''Chuck Finn'' is an Australian children's fantasy television series created by Paul Barron and Peter Hepworth.
It was produced by Barron Television
and aired on the
Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by Seven West Media Limited, and is one of five main free-to-air television networks in Australia ...
from 18 October 1999 to 25 December 2000, running for three series and 32 episodes.
Synopsis
Charles "Chuck" Finn is a 13-year-old
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
boy who had just moved to the fictional town of Tingalla,
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
situated next to the
Murray River
The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest ...
. At first, Chuck struggles to cope with having a new life and desires going back to his hometown in
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
, but he then comes across a run down paddle steamer known as ''The Tingalla Rose''. The vessel is occupied by two ghosts named Elvira "Fingers" Fitzpatrick, a
Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardia ...
woman and Buddy Berry, a 1950s
rock and roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock 'n' roll, or rock 'n roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It originated from African-American music such as jazz, rhythm a ...
singer who were both passengers on board when they died. He also befriends a group of locals; Hamish, Becky, Linda and Sarah McDonald, the latter who is the daughter of the current captain of ''The Tingalla Rose''. These events lead to Chuck accepting Tingalla as his new home. The course of the series has the group trying to get the vessel back in business as it was in the previous century while competing with a rival vessel, ''The River Queen''. They also come to terms with resident bully, Theodore "Tiny" Maloney and his friends, Davo and Spider.
Cast
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Luke O'Loughlin
Luke O'Loughlin (born 23 December 1985) is an Australian musician and former actor.
O'Loughlin was born in Adelaide, South Australia, to former model Tanya Powell of Tanya Powell Model Agency, and is a graduate of University Senior College.
...
as Charles "Chuck" Finn
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Cassandra Kane as Sarah McDonald
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Johnny Nicolaidis as Hamish
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Larena Charlesworth as Linda
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Amelia Knight as Becky
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Glenn McMillan
Glenn Aguiar McMillan (born October 5, 1984) is a Brazilian-Australian actor and lawyer best known internationally as Dustin, the Yellow Wind Ranger, on ''Power Rangers Ninja Storm''. His father is Irish Australian and his mother is Brazilian. ...
as Theodore "Tiny" Maloney
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Thomas Lambert as Davo
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Jonathan Tabaka as Spider
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Andy Seymour as Buddy Berry
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Holly Myers as Elvira "Fingers" Fitzpatrick
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Irena Dangov as Edna Littlemore
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Ted McQueen-Mason as Herman Littlemore
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Carmel Johnson as Mrs Bonaface
Production
The series was edited by
Tania Nehme, who went on to win several awards.
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References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=0218753
1999 Australian television series debuts
2000 Australian television series endings
Australian children's fantasy television series
Seven Network original programming
Television series about ghosts
Television series about teenagers
Television shows set in South Australia
Finn, Chuck