''MythQuest'' is a Canadian children's television series that originally aired on

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in Canada and

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in the United States in 2001. Produced by Minds Eye Pictures, the series was shot in

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, East Coulee, Alberta, and

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. The series is not currently available on DVD or video. However, there have been novels adapted from the first three episodes as well as "Minokichi," written by Dan Danko, Tom Mason, and John Whitman.

Premise

When their father vanishes without a trace, teenagers Cleo ( Meredith Henderson) and Alex Bellows ( Christopher Jacot) discover that when they touch artifacts on the screens of the Cyber Museum, a computer program created by their father, they are able to travel into

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. They become characters in the myths, and strive to keep the myth to its normal progression; a difficult task when confronted by Gorgos, a trickster god who appears in each myth to try to change it. Alex's initial journey into the Cyber Museum is an accident, but soon they both begin searching for their father within the myths. As the series progresses, they realize that their search is much more important than they first realized, as Gorgos is bent on wiping out entire cultures by corrupting their mythologies

Cast

* Christopher Jacot as Alex Bellows * Meredith Henderson as Cleo Bellows * Wendy Anderson as Lily Bellows * Matthew Walker as Max Asher * Joseph Kell as Matt Bellows

Episodes

References

External links

* {{Former PBS Kids original programming 2000s Canadian children's television series 2001 Canadian television series debuts 2001 Canadian television series endings Canadian children's education television series Canadian English-language television shows PBS Kids shows First-run syndicated television shows in Canada Canadian television series about teenagers Television shows filmed in Calgary Television shows filmed in Regina, Saskatchewan Works based on mythology