The New Adventures of Black Beauty - Season 1

1902 - Nigel Denning plans to emigrate to the colonies with his new wife Jenny and wants to take Vicky, his daughter from his first marriage, with him, but her grandfather disapproves. Vicky also has her doubts about her step-mother, but is fascinated with Jenny's horse, Black Beauty.

Vicky decides to go with Jenny and her dad to New Zealand. Nigel takes an earlier ship, this sinks near Singapore. Nigel is missing. Jenny and Vicky still want to go and move to New Zealand. On their new farm they learn that the animals have been stolen and a young man, named Manfred is the only help they can get. By Letter, they learn of the death of Jenny's Black Beauty. At the same time outside in a storm a unknown beautiful black horse kicks up a fuss. Vicky runs to him and he quites down. She names this new friend Black Beauty.

Vicky tries to tame Black Beauty; a German boy (Manfred) offers aid.

Frank Coates takes Black Beauty in Jenny's absence. Coates wants a fight between his favorite horse Dancer and Black Beauty.

Vicky encounters odd characters camped on Coates' land.

Vicky finds an injured sailor and a strange dog.

Manfred and Vicky go on a treasure hunt looking for Dooney's Glory Hole.

Skeptics gather to watch Manfred's man-powered plane.

Vicky tries to befriend an aristocratic girl.

Vicky and Black Beauty release a boy from a trap.

Vicky confronts a mine owner about his overworked horses. This episode was not aired in the original USA run of the series and was left out of the Questar DVD release.

Manfred takes Vicky's mail route in her absence. This episode was not aired in the original USA run of the series and was left out of the Questar DVD release.

While playing a small trick on Dr Gordon, Vicki causes him to break a lense on a piece of his equipment. Saying that he now needs to go to the city to replace it Jenny says they will go the next day as there's people passing through that she wanted to visit with. Manfred is helping out by getting some suitcases down from the loft when a pile of them fall on him hitting him in the head. The next day after Dr Gordon and Jenny leave Vicki tells him he's expected to fix the roof. Manfred acts very strange and Vicki takes that as trying to be lazy so she climbs the ladder to the roof. When asking Manfred to pass a hammer, he acts like he does not understand her and just takes the ladder down trapping her on the roof. Mr. O'Riley rescues her from the roof and spins her a tale of ghosts and spirit possessions. She can't find Manfred anywhere. When she goes to the general store she finds him leaving with a strange old lady that two ladies claim is a witch. Vicki follows to 'rescue' him. He gets hit in the head again and returns to his normal self. The 'witch' is just a lonely German lady, whom Manfred had befriended because she could only speak German.

Vicki leads Feona out for a ride on one of Mr Coates horses that he's about to have auctioned off. He see them and runs up to them. He's got a large number of cans tied to his horse and that spooks the horse that Feona is on. Vicki and Beauty chase after her and stops the runaway horse. Mr Coates orders her to return the horse. Vicki's family is angry for her part in this and Feona's father is also angry but realizes that all she wanted to do is learn to ride better. He tells her he will try to get the horse at the auction. Mr Coates has his eye on some sheep being auctioned as does Mr. McKella. Mr. Coates talks Mr Burton into trying to talk Mr McKella out of bidding on the sheep but it does not work. Mr Coates win the sheep auction but can't pay up so it defaults to Mr McKella. He has to pay more than he wanted and could not afford the horse. But it was the Tinker who purchased the horse and the pots and pans on the wagon scares the horse so badly that the Tinker agrees to sell the horse to Feona if he gets the money. Vicki rides off to find Mr McKella and they arrive just in time to pay the Tinker.