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''Mission Top Secret'' is an Australian TV series aired between 1992 and 1995. The pilot for the series was a 1991 telemovie of the same name. This was part of the ''South Pacific Adventure'' series on a budget of $1 million.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p107 At the APRA Music Awards of 1994 won Best Television Theme.


Premise

This Australian TV series is about an organization known as the Centauri Network, it is a network of children from around the planet who fight crime, & solve mysteries with the help of gadgets, which were quite advanced for the time. When 12-year-old Jemma accidentally taps into a disused telecommunications satellite she finds that she has audio-visual contact with other computers worldwide. Then with the help of electronics inventor, Sir Joshua Cranberry, she forms the Centauri Network, a worldwide crime fighting organisation of children who use their network. Jemma is the daughter of Sir Joshua's assistant. Their primary enemy was one persistent individual, Neville Savage, who is some sort of criminal mastermind. The inventor, Sir Joshua Cranberry, is the uncle of the Wiggins' twins, who are the primary protagonists in Season One.


Cast

* Jennifer Hardy as Victoria Wiggins (series 1) * Andrew Shephard as Albert Wiggins (series 1) * Deanna Burgess as Jemma Snipe (series 1) * Rossi Kotsis as Spike Baxter (series 1–2) *
Shane Briant Shane Briant (17 August 1946 – 26 May 2021) was an English actor and novelist. Briant studied law at Trinity College Dublin but became a professional actor playing the lead in ''Hamlet'' at the Eblana Theatre, Dublin. Briant is best known for ...
as Neville Savage (series 1–2) *
Fred Parslow Frederick Henry Parslow (14 August 1932 – 26 January 2017) was an Australian actor, who appeared in film, television and theatre. Acting career Parslow was notable in several film and TV roles, with parts in internationally successful TV so ...
as Sir Joshua Cranberry (series 1–2) * Emma Jane Fowler as Sandy Weston (series 1–2) *
Jamie Croft Jamie Croft (born 4 August 1981 in Sydney) is an Australian actor of television and film and voice actor Career Television Croft began his career in the television soap opera '' A Country Practice''. Subsequent credits include: ''Police Rescue ...
as David Fowler (series 2) * Lauren Hewett as Kat Fowler (series 2)


Episodes

Series 1 * The Falling Star (episodes 1.01 - 1.04) * Eagles from the East (episodes 1.05 - 1.08) * The Mona Lisa Mix-Up (episodes 1.09 - 1.12) * The Treasure Of Cala Figuera (episodes 1.13 - 1.16) * The Polish Pony Puzzle (episodes 1.17 - 1.20) * The Flight Of The Golden Goose (episodes 1.21 - 1.24) Series 2 * The Crown Jewels Are Missing (episodes 2.01 - 2.04) * The Return Of The Dinosaur (episodes 2.05 - 2.08) * The Golden Voice (episodes 2.09 - 2.12) * The Treasure Of Elephant Ridge (episodes 2.13 - 2.16) * The Emperor's Pearl (episodes 2.17 - 2.20) * The Toymaker (episodes 2.21 - 2.24)


References

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External links


Australian Television Information Archive
* Network 10 original programming APRA Award winners Australian children's television series Australian drama television series 1992 Australian television series debuts 1995 Australian television series endings {{Australia-tv-prog-stub