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The Haunted School (TV Series)
''The Haunted School'' is an Australian television series which screened in 1986 on the ABC. It was based on the novel of the same by Carol Drinkwater, who also starred in the lead role. The series was produced by Ray Alchin, written by Helen Cresswell and directed by Frank Arnold. Cast * Carol Drinkwater as Fanny Crowe * Grant Navin as Richard Blackburn * Michael Beecher as Henry Blackburn * James Laurie as Joseph McCormack * Emil Minty as Patrick McCormick * Beth Buchanan as Vanessa * Mouche Phillips as Magpie * Leigh Nicholls as Clarissa * Mervyn Drake as Charlie Boyd * Harry Lawrence as Jeremiah * Jennifer West as Mrs. Tippery * Lynne Porteous as Lil Boyd * Duncan Wass as Reverend Dalton See also * List of Australian television series Future shows Seven * ''The 1% Club'' (Seven Network game show 2023–) * ''Apartment Rules'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * '' Animals Aboard with Dr Harry'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * ''Armchair Experts'' (Seven Network ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC (Australian TV Channel)
ABC TV, formerly known as ABC1, is an Australian national public television network. It is owned and operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is the flagship ABC Television network. The headquarters of the ABC TV channel and the ABC are in Ultimo, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. The network began operating on 5 November 1956 as the ABC National Television Service, starting in Sydney, followed by Melbourne, with other stations being established in state capitals and regional areas in the following years. In the 1960s and 1970s, the network was also referred to as ABC National Television, or ABC Television. Until the introduction of digital television in 2001, the network was the only domestic television service broadcast by the ABC. On 8 February 2008, the channel was renamed ABC1, before being rebranded as ABC TV on 20 July 2014. As of 2022, the ABC is the third-rated television network in Australia, behind the Seven Network and Nine Netwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Drinkwater
Carol Drinkwater (born 22 April 1948) is a British actress, writer and filmmaker residing in France. She portrayed Helen Herriot (née Alderson) in the television adaptation of the James Herriot books '' All Creatures Great and Small'', which led to her receiving the Variety Club Television Personality of the Year award in 1985. Career Drinkwater was a member of the National Theatre Company under the leadership of Laurence Olivier and has acted in numerous television series and films including the highly successful ''Chocky'', '' Bouquet of Barbed Wire'', '' Another Bouquet'' and ''Golden Pennies''. Drinkwater won a Critics' Circle Best Screen Actress award for her role, Anne, in the feature film ''Father'' (1990) in which she starred opposite Max von Sydow. Amongst many other film and television series, she has appeared in Stanley Kubrick's ''A Clockwork Orange'' (1971), ''Queen Kong'' (1976), ''The Shout'' (1978), ''Father'' (1990), and the film adaptation of Beryl Bainbr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Beecher (actor)
Michael Beecher (20 November 1939 – 4 March 1993) was an Australian-based model and actor. He was the son of Rear Admiral Otto Humphrey Becher and Valerie Chisholme Baird. Beecher had originally wanted to train and work as a diplomat. His highest-profile role was as debonair hospital superintendent Dr. Brian Denham in Australian soap opera ''The Young Doctors'', a role he played from the programme's inception in 1976 until leaving the series (shortly before its demise) in 1982. Prior to ''The Young Doctors ''The Young Doctors'' is an Australian early-evening soap opera originally broadcast on the Nine Network and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation, it aired from Monday, 8 November 1976 until Wednesday, 30 March 1983. The series is primar ...'' he had worked as a photographic model. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1939 births 1993 deaths Australian male television actors 20th-century Australian male actors {{Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Minty
