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Cast members from the first episode of Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left: Silvia Seidel (Dovis), Jeffrey Walker (Qwrk), Lauren Hewett (X), and Jan Friedl (Mother) (screen cap)
Adaptation of
Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left
1985
single work
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
1992...
1992
Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left
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Film Details - Crawford Productions ; Seven Network , 1994
Producers:
Jan Marnell (Producer)
Terry Ohlsson (Executive Producer)
Production Companies:
Crawford Productions
Taurus Films (Germany)
Finance Organisations:
Film Victoria
Editors:
Denise Haratzis
Production Designers:
Dale Duguid
Composer:
Peter Sullivan
Cast:
Incl. Lauren Hewett (X), Silvia Seidel (Dovis), Bruce Myles (Father), Jan Friedl (Mother), Jeffrey Walker (Qwrk), Amanda Douge (voice of Dovis), Kellie Smythe (Jenny Roland), Che Broadbent (Colin Roland), Tenley Gillmore (Michelle Froggat), Paul Kelman (Lox), Bruce Spence (The Chief), Katrina Lambert (Dallas Hohenhaus), Kerry Armstrong (Officer Jady), Sandy Gore (Aunt Hecla).
Release Dates:
Episode 1 aired in Australia on the Seven Network on 31 May 1994. [A number of online sites indicate that the series was aired in 1991 or 1992. The Crawford Productions website records, however, that the series was televised on Sunday mornings in 1994.]
Notes:
List of episodes:
1.1 Don't Forget to Turn Left (John Reeves)
1.2 Exiles on Renmark Street (John Reeves)
1.3 Next Item on the Schedule—School (John Reeves)
1.4 First Day at School (John Reeves)
1.5 Homesickness (John Reeves)
1.6 A Day at the Beach (John Reeves)
1.7 A Visitor from Another Planet (John Reeves)
1.8 X is not Herself (John Reeves)
1.9 The Jackson Mutiny (John Reeves)
1.10 The Turning Point (John Reeves)
1.11 Home is Where the Heart Is (John Reeves)
1.12 X—The Unknown Factor (John Reeves)
1.13 Fun is Dangerous (Everett De Roche)
1.14 Qwrk Lands on his Feet (Everett De Roche)
1.15 Hearing a Different Drummer (Chris Anastassiades and Aleksi Vellis)
1.16 The Root of All Evil (Ray Boseley)
1.17 Strange Encounters (Vince Moran)
1.18 Understanding the Material World (Michael Harvey)
1.19 Welcome to the Human Race (Roger Dunn)
1.20 We're Them Now (Roger Dunn)
1.21 Illegal Aliens (Ray Boseley)
1.22 Growing Up Quick (Ray Boseley)
1.23 The Writing's on the Wall (Ray Boseley)
1.24 The Past is Creeping Back (Graeme Farmer)
1.25 Crescendo (Matthew Lovering)
1.26 Dark Night, Star Bright (Graeme Farmer)
1.27 Trial by Lava (John Reeves)
1.28 We Live on the Best One (Graeme Farmer)
1.1 Don't Forget to Turn Left (John Reeves)
1.2 Exiles on Renmark Street (John Reeves)
1.3 Next Item on the Schedule—School (John Reeves)
1.4 First Day at School (John Reeves)
1.5 Homesickness (John Reeves)
1.6 A Day at the Beach (John Reeves)
1.7 A Visitor from Another Planet (John Reeves)
1.8 X is not Herself (John Reeves)
1.9 The Jackson Mutiny (John Reeves)
1.10 The Turning Point (John Reeves)
1.11 Home is Where the Heart Is (John Reeves)
1.12 X—The Unknown Factor (John Reeves)
1.13 Fun is Dangerous (Everett De Roche)
1.14 Qwrk Lands on his Feet (Everett De Roche)
1.15 Hearing a Different Drummer (Chris Anastassiades and Aleksi Vellis)
1.16 The Root of All Evil (Ray Boseley)
1.17 Strange Encounters (Vince Moran)
1.18 Understanding the Material World (Michael Harvey)
1.19 Welcome to the Human Race (Roger Dunn)
1.20 We're Them Now (Roger Dunn)
1.21 Illegal Aliens (Ray Boseley)
1.22 Growing Up Quick (Ray Boseley)
1.23 The Writing's on the Wall (Ray Boseley)
1.24 The Past is Creeping Back (Graeme Farmer)
1.25 Crescendo (Matthew Lovering)
1.26 Dark Night, Star Bright (Graeme Farmer)
1.27 Trial by Lava (John Reeves)
1.28 We Live on the Best One (Graeme Farmer)
