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Jon English and Mary Larkin in Against the Wind (screen cap)

form y Against the Wind series - publisher film/TV historical fiction

Authors:agent Ian Jones , Bronwyn Binns , Cliff Green , Peter A. Kinloch , Tony Morphett , Paul Davies , Tom Hegarty .

Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 Against the Wind

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Film Details - Pegasus Productions ; Seven Network , 1978

Producers:

Henry Crawford (Producer)

Ian Jones (Executive Producer)

Bronwyn Binns (Executive Producer)

Production Companies:

Pegasus Productions

Composer:

Mario Millo

Jon English

Cast:

Incl. Mary Larkin (Mary Garrett), Jon English (Jonathan Garrett), Kerry McGuire (Polly McNamara), Frank Gallacher (Will Price), Warwick Sims (Ensign Maurice Greville), Gerard Kennedy (Dinny O'Byrne), Frederick Parslow (Captain Charles Wiltshire), Hu Pryce (Jonas Pike).

Release Dates:

Episode 1 aired on 12 September 1978

Notes:

List of episodes:
1. The Seeds of Fire (Bronwyn Binns and Ian Jones)
2. The Wild Geese (author unknown)
3. A Question of Guilt (Bronwyn Binns and Ian Jones)
4. The Flogging Parson (Peter Kinloch)
5. An Agreement Between Officers and Others (Peter Kinloch)
6. A House on the Hill (Tony Morphett)
7. The Tree of Liberty (Paul Davies)
8. When Kings Go Forth to Battle (Bronwyn Binns and Ian Jones)
9. The Farmer's Friend (Cliff Green)
10. A Matter of Life and Death (Tony Morphett)
11. The Spirit of Enterprise (Cliff Green)
12. The Whip Hand (Tom Hegarty)
13. The Windfall Summer (Bronwyn Binns and Ian Jones)

Subjects:

Settings:

c
United Kingdom (UK),
c
Western Europe, Europe,
c
Australia,
c
1798-1799
1800-1899

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