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The Challenge (miniseries)

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The Challenge
Written byDavid Phillips
Directed byChris Thomson
StarringJohn Wood
John Diedrich
John Clayton
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersTristram Miall
Bob Loader
Running time287 mins
Budget$4.5 million[1]
Original release
Release14 October 1986

The Challenge is a 1986 Australian mini series based on the 1983 America's Cup.[1]

It was one of the first television productions by Roadshow Coote and Carroll. The series sold well overseas and screened in the UK.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p182
  2. ^ Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 110