| THEKARATEKID | 1984 film starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita that spawned three more films and an animated series (3,6,3) |
| THEKARATE | Action drama starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita, ___ Kid |
| KARATE | 1984 film starring Ralph Macchio, The ___ Kid (6) |
| KARATEKID | The ___ 1984 martial arts film starring Ralph Macchio and Elisabeth Shue (birthday today) about a teenager who learns martial arts: 2 wds. |
| MRBENN | Character created by David McKee for several children's books and an animated TV series on the BBC |
| THEDIRTYDOZEN | 1967 war film, and an apt description for this puzzle's starred answers |
| ROGUE | It connects a Radha Mitchell film and an Anna Paquin character (5) |
| ROADMOVIES | Eccentric avoids more films like Thelma and Louise (4,6) |
| CARRYON | Comedy franchise containing more films than any other British series (5,2) |
| STARWARS | 1977 film that spawned three sequels and three prequels |
| KID | The Karate ___, film starring Ralph Macchio (3) |
| OPENSEASON | 2006 animated film that spawned three sequels |
| CSI | 2000-2015 TV series that spawned three spin-offs |
| LETHALWEAPON | 1987 buddy cop film that spawned three sequels |
| ENGLAND | This is- 2007 film that spawned three TV miniseries (7) |
| GRAHAME | Author whose characters Ratty, Badger and Mr Toad were voiced by Peter Sallis, Michael Hordern and David Jason in an animated series (7) |
| ANIMALS | The - of Farthing Wood; book by Colin Dann that was adapted into an animated series for children (7) |
| THEFLINTSTONES | 1994 live-action film based on an animated series in which Rick Moranis played Barney Rubble: 2 wds. |
| EXPLORER | Word that follows Dora The to give the title of an animated series which ran from 2000 until 2019 (8) |
| IRONEAGLE | '80s "Top Gun" knockoff that spawned three sequels |
