About this season
Travel with Tintin, the young and intrepid Belgian reporter, and his faithful dog Snowy as they take you from Tibet to the Moon, or from Egypt to the depths of the sea -- solving mysteries, pursuing truth and justice, and gambling with their lives.
Episodes (13)
1. The Crab with the Golden Claws (1)
8.4Aired 2 October 1991 • 22 min
Tintin finds himself in the middle of a mystery involving a drowned man, a tin of crab meat, and a piece of paper with a strange name on it. He follows the clues to a ship and finds its crew is using the crab tins to smuggle opiates out of the country.
2. The Crab with the Golden Claws (2)
6.6Aired 9 October 1991 • 22 min
Tintin & Haddock escape from the Karaboudjan and now find themselves in a desert, where they find out their problems with Alan and the ship crew are yet far from an end.
3. The Secret of the Unicorn (1)
7.8Aired 16 October 1991 • 22 min
Tintin finds a ship model in the Old Street Market and buys it for Captain Haddock as a gift. Little he knows that it will turn into a treasure hunt, connecting them to Sir Francis Haddock, Captain's ancestor.
4. The Secret of the Unicorn (2)
7.0Aired 23 October 1991 • 22 min
Tintin and Captain Haddock learn there are violent rivals who are after the treasure of the Unicorn themselves.
5. Red Rackham's Treasure
7.5Aired 30 October 1991 • 22 min
Tintin and the Captain search for the pirate's treasure they learned about with the help of their eccentric, but lovable new friend, Professor Calculus.
6. Cigars of the Pharaoh (1)
7.0Aired 6 November 1991 • 22 min
Tintin finds himself – by chance – entangled in a drug traffickers’ ring, which will take him all the way to India.
7. Cigars of the Pharaoh (2)
6.5Aired 13 November 1991 • 22 min
In India, Tintin meets the Maharaj of Gaipajama and finds out he will need to help him and his family to fight an opium business dangerous gang that works in that region.
8. The Blue Lotus (1)
7.3Aired 20 November 1991 • 22 min
Tintin heads to Sheanghai after receiving part of a message mentioning a mysterious man named Mitsuhirato. There, he finds out he might have to deal with remaining problems with the opium gang he and the Maharaja thought to be over.
9. The Blue Lotus (2)
6.7Aired 27 November 1991 • 22 min
Tintin needs to find a doctor who can save those injected with the madness poison. However, the doctor was kidnapped by the syndicate and is now being held hostage outside the border of Shanghai. Tintin will have to try to escape from Shanghai to put an end to the syndicate once and for all.
10. The Black Island (1)
7.3Aired 2 December 1991 • 22 min
When Tintin is mysteriously shot by the pilot of downed plane, he travels to Britain to uncover a sinister plot.
11. The Black Island (2)
6.7Aired 9 December 1991 • 22 min
Tintin, still wondering Britain, goes to Scotland to investigate a mysterious island that locals affirm to be the home of a terrible beast.
12. The Calculus Affair (1)
7.0Aired 16 December 1991 • 22 min
Strange events at Marlin Spike Hall and the kidnapping of Professor Calculus send Tintin, Snowy and Captain Haddock on a dangerous rescue mission.
13. The Calculus Affair (2)
6.6Aired 23 December 1991 • 22 min
Tintin and Haddock set out to rescue Professor Calculus.