''All the Way'' was an Australian television series made by

Crawford Productions Crawford Productions is an Australian media production company, focused on radio and television production. Founded in Melbourne by Hector Crawford and his sister, actress and voice artist Dorothy Crawford, the company, also known as Crawfords ...

for the

Nine Network The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...

in 1988. The series was set in the 1960s. The first episode took place on the date of the

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. The series examined the life of an Australian family during the decade of

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, the

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, civil rights activism and

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, linked by three sisters (played by Diana Davidson,

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and

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). A young

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was in the cast. ''All the Way'' started as a six-part TV mini-series during April 1988 before being extended to an ongoing series during the Summer non-ratings period which was very unfortunate for the TV series during its regular time-slot scheduling changes due often to the summer cricket telecasts did not help the success of the series either. It was a TV mini series before a 22 part episode series. The series screened out of ratings period starting in November 1988. It failed to catch on with audiences and was cancelled after 32 episodes.

Cast

*Brenda Addie as Mrs. Birch *Bruce Atkins *Kim Beissel as Medical student *

Nikki Coghill Nicola Vicars Coghill (born 4 January 1964) is an Australian actress. She is best known for playing the roles of Sister Jackie Crane in ''The Flying Doctors'', and Miranda Parker in '' Neighbours''. Career Coghill was born in Melbourne. She h ...

as Terry O'Rourke *

Vince Colosimo Vincenzo Colosimo (born 11 November 1966) is an Australian AFI Award winning stage, television and screen actor. He has worked in both Australia and the United States. He is of Italian descent and lives in Melbourne, Australia. He was previousl ...

as Joe Bianchi * Ralph Cotterill as Mr. Bower *Diana Davidson as Madeleine *

Joe Dolce Joseph Dolce (born October 13, 1947) (, originally ) is an American-Italian singer/songwriter, poet and essayist. Dolce achieved international recognition with his multi-million-selling song, " Shaddap You Face", released worldwide under the ...

as Franco *Brenton Foale as Journalist *Stephen Hall as Richard Dodds *Marion Heathfield as Mrs. Hart * Lisa Hensley as Christine Scott *Jim Howes as Professor Thompson *John Lee as Sir Peter Edwin * George Mallaby as George Cutler *

Robert Mammone Robert Mammone (born 1969 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as AK in ''The Matrix'' movies, as Sid Walker in the soap opera ''Home and Away'' and as Tim Palmer in '' Sons and Daughters''. He was also ...

as Mr. Bianchi *Dominic McDonald as Barry Scott *

Jacqueline McKenzie Jacqueline Susan McKenzie (born 24 October 1967) is an Australian film and stage actress. Early life Born in Sydney, New South Wales, McKenzie attended Wenona School in North Sydney until 1983 then moved to Pymble Ladies' College, where she ...

as Penelope Seymour *

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as Lindsay Seymour *

as Lorna Scott *Dennis Miller as Ray Scott *

as Penny Seymour *Martin Redpath as Dr. Hart *Marie Redshaw as Miss McKinnon *

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as Maynard *

Martin Sacks Martin Colin Sacks (born 16 October 1959) is an Australian actor who is chiefly known for his 12-year role on ''Blue Heelers'' from 1993 to 2005. Life and career Sacks was born in Sydney. He got into acting after a bit part in an episode of ' ...

as Alan Scott *

Joy Smithers Joy Smithers (born 15 July 1963) is an Australian actress, best known for her acting performances on television, and her role as a television news presenter, such as with MTV Australia in the late 1980s. Her credits include: ''All The Way'', ' ...

as Gillian Porter *

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as Phillip Seymour *

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as Mike O'Brien *

as Elaine Seymour *Tim Burns as Student

Reception

The ''Age'' called it "awful".

References

External links

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Crawford Productions''All the Way'' at the National Film and Sound Archive
1988 Australian television series debuts 1988 Australian television series endings Australian television soap operas Television series by Crawford Productions Nine Network original programming Television series set in the 1960s English-language television shows {{Australia-tv-prog-stub