> }}
'''''Stanley's Dragon''''' is a 1994's British family fantasy TV miniseries on CITV starring Judd Trichter and Mia Fothergill.
==Plot==
The film takes place in present-day England. Stanley (Trichter) is an American exchange student who, upon becoming separated from his friends in a cavern, finds an unusual rock. He and his friend Rosie (Fothergill) take it home and wash it, discovering it is actually an egg. Rosie suspects it is a dinosaur egg, but when it hatches, they discover the creature inside is actually a dragon. The dragon grows quickly and they name him "Olly". However, Olly is appropriated by the local authorities, who put him in a zoo. Suspecting Olly may be the last of his kind, Stanley endeavours to free him.
==Cast== * Judd Trichter as Stanley Katz * Mia Fothergill as Rosie Bennett * Milton Johns as Mr. Batley * Paul Venables as Henry Driver * Jeremy Nicholas as Mr. Fuller * Carol MacReady as Mrs. Batley * Peter Cellier as Mr. Johnson * David Roper as Inspector Walsh * David Ellison as Sgt. Appleyard * Jeremy Colton as Jack * John Horsley as Mr. Little
==Nominations==
It was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Children's Programme - Fiction or Entertainment.
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb title|id=0130282|title=Stanley's Dragon}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|stanleys-dragon/}}
Category:1994 British television series debuts Category:1994 British television series endings Category:1994 fantasy films Category:1990s British children's television series Category:1990s British television miniseries Category:British children's fantasy television series Category:British television shows featuring puppetry Category:English-language British television shows Category:Films about dragons Category:ITV children's television shows Category:Television series by ITV Studios Category:Television shows produced by Central Independent Television Category:Television shows set in England