Mirror, Mirror II is a co-production between Australia and
New Zealand that was released in 1997. Unlike the first series, ''
Mirror, Mirror'', which was one story played out over a number of episodes, this series has individual adventures in each new episode, but there is a story linking them all.
Main cast
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Simon James as Daniel McFarlane
* Ben Revell as Fergus McFarlane
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Antonia Prebble
Antonia Mary Prebble (born 6 June 1984) is a New Zealand actress, best known for her role as Loretta West in the hit NZ comedy-drama '' Outrageous Fortune'', as Trudy in '' The Tribe'', as Jane in '' The Blue Rose'', and as Rita West, the gran ...
as Mandy McFarlane
* Jovita Shaw as Constance de Lutrelle
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Zoe Bertram as Violette de Lutrelle
* Tina Regtien as Jenny McFarlane
* Simon Ferry as Doug McFarlane
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Barry Quin
Barry Quin (born 1949) credited also as Barry Quinn, is a British-Australian actor and briefly producer who has appeared on stage and television and film, on the small screen he has featured in numerous TV series and mini-series, but he is best ...
as Gervaise de Lutrelle
* Melanie Thompson as Mai Ling
* Denise O'Connell as Aunt Lily
Plot
In this series, the mirror from the original ''Mirror, Mirror'' series has come into the hands of two other New Zealand families: the de Lutrelles and the McFarlanes. They both live in the same house, but are separated from each other by 130 years.
de Lutrelle family
Gervaise, Violette and their daughter Constance, live in the house in 1867, in that time the house is surrounded by
goldfields
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Places
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. The family had emigrated from their home in France with vestiges of their wealth. They hope to find gold in the surrounding hills so they can restore their family's high status.
McFarlane family
Doug, Jenny and his two new stepchildren, live in the house in 1997. The troublesome Aunt Lily also lives with them. Doug, who left Daniel and his mother when he was a baby, agrees to have him come to visit from
Sydney, Australia
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to connect and rekindle their relationship over the holidays, despite Doug's hesitation and Daniel's reticence at first.
Episode guide
External links
Mirror, Mirror- Gibson Group (creators of the series)
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Mirror, Mirror II at the National Film and Sound Archive
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1997 Australian television series debuts
1998 Australian television series endings
Australian children's television series
Australian drama television series
Australian time travel television series
New Zealand time travel television series
Network 10 original programming
Period television series
Television shows funded by NZ on Air
Television series about teenagers
Television series set in the 1860s
Television series set in 1997
Television shows set in New Zealand