Falcon Island (TV series)

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| creator = Joan Ambrose

| writer = Joan Ambrose

| director = Peter Maxwell
David Rapsey

| starring = Alan Cassell
Bevan Lee

| composer = Greg Schultz

| country = Australia

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 26

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| executive_producer = Paul Barron

| producer = Judith West
Paul Barron

| cinematography = Kevan Lind

| editor = {{Plainlist|

  • Geoff Hall
  • Kerstine Hill

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| network = National Nine Network

| first_aired = {{Start date|1981|2|20|df=y}}

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Falcon Island is a 1981 Australian children's television series set in Western Australia which screened on the Nine Network.Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 167 The series also aired in the United Kingdom on the ITV network in 1984, and was repeated on Channel 4 in 1986.

Plot

Paul, Jock and Kate are three children who try to protect the wreck of a Dutch galleon, the Golden Falcon, against smugglers and sandminers.[https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C739073 Falcon Island] on AustLit, the resource for Australian literature.

Cast

  • Alan Cassell as Jack Brady
  • Bill Kerr as Madden
  • Francesca Shoesmith as Kate Ellery
  • Greg Duffy as Paul Ellery
  • Justin Hollyock as Jock Dixon
  • Bevan Lee as Vim Van Dorn
  • Maurie Ogden as Frank Ellery
  • Michael Loney as Constable Harris
  • Joan Sydney as Mrs. Yates
  • Merrin Canning as Vicky Fitzgerald
  • Barrie Barkla as Jarvis
  • Ian Fletcher as Alan

References

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