Falcon Island (TV series)

Falcon Island is a 1981 Australian children's television series set in Western Australia which screened on the Nine Network.[1] The series also aired in the United Kingdom on the ITV network in 1984, and was repeated on Channel 4 in 1986.

Falcon Island
Created byJoan Ambrose
Written byJoan Ambrose
Directed byPeter Maxwell
David Rapsey
StarringAlan Cassell
Bevan Lee
ComposerGreg Schultz
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producerPaul Barron
ProducersJudith West
Paul Barron
CinematographyKevan Lind
Editors
  • Geoff Hall
  • Kerstine Hill
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNational Nine Network
Release20 February 1981 (1981-02-20)

Plot

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Paul, Jocko and Kathy are three children who try to protect the wreck of a Dutch galleon, the Golden Falcon, against smugglers and sandminers.[2]

Cast

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  • Alan Cassell as Jack Brady
  • Bill Kerr as Madden
  • Francesca Shoesmith as Kate Ellery
  • Greg Duffy as Paul Ellery
  • Justin Hollyock as Jock Dixon
  • Bevan Lee as Vim Van Dorn
  • Maurie Ogden as Frank Ellery
  • Michael Loney as Constable Harris
  • Joan Sydney as Mrs. Yates
  • Merrin Canning as Vicky Fitzgerald
  • Barrie Barkla as Jarvis
  • Ian Fletcher as Alan

References

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  1. ^ Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 167
  2. ^ Falcon Island on AustLit, the resource for Australian literature.
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