The Challenge (miniseries)
Appearance
The Challenge | |
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Written by | David Phillips |
Directed by | Chris Thomson |
Starring | John Wood John Diedrich John Clayton |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Tristram Miall Bob Loader |
Running time | 287 mins |
Budget | $4.5 million[1] |
Original release | |
Release | 14 October 1986 |
The Challenge is a 1986 Australian mini series based on the 1983 America's Cup.[1][2]
It was one of the first television productions by Roadshow Coote and Carroll. The series sold well overseas and screened in the UK.[3]
Cast
[edit]- John Wood – Alan Bond
- John Diedrich – John Bertrand
- John Clayton – Ben Lexcen
- Bartholomew John – John Longley
- Richard Moir – Warren Jones
- Lorraine Bayly – Eileen Bond
- Jacki Weaver – Rasa Bertrand
- Tim Pigott-Smith – Peter de Savary
- Nicholas Hammond – Dennis Conner
- Ray Barrett – Bob McCullough
- Peter Phelps – Will Baillieu
- Ian Gilmour – Scott McAllister
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p182
- ^ "BIRD'S EYE, RECORDS, RADIO THE CANBERRA TIMES The drama of America's Cup takes a new tack". The Canberra Times. Vol. 61, no. 18, 673. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 November 1986. p. 8. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 110
External links
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