Golden Soak
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| based_on = {{Based on|Golden Soak|Hammond Innes}}
| writer = Peter Yeldham
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| director = Henri Safran
| starring = Ray Barrett
Elizabeth Alexander
Bill Hunter
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| country = Australia
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| language = English
| num_episodes = 6 x 1 hour
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| network = ABC
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| first_aired = {{Start date|1979|03|13|df=y}}
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Golden Soak is a 1979 Australian-British mini-series about an English mining engineer who travels to Australia. It was based on the 1973 book of the same title written by Hammond Innes.Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p200
In the Netherlands, the series was broadcast under the title De Verlaten Mijn ("The abandoned mine"). Its theme music, The Lonely Shepherd by the James Last Orchestra and soloist Georghe Zamfir, reached the top 5 in the Dutch Top 40 in 1979.
Cast
- Ray Barrett as Alec Hamilton
- Elizabeth Alexander as Janet Garrety
- Bill Hunter as Chris Culpin
- Christiane Kruger as Rosa Hamilton
- David Cameron as Johnny Culpin
- Ruth Cracknell as Prophesy
- Les Foxcroft as Jacko
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217937/combined Golden Soak] at IMDb
- [http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C659710 Golden Soak] at AustLit
{{Henri Safran}}
Category:1970s Australian television miniseries
Category:1979 Australian television series debuts
Category:Films directed by Henri Safran
Category:British English-language television shows
Category:1979 Australian television series endings
Category:1970s British television miniseries
Category:Works by Peter Yeldham
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