All the Way (TV series)
| All the Way | |
|---|---|
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 32 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Bill Hughes |
| Running time | 60 mins |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nine Network |
| Release | 20 April 1988 (mini series) 21 November 1988 (series) – 1988 |
All the Way was an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Nine Network in 1988.
The series was set in the 1960s. The first episode took place on the date of the John F. Kennedy assassination. The series examined the life of an Australian family during the decade of Lyndon B. Johnson, the Vietnam War, civil rights activism and The Beatles, linked by three sisters (played by Diana Davidson, Maggie Millar and Rowena Wallace).
A young Dannii Minogue was in the cast. All the Way started as a six-part mini-series before being extended to an ongoing series.
It was a mini series than a series.[1] The series screened out of ratings period starting in November 1988.
It failed to catch on with audiences and was cancelled after 32 episodes.[2]
Cast
- Brenda Addie as Mrs. Birch
- Bruce Atkins
- Kim Beissel as Medical student
- Nikki Coghill as Terry O'Rourke
- Vince Colosimo as Joe Bianchi
- Ralph Cotterill as Mr. Bower
- Diana Davidson as Madeleine
- Joe Dolce 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 as Mr. Bianchi
- Dominic McDonald as Barry Scott
- Jacqueline McKenzie as Penelope Seymour
- Ben Mendelsohn as Lindsay Seymour
- Maggie Millar as Lorna Scott
- Dennis Miller as Ray Scott
- Dannii Minogue as Penny Seymour
- Martin Redpath as Dr. Hart
- Marie Redshaw as Miss McKinnon
- Wyn Roberts as Maynard
- Martin Sacks as Alan Scott
- Joy Smithers as Gillian Porter
- Peter Sumner as Phillip Seymour
- Grigor Taylor as Mike O'Brien
- Rowena Wallace as Elaine Seymour
- Tim Burns as Student
Reception
The Age called it "awful".[3]
References
- ^ Clark, Lucy (17 April 1988). "All the Way". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 59.
- ^ Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996, p172-173
- Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS, 1993, p 54-55 - ^ Hooks, Barbara (21 November 1988). "Ratings time is over, so back to 'All the Way'". The Age. p. 14.
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