The Lost Children: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Ethan and his sister Amy are travelling by ship from England with their mother Charlotte, to join their father, who has gone ahead of them to establish the family farm. A storm hits, their vessel begins to take on water, and the captain issues the order to abandon ship. Meg, a young thief, is lowered into the lifeboat along with Ethan and Amy. A freak wave washes the life-boat away from the ship. The children wake on a wild shore and begin the battle for survival. Meg is captured by a Maori raiding party and makes contact with a young Maori slave, Tama. After being caught up in armed conflict between Maori and European forces the four children decide to band together to make an epic journey.

Series details

• Title: The Lost Children
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2006-04-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2006-04-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TVNZ 1
• Network country: New Zealand
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37992
• IMDb ID: tt0808874
• TVDB ID: 268085

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-04-01; final listed air date 2006-04-01.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Lost Children on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.