The New World of the Gnomes

TVY • 1986 • Adventure • Fantasy

Gnomes from every country in the world will team together in their fight to protect wildlife. You will never see the world in the same way again, after watching it through the eyes of a wise Gnome. 

Episodes

Lords Of The Jungle

David and Lisa journey to Trondheim and a Gnome Council meeting. On the way they encounter a pair of poachers selling a Gorilla and several Chimpanzees to a research doctor.

Fire in the Forest

Careless campers start a fire in the Mediterranean forest. Trouble making Trolls add to the flames. Tomte and his father, Claudio, smell smoke and go for help.

A Whale Song

A whale watcher Gnome, Pablo, who lives in an Antarctica Sanctuary, reports to the Trondheim Council that great blue whales are being killed by humans.

A Tiger Tale

David and Tomte travel to the jungles of India to save wild and captured, endangered Bengal Tigers from being hunted down for trophies and for the illegal powder made from tigers' bones.

Change of Heart

There is trouble in the Scandinavian forests. Fish and trees are sick and the owls can't hatch owlets because their egg shells are too thin.

Amazon Adventure

As the Amazon rain forest is being cut down and burned at an alarming rate, a South American Indian, Zeena, Chief of the Rain People makes a stand against Woodcutters.

Wetland Wonderland

While David and Tomte gather scents from flowers and plants and make Gnome perfumes, Millius shows up with his Magic Glass Mushroom and an alarming vision.

Gnomes to the Rescue

The Trolls run an oil tanker into jagged rocks. A massive oil spill pollutes the pristine coast of Alaska. Millius notifies David and Lisa.

Extinct Means Gone Forever

As apprentice Environmental Knights, Millius wants David's nephew Tomte and his grandchildren, Anna and Harry, to visit a Natural History Museum to learn first hand about the past.

Reef Robbers

When Anna wants David to read her a story about fish and Harry wants to hear one about pirates, David reads them one about both out of his journal adventures.

Invisible Enemy

Two Peregrine Falcons arrive in Trondheim with alarming news. Yellowstone National Park, the oldest one on earth and one of the greatest wildlife refuges in the world is in trouble.

The Incredible Journey

A gathering of Gnomes celebrates the departing Spring migration of a flock of common cranes.

Paladin, Aqua Knight

Sparked by the sight of animal heroes from David's environmental missions that are painted in Lisa's clay dishes, David is asked about his Dolphin friend, Paladin, who he is about to pay a visit to.

River Rescue

After three sick river otters come to them for help, Harmony and Melody, two teenage Gnome twins, discover a polluted river running through a forest in Ireland. Their Grandfather notifies Millius.

Hole in the Sky

In a dream, Millius astral travels to the stratosphere and discovers a hole in the Earth's protective ozone. Alarmed, he asks David and Tomte to take a research trip.

Rocky, RhinoStar

With the world's Rhinoceroses last five species facing extinction, Barky Barkhuizen, a waning movie star jumps on the environmental bandwagon to make a comeback with a movie that features Rhinos.

A Great Gnome Expo

A great gnome expo is being held in Trondheim. Gnomes from all over the world are gathering to share ideas and information about wildlife, nature, and the environment.

Panda Passage

When almost a hundred Giant Pandas face starvation, a young Gnome couple, Jin-Chu and Su Ling, contact the council in Trondheim for help.

Mediterranean Odyssey

David and Tomte are on a pilgrimage to the Hellespont.

Elephant Expedition

David and Tomte arrive in Africa where some poachers are trying to kidnap a Mother Elephant and her Baby. David and Tomte use some "invisible dust" to help the baby get away.

Gnomes Down Under

A young Gnome, Djalu, living in the rain forest of Australia, contacts Millius. Koalas are sick. He doesn't know what to do.

Stray for a Day

Away on Easter Holiday, David, Lisa and their grandchildren (Anna and Harry) save a dog who is abandoned at a city dump.

The Lost Island

David, Millius and Tomte travel to Madagascar where they must save the sunken rainforests from destruction by a timber company and by trespassing Trolls.

Turtle Trouble

During a Christmas celebration with David's family, Millius recounts a story about himself as a young wizard 150 years ago.

Gnome Oasis

Millius sends Tomte, David, and Lisa on an important mission to... the Sahara Desert.

The Longest Wedding

Harmony and Tomte's wedding is interrupted when Abby, an Arctic tern, arrives. Troublesome Trolls have caused an off shore pumping station to spew crude oil into the ocean.