Trevor Preston
Director
Ace of Wands (1970)
Season 2
Ace of Wands is a fantasy-based British children's television show broadcast on ITV between 1970 and 1972, created by Trevor Preston and Pamela Lonsdale and produced by Thames Television. The title, taken from the name of a Tarot card describes the principal character, called "Tarot" who combined stage magic with supernatural powers. Tarot has a pet Owl named Ozymandias, played by Fred Owl. The series ran for two seasons of thirteen episodes and a third season of twenty, with fourteen story arcs, in a similar manner to early Doctor Who. Many, if not all, of the first 26 episodes are believed to have been wiped, although the final season is intact.
Released July 29, 1970
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Action, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Keywords: imdb.partially-lost-tv-series, tmdb.partially-lost-media, tmdb.magic, tmdb.telepathy
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Seven Serpents, Sulphur and Salt, Episode One
Aided by the bizarre and beautiful Polandi and his servant Luko, evil magician Mr. Stabs sets out to steal the missing segment of the Secret Seven Serpents, which are in Tarot's possession. Several have already died for possessing it, and Tarot is the next victim on Stabs' hitlist.
July 21, 1971, midnight
S2E2 - Seven Serpents, Sulphur and Salt, Episode Two
Aided by the bizarre and beautiful Polandi and his servant Luko, evil magician Mr. Stabs sets out to steal the missing segment of the Secret Seven Serpents, which are in Tarot's possession. Several have already died for possessing it, and Tarot is the next victim on Stabs' hitlist.
Aug. 11, 1971, midnight
S2E3 - Seven Serpents, Sulphur and Salt, Episode Three
Aided by the bizarre and beautiful Polandi and his servant Luko, evil magician Mr. Stabs sets out to steal the missing segment of the Secret Seven Serpents, which are in Tarot's possession. Several have already died for possessing it, and Tarot is the next victim on Stabs' hitlist.
Sept. 1, 1971, midnight
S2E4 - Joker, Episode One
Investigating why normally well-behaved children suddenly go berserk and wreck their classrooms, Tarot and his companions find themselves up against the fiendish Uncle Harry and his strange troupe of travelling entertainers.
Sept. 22, 1971, midnight
S2E5 - Joker, Episode Two
Investigating why normally well-behaved children suddenly go berserk and wreck their classrooms, Tarot and his companions find themselves up against the fiendish Uncle Harry and his strange troupe of travelling entertainers.
Aug. 18, 1971, midnight
S2E6 - Joker, Episode Three
Investigating why normally well-behaved children suddenly go berserk and wreck their classrooms, Tarot and his companions find themselves up against the fiendish Uncle Harry and his strange troupe of travelling entertainers.
Aug. 25, 1971, midnight
S2E7 - Nightmare Gas, Episode One
The theft of a deadly hallucinatory gas, H23, by the deadly Thalia and her brother Dalbiac, plunges Tarot and friends into a nightmare adventure. Contact with the gas induces nightmares so real the victim dies after 23 minutes: captured and exposed to the gas, Tarot has mere minutes to live.
Sept. 1, 1971, midnight
S2E8 - Nightmare Gas, Episode Two
The theft of a deadly hallucinatory gas, H23, by the deadly Thalia and her brother Dalbiac, plunges Tarot and friends into a nightmare adventure. Contact with the gas induces nightmares so real the victim dies after 23 minutes: captured and exposed to the gas, Tarot has mere minutes to live.
Sept. 8, 1971, midnight
S2E9 - Nightmare Gas, Episode Three
The theft of a deadly hallucinatory gas, H23, by the deadly Thalia and her brother Dalbiac, plunges Tarot and friends into a nightmare adventure. Contact with the gas induces nightmares so real the victim dies after 23 minutes: captured and exposed to the gas, Tarot has mere minutes to live.
Sept. 15, 1971, midnight
S2E10 - The Eye of Ra, Episode One
The Eye of Ra, a diamond reputed to have the power to turn people into chalk, is high on eccentric chessmaster Ceribraun's shopping list. Believing that the diamond has turned Mr. Sweet into a chalk statuette, Tarot decides to act. He soon finds himself a prisoner of Ceribraun's talking computer, and in danger of being crushed to death between gigantic robotic chess pieces.
Sept. 22, 1971, midnight
S2E11 - The Eye of Ra, Episode Two
The Eye of Ra, a diamond reputed to have the power to turn people into chalk, is high on eccentric chessmaster Ceribraun's shopping list. Believing that the diamond has turned Mr. Sweet into a chalk statuette, Tarot decides to act. He soon finds himself a prisoner of Ceribraun's talking computer, and in danger of being crushed to death between gigantic robotic chess pieces.
Sept. 29, 1971, midnight
S2E12 - The Eye of Ra, Episode Three
The Eye of Ra, a diamond reputed to have the power to turn people into chalk, is high on eccentric chessmaster Ceribraun's shopping list. Believing that the diamond has turned Mr. Sweet into a chalk statuette, Tarot decides to act. He soon finds himself a prisoner of Ceribraun's talking computer, and in danger of being crushed to death between gigantic robotic chess pieces.
Oct. 6, 1971, midnight
S2E13 - The Eye of Ra, Episode Four
The Eye of Ra, a diamond reputed to have the power to turn people into chalk, is high on eccentric chessmaster Ceribraun's shopping list. Believing that the diamond has turned Mr. Sweet into a chalk statuette, Tarot decides to act. He soon finds himself a prisoner of Ceribraun's talking computer, and in danger of being crushed to death between gigantic robotic chess pieces.
Oct. 13, 1971, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 1380 min.
Released: July 29, 1970
Last Air Date: Nov. 29, 1972, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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