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Film Details - ABC Television , 1970-1971
Producers:
Alan Burke
Eric Taylor
Production Companies:
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Production Designers:
Bernard Hyde
Music:
Theme music: Laurie Lewis
Cast:
Incl. Kevin Miles (David Mason), Ron Graham (John Mason), Nick Tate (Peter Mason), Anne Haddy (Kathy Mason), Serge Lazareff (Christopher Mason), Ben Gabriel ('Unk' Martel), Lyn James (Maggie Tench), Owen Weingott (Jacob Goldberg), Pat Bishop (Patricia Mason), Tony Ward (Nigel Dayton), John Tate (Jack Mason), Tom Oliver (Tom Fenwick), Jeff Ashby (Budeniev), Don Barkham (Bob Knight), Peter Gwynne (Frank Benson), Gerard Maguire (Jamie Brooks), Rowena Wallace (Betty Westlake), Cornelia Frances (Georgina Clausen), Bill Hunter (Larry Conrad), Alfred Sandor (Morton), Max Meldrum (Douglas Harvey), John Wood, Peter Sumner, Ken James, April Mayer, Peter Reynolds, Ric Hutton, Frankie Davidson, John Gregg, Jim Clifford, Bob Haddow, Kevin Goldsworthy, Tommy Keneally, Ewan Solon, Tony Zervos, Reg Evans, Sally Taylor, Jane Dimmett, Dean Alexander, Kerry Maquire, Rick Scully, Shane Porteous, Pat McDonald, Ken Goodlet, Rod Mullinor, Gavin Hamilton, Allan Landor, Jennifer West, Virginia Vagg, Colleen Clifford, David Cameron, Kirrily Nolan, Peter Adams, Fay Kelton, Tom Farley, Max Orbiston, Jim Smillie, Dennis Lloyd, Jill Perryman, Ruth Cracknell, Moray Powell, Noel Trevarthen, Keith Lee, Max Phipps, Ross Higgins, Fred Cullen, Gordon Piper, Brian Anderson, Dawn Lake, Henry Heydeman, Ron Haddrick, Denny Lawrence, Georgina West, John Meillon, Nat Levison, Anne Lucas, Louis Wishart, Ben Blakeney, Carole Skinner, Faye Sharpe, Lea Denfield, Spencer Pearson, Bob Woodham, Leila Blake, John Forgeham, Cecily Polson.
Release Dates:
First broadcast by ABC Television on on 9 October 1970
Awards:
- Logie Awards, Australia (1970), Best New Drama Series (winner)
- Penguin Awards, Australia (1971) Commendation, Acting - Kevin Miles
- Penguin Awards, Australia (1971) Commendation, Production - Alan Burke
Notes:
1. Series directors included Tom Jeffrey (1 episode, 1970), Frank Arnold (3 episodes, 1970-1971), Alan Burke (1 episode, 1971), Eric Taylor (1 episode, 1971), and Brian Bell (1 episode, 1970).
2. Series screenwriting credits included Tony Morphett (13 episodes, 1970-1971); Glyn Davies (2 episodes 1970-1971); Peter Schreck (2 episodes, 1970-1971); Bob Ellis (2 episodes, 1971); David Anthony (1 episode, 1970); John Dingwall (1 episode, 1970); Ron Harrison (2 episodes, 1971); Alan Burke (1 episode, 1971); and Ben Blakeney (1 episode with Bob Ellis, 1971).
3. Episode 2 ('Catwalk') later became the basis for a thirteen-part spin-off television series called Catwalk. The episode concerns the staff of a glossy women's magazine and features John Wood, John Forgeham, Cecily Polson, and Cornelia Frances. Catwalk was produced by Davies-Morphett Productions for the Seven Network. It retained the same cast, but a number of changes were made, including the names of the magazine and the lead characters. Although it was a spin-off, Catwalk was a separate entity and did not fit in with the continuity of Dynasty.
