Set in 1960s Dublin, a fatherless eight-year-old boy who feels alienated by his family, escapes his reality by deciding he's been sent from Mercury to study life on Earth. His fantasies mirror the life of his hero, Flash Gordon, from the serial he watches each week at the local cinema. His escapades result in dilemmas that drive his mother to such distraction that she turns to the boy's strange uncle for help.

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The Boy from Mercury

December 6, 1996

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May Cronin

Uncle Tony Cronin

Paul

Harry Cronin

Brother Dowdall

James "Mucker" Maguire

Classroom Schoolboy

Sarah

Sean McCarthy

Usher

Ice Cream Girl

Flash Gordon (Archive Footage)

Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)

Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)

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