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Robert Coleby (Lieutenant Fisher, left) and Andrew McFarlane (Lieutenant Keating, right) in the opening credits for Patrol Boat (screen cap)
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Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 Patrol Boat
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Film Details - Australian Broadcasting Commission ; JNP Films , 1979

Producers:

Geoffrey Daniels (executive producer). Ray Alchin (producer).

Production Companies:

JNP Films and the Australian Broadcasting Commission

Finance Organisations:

Made in co-operation with the Royal Australian Navy, including use of two navy patrol boats for shooting.

Director of Photography:

Peter Hendry

Editors:

Richard Francis-Bruce, John Holland, and Neil Thumpston

Production Designers:

Neave Catchpool and Graeme Gould

Cast:

Including Andrew McFarlane (Lieutenant David Keating), Robert Coleby (Lieutenant Fisher), Danny Adcock (P.O. 'Buffer' Johnston), Tim Burns (A.B. 'Chef' McKinnon), and Robert Baxter (P.O. 'Swain' Reynolds). Despite the lengthy break between series, the main cast from series one returned for series two.

Release Dates:

According to Moran, 28 June 1979 (series one) and 19 May 1983 (series two)

Location:

  • Series one used such locations as Smith's Creek (in Kuring-gai National Park), as well as open-sea shooting in naval patrol boats (provided by the Royal Australian Navy). Series two was filmed in Cairns and Sydney.

Notes:

The list of authors attached to the episodes below is incomplete: this material will be expanded as and when it comes to light.

List of episodes (series one):

1. We Lie In Wait

2. Rogue Mine

3. Fish-Heads And Birdies

4. Another Bunch Of Reffos (James Davern)

5. Follow The Leader

6. My Dad's A Sailor

7. Conduct Prejudicial

8. Don't Call Me Borgia

9. Incident At Mencken Bay

10. Which Way's Mecca? (Tony Morphett)

11. The Enemy You Know

12. Man Overboard

13. Never Under The White Ensign

List of episodes (series two):

1 Something Old, Something New

2. Tango Victor

3. Nice Day For A Cruise

4. Hands To Bathe (Ted Roberts)

5. Cold Turkey

6. Spoils Of War

7. All The Nice Girls

8. Make And Mend

9. Operation Christmas

10. The Albatross

11. Par For The Course

12. A Skunk On The Radar

13. Beggarman Thief


Note: The National Film and Sound Archive holds scripts for this series whose titles do not match the list of episode titles given above. These include:
'Who's Afraid of the Kadaitcha Man?' (written by James Davern), indexed as episode six of series one.
'Death of a Sailor' (written by James Davern), indexed as episode thirteen of series one.

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