Prime Time (Australian TV series)
Appearance
Prime Time | |
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Genre | Drama Soap opera |
Created by | Terry Stapleton |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 60 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Hector Crawford Ian Crawford Terry Stapleton |
Producer | Graham Moore |
Production company | Crawford Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Nine Network |
Release | 30 January 1986 10 January 1987 | –
Prime Time is an Australian soap opera drama television series produced by Crawford Productions that aired on the Nine Network in from January 1986 to January 1987. Prime Time was the last Australian soap produced with exterior location scenes shot on film and interior scenes shot on videotape. The series was not a popular success and was cancelled after sixty episodes.
Premise
The series was set at a fictional television station, Channel 5, and dealt with the behind-the-scenes goings-on on the set of a current affairs series called Assignment.
Cast
- Chris Orchard – David Lockhart
- Anthony Hawkins – Harry Jones
- Nina Landis – Kate Macarthur
- Peter Kowitz – Jim Donnegan
- David Whitney – Stephen Lockhart
- Julianne White – Diana Fields
- Peter Whitford – Charles Garrett
- Gary Sweet – Craig Lawrence
- Sonja Tallis – Georgina Jones
- Tottie Goldsmith – Jamie
- Katrina Foster – Jocelyn Cole
- Ben Mendelsohn – Bart Jones
- John Hannan – John Balenko
- Jane Hall – Sandy Lockhart
- Kathy Caswell – Carol Foster
- Antonia Murphy – Kylie Garrett
- Garry McDonald
- Rachel Friend
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