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Film Details - Crawford Productions , 1985
Producers:
Hector Crawford, Ian Crawford, and Terry Stapleton (executive producers). Charles Tingwell and Graham Moore (producers).
Production Companies:
Crawford Productions
Director of Photography:
David Connell
Editors:
Ken Sallows
Music:
Garry McDonald and Laurie Stone
Cast:
Credited cast members included Andrew McFarlane (Dr Tom Callaghan), Lorna Patterson (Liz Drever), Keith Eden (Dr Harry Sinclair), Vikki Hammond (Beth Drever), Bill Hunter (Dusty Miller), Steve Bisley (Andy McGregor), Monica Maughan (Jean Hennessy), Lenore Smith (Kate Wellings), Pat Evison (Violet Carnegie), Max Cullen (Hurtle), Gil Tucker (Joe Forrest), Frederic Abbott (Vern Daniels), Maureen Edwards (Rosemary Daniels), Linda Hartley (Diana), Simone Buchanan (Lucy), Barry Donnelly (Bill Hennessy), Stefan Dennis (Doug Hennessy), Maurie Fields (Vic Buckley), Val Jellay (Nancy Buckley), Jacqui Gordon (Rhonda Lovejoy), John Frawley (Dr Frank Turner), Bruce Barry (George Baxter), and Deborah Lee Furness (Fran).
Release Dates:
According to Moran, 12 March 1985
Location:
- Set in the fictional New South Wales town of Coopers Creek, but filmed in Melbourne, in western New South Wales, and in the north-eastern Victorian town of Minyip.
Film Details - Crawford Productions , 1986
Producers:
Hector Crawford, Ian Crawford, and Terry Stapleton (executive producers). Oscar Whitbread (producer).
Production Companies:
Crawford Productions
Director of Photography:
Jamie Doolan
Editors:
Scott McLennan, Peter Carrodus, and Ralph Strasser
Music:
Garry McDonald and Laurie Stone
Cast:
Long-serving cast members included Lenore Smith (Kate Wellings, 164 episodes), Robert Grubb (Dr Geoff Standish, 148 episodes), Maurie Fields (Vic Buckley (139 episodes), Val Jellay (Nancy Buckley, 97 episodes), George Kapiniaris (Dimitrios 'D.J.' Lonniadis, 93 episodes), Peter O'Brien (Sam Patterson, 75 episodes), Rebecca Gibney (Emma Plimpton, 73 episodes), Terry Gill (Sergeant Jack Carruthers, 62 episodes), Andrew McFarlane (Dr Tom Callaghan, 53 episodes), Pat Evison (Violet Carnegie, 52 episodes), Liz Burch (Dr Chris Randall, 49 episodes), Bruce Barry (George Baxter, 40 episodes), Vikki Blanche (Paula Patterson, 36 episodes), Mark Neal (Marty Jarvis, 35 episodes), Brett Climo (Dr David Ratcliffe, 32 episodes).
Release Dates:
According to Moran, 15 May 1986
Location:
- Set in the fictional New South Wales town of Coopers Creek, but filmed in Melbourne, in western New South Wales, and in the north-eastern Victorian town of Minyip.
