The Miraculous Mellops 2. Part 1

In this series of episodes, the Mellops family discover WOOPS or Windows of Opportunity; the only known way to travel faster than light. The alien grubs and their disgusting habits are planning to visit earth and Dump manages to steal the WOOP for his own purposes but runs into a few pointy obstacles. The adventures of the Mellops, Dumps and Grubs, takes us out of the plant nursery into outer space.

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Credits

director

Karl Zwicky

producer

Posie Graeme-Evans

production company

Film Australia

Millenium Pictures

Duration

01:36:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1992

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

305155

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children's films - Australia

Television

Television → Television series → Television series - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1992

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