Glenview High

*Glenview High*
Glenview High
Starring	Grigor Taylor; Rebecca Gilling; Elaine Lee; Ken James; Bill Kerr; Camilla Rountree
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	39
Production
Production locations	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	Grundy Television Productions
Original release
Network	Seven Network
Release	27 September 1977 –; 24 February 1979

Glenview High is an Australian television drama series produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Seven Network between 1977^[1] and 1978.^[2]^[3]

Story

English teacher Greg Walker (Grigor Taylor) transfers from the country to Glenview High, a tough high school in Sydney. He clashes with rebellious students Tony Moore (Brandon Burke) and Danny Smith (Brett Hinch). Despite his toughness, Tony has a grudging respect for Mr Walker while Danny is only interested in being popular with the female students.

Other staff at the school are efficient yet sympathetic principal Margaret Gibson (Elaine Lee), and cynical science teacher Harry Carter (Bill Kerr) who regards all students as the enemy.

Greg's home life is also shown. He moves in with his brother Tom (Ken James), who boards platonically with flight attendant Robbie Dean (Rebecca Gilling) and the ditzy Jill Beamish (Camilla Rountree).

Cast

Main

Grigor Taylor as Greg Walker
Brandon Burke as Tony Moore
Brett Hinch as Danny Smith
Elaine Lee as Margaret Gibson
Bill Kerr as Harry Carter
Ken James as Tom
Rebecca Gilling as Robbie Dean
Camilla Rountree as Jill Beamish

Guests

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Alan Cinis
Anne Haddy as Mrs O’Brien
Anne-Louise Lambert as Susan
Ben Gabriel
Bettina Welch as Fiona
Bruce Barry
Christine Amor
Debra Lawrance as Jane
Elisabeth Kirkby as Mrs Mackay
Fiona Spence as Maxine
Frank Wilson
Gerry Sont as Andrew
James Elliot
Lorna Lesley as Sally (1 episode)
Mike Dorsey as Doyle
Monica Maughan as Mrs Wills
Ray Meagher as Policeman
Rowena Wallace as Pam Wilson
Serge Lazareff
Sheila Kennelly as Val Deevney
Sigrid Thornton as Georgiana
Tex Morton as Grant
Thelma Scott as Kathleen
Tom Burlinson as Robbie’s Dream Man
Tom Oliver as Mick (1 episode)
Tracy Mann as Cheryl Harrison
Wendy Playfair

Production

The first season of 16 episodes cost $1 million dollars to make. The production team spent three moths of research time, working with teachers, students and the education department.^[4]

References

^ Groves, Don (25 September 1977), "It's back to high school at Seven", The Sydney Morning Herald
^ Groves, Don (3 April 1978), "Do the viewers prefer serials?", The Sydney Morning Herald
^ Vagg, Stephen (5 December 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Writers: Ron McLean". Filmink. Archived from the original on 23 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
^ Leedham, Nicole (26 September 1977), "School for drama in a 16-part $1m series", The Sydney Morning Herald

External links

Glenview High at IMDb
Glenview High Archived 20 May 2005 at the Wayback Machine at Classic Australian Television
Glenview High at the National Film and Sound Archive
Glenview High at AustLit

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[1] Groves, Don (25 September 1977), "It's back to high school at Seven", The Sydney Morning Herald

[2] Groves, Don (3 April 1978), "Do the viewers prefer serials?", The Sydney Morning Herald

[3] Vagg, Stephen (5 December 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Writers: Ron McLean". Filmink. Archived from the original on 23 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

[4] Leedham, Nicole (26 September 1977), "School for drama in a 16-part $1m series", The Sydney Morning Herald

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