1983 in Australian Television - 1983 Australian Television Series Debuts, 1983 Australian Television Series Endings, the Young Doctors (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1983 Australian Television Series Debuts, 1983 Australian Television Series Endings, the Young Doctors, the Sullivans, Patrol Boat, Carson's Law, All the Rivers Run, Australia You're Standing in It, Shirl's Neighbourhood, 1983 in Australian Television, Waterloo Station, Scales of Justice, Wombat, Starting Out. Excerpt: All The Rivers Run All The Rivers Run is a television miniseries in 1983 and 1989, starring Sigrid Thornton and John Waters . The miniseries is based on the Australian historical novel by Nancy Cato, first published in 1958. The film is marketed with the tagline A sweeping saga of one woman's struggle for survival . The first series comprises 4 two-hour episodes first broadcast in October 1983, the second series comprises 2 two-hour episodes first broadcast on 18 March 1990. In the US, the miniseries had a run on the premium channel, HBO . Story All The Rivers Run follows the life of English girl Philadelphia Gordon, from the time when she is shipwrecked and orphaned off the coast of Victoria in 1890. She spends most of her life around Echuca, on the Murray River, and invests some of her inheritance in a paddle steamer . Her life is forever changed when she meets paddle steamer captain Brenton Edwards. Deli Gordon marries Edwards and gives up a blossoming career as a painter in Melbourne to live back in Echuca and live on the paddle steamer with Brenton.Main cast References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Australia You're Standing In It was an Australian sketch comedy series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, first screened in 1983 with a second series made in 1984.Cast The cast included Rod Quantock, Steve Blackburn, Mary Kenneally, Geoff Brooks, Sue Ingleton, Evelyn Krape, Peter Browne, Ti...