''Falcon Island'' is a 1981 Australian children's television series set in Western Australia which screened on 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 ...
.
[Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 167] The series also aired in the United Kingdom on the ITV network in 1984, and was repeated on Channel 4 in 1986.
Cast
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Alan Cassell
Alan Louis Cassell (16 February 1932 – 30 August 2017) was an English Australian actor, on stage, film and television.
Personal life
Alan Cassell was born in Manchester, England but grew up in Birmingham. Cassell was of a young age when his m ...
as Jack Brady
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Bill Kerr
William Henry Kerr (10 June 1922 – 28 August 2014) was a British and Australian actor, comedian, and vaudevillian.
Born in South Africa, he started his career as a child actor in Australia, before emigrating to Britain after the Second Worl ...
as Madden
* Francesca Shoesmith as Kate Ellery
* Greg Duffy as Paul Ellery
* Justin Hollyock as Jock Dixon
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Bevan Lee
Bevan John Lee (born 7 November 1950) is an Australian writer and executive best known for creating the TV dramas '' All Saints'', ''Packed to the Rafters'', ''Winners & Losers'' and '' A Place to Call Home''.
Career
Lee was an actor before tu ...
as Vim Van Dorn
* Maurie Ogden as Frank Ellery
* Michael Loney as Constable Harris
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Joan Sydney
Joan Sydney King (5 September 1936 – 28 December 2022) was an English-born Australian actress, primarily known for her television roles in soap operas and serials but who also appeared in theatre.
Sydney started her career in local theatre b ...
as Mrs. Yates
* Merrin Canning as Vicky Fitzgerald
* Barrie Barkla as Jarvis
* Ian Fletcher as Alan
References
External links
*{{imdb title, id=0173608, title=Falcon Island
''Falcon Island''at Australian Television
Nine Network original programming
Australian children's television series
1981 Australian television series debuts