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Adaptation of Andra Louise Lawrence , 1971 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 Andra
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Film Details - Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1976

Producers:

Christopher Muir.

Production Companies:

Australian Broadcasting Commission.

Cast:

Lisa Peers (Andra), Robert Hewett (Syrd), Jonathan Hardy (Shenlyn), Bruce Kerr (Lazcaux), and Suzanne Dudley (Cromer).

Release Dates:

First aired between 10 September and 29 October 1976.

Repeated in 1978.


Notes:

List of episodes

Note: episode airdates and synopses taken from television guides

1. (Aired 10 September 1976)

Andra, a young citizen in Sub City One, leaves her lecture and wanders into a supply tunnel where she is knocked over and suffers severe brain damage. Dr Lascaux asks for permission to attempt a brain graft using a 2,000-year-old brain. (Canberra Times, 10 September 1976, p.24)

2. (Aired 17 September 1976)

A spaceship which set out 30 years ago to discover the new Earth, returns into contact, having successfully completed its mission. (Canberra Times, 4 August 1978, p.24 [repeat screening])

3. (Aired 24 September 1976)

No synopsis available.

4. (Aired 1 October 1976)

A spaceship is prepared to explore the new planet which has been discovered. When it returns with information about the planet, it seems it must crash land and the crew will die. (Canberra Times, 1 October 1976, p.22)

5. (Aired 8 October 1976)

No synopsis available.

6. (Aired 15 October 1976)

The expedition party returns to Sub City 0ne–without navigation charts. (Canberra Times, 15 October 1976, p.24)

7. (Aired 22 October 1976)

No synopsis available.

8. (Aired 29 October 1976)

Andra realises that the rocket ships for the new planet are about to take off and runs blindly to the surface. (Canberra Times, 29 October 1976, p.24)


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