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Film Details - Millennium Pictures ; Gibson Group , 1997-1998
Producers:
Posie Graeme-Evans and Dorothee Pinfold (executive producers). Andrew Blaxland, Dave Gibson, and Sophia Scheding (producers).
Production Companies:
Millennium Pictures (Australia) and Gibson Group (New Zealand).
Director of Photography:
Simon Riera.
Production Designers:
Clive Memmott.
Music:
Chris Harriott.
Cast:
Simon James (Daniel McFarlane), Jovita Shaw (Constance de Lutrelle), Ben Revell (Fergus McFarlane), Antonia Prebble (Mandy McFarlane), Denise O'Connell (Aunt Lily), Simon Ferry (Doug McFarlane), Tina Regtien (Jenny McFarlane), Barry Quin (Gervaise de Lutrelle), Zoe Bertram (Violette de Lutrelle), Sonia Todd (Caroline McFarlane), Melanie Thompson (Mai-ling), Euan Gray (Spike), Charles Mesure (Matthew & Tobias), Jenny Jewell (Jane Loomis), Tony Burton (Nev Loomis), Ellie Smith (Ramona Rickenbacker), and Peter Hambleton (Winthrop Rickenbacker).
Release Dates:
11 October 1997
Awards:
- AFI Award, nominated for Best Children's Television Drama, 1998.
Notes:
Network script consultant: Rick Maier.
Script and story editor: Anthony Ellis.
Script editor (Australia): Tracey Trinder-Doig and Gabrielle Somers.
Script editors (New Zealand): Ken Duncum and Donna Malane.
List of episodes:
1.1 Arrival (Greg Millin)
1.2 Gold (Greg Millin)
1.3 Trapped (Greg Millin)
1.4 Crown (Kristen Dunphy)
1.5 Ghost (Boaz Stark)
1.6 Chamber Pots (Margaret Wilson)
1.7 The Iceman (Boaz Stark)
1.8 The Widow Graveney (Margaret Wilson)
1.9 The Guests from Hell (Rick Maier)
1.10 The Artist (Rick Maier)
1.11 Spike (Susan Bower)
1.12 Seals (Susan Bower)
1.13 Foreigners (David Marsh)
1.14 Disco (David Marsh)
1.15 Greenstone (Annette Moore)
1.16 Mandy's Dog (Annette Moore)
1.17 Elephant Boy (Stephen Measday)
1.18 Meltdown (Stephen Measday)
1.19 Herons (Daniel Krige)
1.20 The Shipwreck (Daniel Krige)
1.21 Bank Robbers (Katherine Thomson)
1.22 Tetanus (Katherine Thomson)
1.23 The Toddler (Tracey Trinder-Doig)
1.24 The River (Tracey Trinder-Doig)
1.25 Hall of Mirrors (Anthony Ellis)
1.26 Daniel (Anthony Ellis)