Emil Minty (born 1972) is an Australian former child actor and jeweller. Career He played The Feral Kid, a feral child in the 1981 film '' Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior''. As an actor, he had no lines in the film. After ''Mad Max 2'', Minty had minor parts in ''Fluteman'' (1982) and in ''The Winds of Jarrah'' (1983). In 1990 he appeared in a few episodes of ''A Country Practice''. Personal life Minty withdrew from acting when he finished school. He became a jeweler, and has worked at Chris Lewis Jewellers in Sydney's Gladesville since the early 1990s. He is a father of two.Lehmann, Megan (9 May 2015)"From Mad Max’s feral child... to Sydney jeweller" ''The Daily Telegraph''. In popular culture In his novel ''Infinite Jest'', David Foster Wallace named one of the primary characters at The Ennet House Drug and Alcohol Recovery House after Emil Minty. Filmography *'' Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior'' (1981) - The Feral Kid *''Fluteman'' (1982) - Toby *''The Winds of Jarrah'' (1983) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Buchanan
Beth Christine Buchanan (born 10 March 1972) is an Australian actress and Social Worker. She is best known for the television roles in sitcom ''Hey Dad!'', Gemma Ramsay in ''Neighbours'', and Susan Croydon in ''Blue Heelers''. She was also a long-standing member of the Ranters Theatre company.Usher, Robin (17 July 2008"Swimming in success"'' SMH.com.au'' (Retrieved: 1 March 2010) Early life Buchanan was born in Sydney, the daughter of musician Tony Buchanan (formerly of Crossfire) and teacher Jo Buchanan. She is the youngest of three children; her brother Miles and sister Simone are also actors. Career Buchanan's television work includes appearances in ''Secret Valley'', ''Runaway Island'', ''Island Trader'', ''Pirates Island'', ''A Country Practice'', ''Home and Away'', '' Stingers'', ''Hey Dad'' (where her older sister Simone starred as Debbie Kelly) and ''The Brittas Empire''. Her longest running part, between 1994 and 2006, was the recurring role of Susan Croydon, the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouche Phillips
Mouche Phillips (born 1973) is an Australian actress and theatre producer, best known for her television roles as Aviva "Viv" Newton in '' Home and Away'' (1989–90) and Eva Sykes in police procedural series '' Water Rats'' (2000–01). Early life Phillips was born in Sydney, and attended Woollahra Public School with several other future actors, including Home and away co-star Justine Clarke and singer Deni Hines, and then St Catherine's School, Waverley from 1984 to 1989. Her father, Tony Lunes was a yacht skipper working in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Career Phillips began her career in 1985 by playing the character of Jackie Wilson in the children's television show Butterfly Island. She then starred as "Beatie Bow" in the 1986 feature film ''Playing Beatie Bow'' when she was twelve years old. She later appeared in many Seven Network serials, including '' A Country Practice'' and ''Rafferty's Rules''. On 5 July 1989, she premiered as a cast member of the popular serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Australian Television Series
Future shows Seven * ''The 1% Club'' (Seven Network game show 2023–) * ''Apartment Rules'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * '' Animals Aboard with Dr Harry'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * ''Armchair Experts'' (Seven Network sports 2023–) * ''Australian Idol'' (Network Ten 2003–2009, Seven Network reality 2022–) * '' Blow Up'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * ''The Claremont Murders'' (Seven Network drama 2023–) * '' Con Girl'' (Seven Network drama 2023–) * ''Fam Time'' (Seven Network comedy 2023–) * '' Local Council'' (Seven Network comedy 2023–) * ''Million Dollar Island'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * '' We Interrupt This Broadcast'' (Seven Network comedy 2023–) Nine * '' Australia's Most Identical'' (reality Nine Network 2023–) * ''Beach House Escape'' (reality Nine Network 2022–) * '' Big Miracles'' (reality Nine Network 2023–) * ''Celebrity IOU Australia'' (reality Nine Network) * '' Country Home Rescue'' (reality Nine Network 2022â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Australian Television Series Debuts
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. *January 11 – The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. *January 13– 24 – South Yemen Civil War. *January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. *January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. *January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of dates with Dictator Idi Amin's 1971 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
