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Issue Details: First known date: 2001-2009... 2001-2009 The Saddle Club
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Film Details - Australian Broadcasting Corporation ; Nine Network ; Crawford Productions ; Protocol Entertainment , 2001-2009

Producers:

Lynn Bayonas.

Production Companies:

Crawfords Australia [Australia] and Protocol Entertainment [Canada].

Director of Photography:

Including Peter Falk and Gary Moore.

Editors:

Including Robert K. Sprogis and Jennifer Essex.

Production Designers:

Including Paddy Reardon, Marita Mussett, and Sally Shepherd.

Music:

Stephen Skratt, Jack Lenz, and Dale Cornelius.

Cast:

The large gap between series two and three meant that the main cast was re-cast for series three.

Long-serving cast members included the following [character name followed by actor/s]:

Carole Hanson (Keenan MacWilliam, series 1 & 2; Victoria Campbell, series 3), Stephanie 'Stevie' Lake (Sophie Bennett, series 1 & 2; Lauren Dixon, series 3), Elizabeth 'Lisa' Atwood (Lara Jean Marshall, series 1 & 2; Ariel Kaplan, series 3), Veronica diAngelo (Heli Simpson, series 1 & 2; Marny Kennedy, series 3), Kristi Cavanaugh (Kia Luby, series 1 & 2), Desiree 'Desi' Biggins (Aisha Dee, series 3), Melanie Atwood (Marisa Siketa, series 1; Jessie Jacobs, series 2; Ella-Rose Shenman, series 3), Ashley Taylor (Janelle Corlass-Brown, series 1 & 2), Jessica 'Jess' Cooper (Kaiya Jones, series 3), Elizabeth 'Mrs Reg' Regnery (Catherine Wilkin, series 1 & 2; Briony Behets, series 3), Maximillian 'Max' Regnery (Brett Tucker; Richard Davies, series 3), Dorothee Doutey (Matylda Buczko, series 2), Jackson 'Jack' O'Neil (Troy Lovett, series 3), Phillip 'Phil' Marsten (Glenn Meldrum, series 1 & 2; Cosmo Feltham, series 3), Murray Richards (Troy Lovett, series 2; Rory Donegan, series 3), Deborah Hale Regnery (Cathy Godbold, series 1 & 2), Andrew 'Drew' Regnery (Nikolai Nikolaeff, series 2), Redford 'Red' O'Malley (Nathan Phillips, series 1; James O'Dea, series 2), Brian 'Scooter' Mucahy (Alex Marriott, series 2), Megan (Sophie Hensser, series 1 & 2), Simon Atherton (Connor Jessup, series 3), Dr Judith 'Judy' Barker (Maggie King, series 1 & 2; Leverne McDonnell, series 3), (Ashley 'Chewie' Becker (Jackson Gallagher, series 3), Eleanor Atwood (Marie-Louise Walker, series 1 & 2), Colonel Mitchell 'Mitch' Hanson (Christopher Kirby, series 1-3), Helen diAngelo (Melanie Ryder, series 1), and Frances 'Frank' diAngelo (Tony Hawkins, series 1 & 2)


Release Dates:

Episode one aired in Australia on 30 April 2001.

Awards:

  • ARIA Music Award, Best Original Soundtrack Album (nominated), 2003.

Notes:

List of episodes

Series one

1. The Saddle Club (Sarah Dodd)

2. Work Horses (Sarah Dodd)

3. Trail Ride: Part One (Anita Kapila)

4. Trail Ride: Part Two (Anita Kapila)

5. Horse Shy (Sheila Vassey)

6. Mystery Weekend (Anita Kapila and Jason Abelson)

7. School Horse (Sarah Dodd and Cory Kinney)

8. Star Quality (Anita Kapila)

9. Herdbound (Helen Steel)

10. Greener Pastures: Part One (Sarah Dodd)

11. Greener Pastures: Part Two (Sarah Dodd)

12. Jumping to Conclusions (Graeme Farmer)

13. Set Up (Piers Hobson)

14. Runaway (Author unknown)

15. Gift Horse (Annie Beach)

16. Flying Change (John Reeves)

17. Jump Off (Author unknown)

18. Found Horse, Part One (Author unknown)

19. Found Horse, Part Two (Author unknown)

20. Across the Board (Kate Barris)

21. Track Record (Jutta Goetze)

22. First Refusal (Sarah Dodd)

23. Horse Play (Jutta Goetze)

24. High Horse (Annie Beach)

25. Bridle Path, Part One (Author unknown)

26. Bridle Path, Part Two (Sarah Dodd)

Series two

1. A Horse of A Different Colour: Part One (Graeme Farmer)

2. A Horse of A Different Colour: Part Two (Graeme Farmer)

3. Show Ponies: Part One (Everett De Roche)

4. Show Ponies: Part Two (Gwenda Marsh)

5. The Ride of His Life (Piers Hobson)

6. Love Is In The Air (Barbara Bishop)

7. Horsenapped (Graeme Farmer and John Reeves)

8. Au revoir Dorothee (Graeme Farmer)

9. The Home Straight (Graeme Farmer)

10. Running Free: Part One (Graeme Farmer)

11. Running Free: Part Two (Graeme Farmer)

12. Race Against Time (Graeme Farmer)

13. Stevie's Bad Day (Dennise Fordham)

14. Fillies vs. Colts (Lisa Steele)

15. Blind Faith (Anita Kapila)

16. Join Up (Sarah Dodd)

17. Tender Foot (Rhonda Jayne Olson)

18. Bloodlines (Graeme Farmer)

19. Foster Horse: Part One (Sheila Prescott-Vessey)

20. Foster Horse: Part Two (Sheila Prescott-Vessey)

21. High Stakes: Part One (Sarah Dodd)

22. High Stakes: Part Two (Author unknown)

23. Odd Girl Out (Rhonda Jayne Olson)

24. Horse's Keeper (Rhonda Jayne Olson)

25. The Pine Hollows Story (Graeme Farmer)

26. Treasure Hunt (Author unknown)

Series three

1. Back in the Saddle (Shirley Pierce)

2. Moving On: Part One (John Reeves)

3. Moving On: Part Two (John Reeves)

4. Don't Give a Hoot (Shirley Pierce)

5. Crossing the Line (Ian David)

6. Facing the Music (Sam Carroll)

7. The Duchess and the Donkey (Kris Mrksa)

8. All That Glitters (Giula Sandler)

9. One Step Forward (Shirley Pierce)

10. Cut to the Quick (Graeme Farmer)

11. Pioneer Day (Ian David)

12. Itchy (Jill Golick)

13. Lisa's Choice: Part One (Sam Carroll)

14. Lisa's Choice: Part Two (Kris Mrksa)

15. Seeing is Believing (Julie Strassman-Cohn)

16. Trouble Free (Sam Carroll)

17. Out Foxed (Jennifer Cowan)

18. Staying the Distance (Author unknown)

19. Borrowing Freedom (Nicole Demerse)

20. Pedigree (Jill Golick)

21. Brothers and Sisters (Nicole Demerse)

22. Desk Jockey (Chris Roache)

23. Musical Chairs (Nicole Demerse and Meredith Vuchnich)

24. Breaking Up is Hard to Do (Jennifer Cowan)

25. Happy Trails (Sam Carroll)

26. Riding to England (Meredith Vuchnich)


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