''The Power, The Passion'' is an Australian

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daytime

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produced by the

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in 1989. The series was devised to lure audiences away from

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imports such as ''

The Bold and the Beautiful ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (often referred to as ''B&B'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It premiered on March 23, 1987, as a sister show to the Bells' other soap opera ''The Yo ...

'' and ''

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'' but failed to make an impact and was cancelled due to low ratings after 168 episodes.

Cast

The cast included: *

Kevin Miles Kevin Miles (born 17 April 1929) is an Australian retired actor of theatre and television best known for his role as Godfrey Carson in the Australian television legal drama ''Carson's Law''. Miles also appeared in '' Delta'' (1969), ''Dynas ...

– Gordon Byrne *

Olivia Hamnett Olivia Jane Hamnett (1942/1943 – 2 November 2001) was an English actress known for numerous television roles in Australia, primarily in soap operas and miniseries. including '' The Sullivans'' as Meg Fulton in 1979, in ''Prisoner'' as Dr. K ...

– Ellen Edmonds * Tracy Tainsh – Kathryn Byrne * Susie Cato – Anna Wright *

Ian Rawlings Ian Rawlings (born 9 March 1959) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his long-running roles in soap operas '' Sons and Daughters'' and ''Neighbours''. He also appeared in the short-lived serial ''The Power, the Passion''. Career ''Sons ...

– Ryan McAllister * Danny Roberts – Samuel Wright *

Jill Forster Jill Forster (born 1936), is an English Australian actress who came to Australia as a model in 1964 and appeared in the Crawford Production series ''Hunter''. She is well known for appearance's in TV series, but has also appeared in made for TV ...

– Sarah McAllister * George Mallaby – Justin Wright *

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– Danielle Edmonds *

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– Nick Cassala *

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– Dr. Andrew Edmonds * Ross Thompson – Thomas *

Jane Clifton Jane Clifton (born 10 April 1949) is a Gibraltar-born Australian actress, singer, writer and voice artist. She is best known for her role in TV serial ''Prisoner'' as tough prison bookie Margo Gaffney. As a singer, she had a stint with Jo Jo ...

– Carla Graham *

Jon Finlayson Jon "Finno" Finlayson (23 March 193812 September 2012) was an Australian actor and writer. He was known for his roles in the films '' Lonely Hearts'' (1982) and ''The Magic Show'' (1983). He was also well-known from his numerous television ro ...

– William Somerset *

Julian McMahon Julian Dana William McMahon (born 27 July 1968) is an Australian actor, former model, and the son of a former Prime Minister of Australia, Sir William McMahon. He is best known for his roles as Detective John Grant in '' Profiler'', Cole Turn ...

– Kane Edmonds * Neil Grant – Adam Edmonds * Susan Ellis – Talia Edmonds *

Libby Purvis Clive Gladstone Robertson (born 17 December 1965) is an English actor perhaps best known for his roles on the soap opera '' Sunset Beach'', the Canadian science fiction series ''Starhunter'', and the 2010 science fiction computer game '' Darks ...

– Rebecca Wright *

Jacqui Gordon Jacqui Gordon (born 1962, Melbourne) credited also Jacqui Lockhead, is an Australian actress. She appeared in television dramas, including ''Prisoner'' as Susie Driscoll, ''Cop Shop'', '' Homicide'', ''Matlock Police'' , ''Division 4'', ''The S ...

– Susan Walsh

made his TV debut in the series. At one point the program included a gay male character, Steven (

Joseph Spano Joseph Peter Spano (born July 7, 1946) is an American actor best known for his roles as Lt. Henry Goldblume on ''Hill Street Blues'' and FBI Special Agent Tobias C. Fornell on '' NCIS''. He also voiced the Chuck E. Cheese (at the time Chuck E. Ch ...

). The character was killed off after a few months.Howes, Keith. (1998, February). "Gays of Our Lives". Outrage, Number 177, 38–49.

References

External links

Aussie Soap Archive: ''The Power, The Passion''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Power, The Passion, The Australian television soap operas Seven Network original programming 1989 Australian television series debuts 1990 Australian television series endings English-language television shows