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The Woolcot children set off on their ill-fated picnic in Seven Little Australians (screen cap)
Adaptation of
Seven Little Australians
1894
single work
children's fiction
Issue Details:
First known date:
1973...
1973
Seven Little Australians
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Film Details - ABC Television , 1973
Producers:
Charles Russell (Executive Producer)
Production Companies:
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Ethel Turner Productions
Finance Organisations:
Australian Film Development Corporation.
Director of Photography:
Peter Hendry
Editors:
Ray Alchin
Production Designers:
Quentin Hole
Composer:
Bruce Smeaton
Cast:
Inc. Leonard Teale (Captain Woolcot), Elizabeth Alexander (Esther Woolcot), Ruth Cracknell (Martha), Barbara Llewellyn (Meg Woolcot), Mark Clarke (Pip Woolcot), Anna Hruby (Nell Woolcot), Jennifer Cluff (Judy 'Helen' Woolcot), Tania Falla (Baby Woolcot), Mark Shields-Brown ('Bunty' Woolcot), Christian Robinson ('The General' Woolcot), Jenee Welsh (Bridget), Martin Vaughan (Pat), Brendon Lunney (Alan Courtenay), Frank Gallacher (Postman), Peter Gwynne (Mr Hassal), Alfred Bell (Mr Gillet), Nigel Lovell (The Doctor), John Armstrong (Brown), Judy McBurney (Aldith), Brian James (Colonel Bryant), Anne Haddy (Mrs Bryant), June Salter (Miss Ada), Lynne Murphy (Miss Marsh), Kenneth Laird (Colonel Whitmore), Stuart Finch (First Officer), Judy McBurney (Miss Aldith), Catherine Errol (Marion), Lee Denfield (Miss Flora), Alan Wilson (James Graham), James Kemsley (Andrew Courtenay), Dennis Grosvenor (Station Attendant), John Morris (Chemist), Colin Taylor (Man), Shirley Broadway (Woman), Robert Quilter (The Pastor),
Release Dates:
1. First aired on ABC Television on 26 August 1973.
2. Originally released on videocassette format by the ABC (n. yr.). Re-released on DVD format in 2004 by the ABC (distributed by Roadshow Entertainment).
Location:
- Filmed largely on location near Bowrel (NSW) and Canberra (ACT). Interior scenes filmed in Sydney at the ABC studios.
Awards:
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1973), Best Art Direction - Quentin Hole (winner)
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1973), Kodak Bronze Medallion, Best Colour Photography - Peter Hendry (winner)
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1973), Best Music - Bruce Smeaton (winner)
- Television Society's Penguin Awards (1973), Best Children's Series (winner)
- Television Society's Penguin Awards (1973), Best Actor - Leonard Teale (winner)
- Television Society's Penguin Awards (1973), Best Supporting Actres - Ruth Cracknell (winner)
- Television Society's Penguin Awards (1973), Best Drama Series (winner)
- Logie Awards (1974), Best New Drama winner)
Notes:
1. Script Editors: Barbara Vernon and John Martin.
2. The series was telecast in Britain, Europe, and Japan. In Sweden, it rated fourth highest among that year's television programs.
2. Further reference: Albert Moran. Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series (1993, q.v.), p. 407.
Settings:
- Parramatta River, Parramatta area, Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1890s
