The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles was a 1992-96 TV series about the childhood and youth of the character Indiana Jones. The series primarily starred Sean Patrick Flanery as Indy aged 16-20, but also had several episodes with Corey Carrier as Indy aged 8-10.

The series was unusual in being shot on location around the world. Partly to offset the cost of this it was filmed in 16mm rather than 35.

The series was designed so that each pair of episodes could either be broadcast separately, or as a 2-hour movie-length episode.

The pilot episode was aired by ABC in the United States in March 1992. It was a two-hour television movie called Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal. Eleven further hour-long episodes were aired in 1992 (seven in the first season, four were part of the second season). Only 16 of the remaining 20 episodes were aired in 1993 when ABC cancelled the show.

USA Network later broadcast the unaired episodes and also produced eight more episodes (each part of two-part television movies, making four TV movies) that were broadcast in 1994-1996.

Harrison Ford, who plays Indy in the movies, made an appearance as Indy (age 50) in the episode "The Mystery of the Blues" that aired in March 1993. Paul Freeman, who played Rene Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark, portrayed an unrelated character named Frederick Selous in a couple of episodes.

Many of the stories have Indiana meeting and working with famous historical figures. For example, Curse of the Jackal prominently involved Indy in the adventures of T. E. Lawrence and Pancho Villa.

External links

• Official Young Indiana Jones website
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles at the TV Tome