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Film Details - Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1982
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- Filmed in Sydney, including Pyrmont and Redfern.
- According to the Australian Women's Weekly, at least some of the scenes were filmed on specially designed stages, rather than on location: 'Working from five volumes of photographs taken in 1901 by the NSW Government to show how neatly the streets of Sydney had been cleared up after a bubonic plague, Jonah's production designer, Roger Ford, had created an H-shaped set of three streets'. (Wed. 24 June 1981, p.118S).
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List of episodes and airdates
1. (Aired on 14 March 1982)
Set in Sydney in the first decade of this century, this is the story of Jonah, a hunch-backed orphan, leader of a local larrikin push, who, driven by ambition and the desire to give his son everything he lacked, sets out to succeed in business by any means he can. ([Television guide], Australian Women's Weekly, 17 March 1982, p.149)
2. (Aired on 21 March 1982)
Jonah continues to prosper in business but at home there is increasing unhappiness and anger. His friend, Chook, however, despite Jonah's warnings, is determined to win the heart of the spirited Pinkey and find a way of earning an honest living. ([Television guide], Australian Women's Weekly, 24 March 1982, p.133)
3. (Aired on 28 March 1982)
A grand new emporium brings Jonah greater wealth and acquaintance with the kind of woman a man in his position dreams of. While his wife finds a new way of escape from her discontent, her mother is confronted by bitter reality. ([Television guide], Australian Women's Weekly, 31 March 1982, p.261.)
4. (Aired on 4 April 1982)
Jonah, his marriage a catastrophe, is enamoured of the genteel music teacher, Clara. But the happiness that Chook and Pinkey share seems destined to always elude him. A dreadful accident brings bitterness as well as grief. ([Television guide], Australian Women's Weekly, 7 April 1982, p.165)
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1900s
