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Issue Details: First known date: 1977-1980... 1977-1980 Young Ramsay
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Film Details - Crawford Productions , 1977-1980

Producers:

Henry Crawford

Production Companies:

Crawford Productions

Finance Organisations:

Produced with the assistance of the Victorian Film Corporation

Editors:

Cliff Hayes and Philip Reid

Music:

Tony Kolodziescky

Cast:

Regular cast members included John Hargreaves (Peter Ramsay), Serge Lazaroff (Ray Turner), Barbara Llewellyn (Julie Lambert, series one), Louise Howitt (Cassie McCallum, series two), Vic Gordon (Jack Lambert). Guest stars included Sigrid Thornton, Peter Sumner, Rod Mullinar, Sam Neill, Bill Hunter, John Howard, and Penne Hackforth-Jones.

Release Dates:

According to Moran, 4 November 1977

Location:

  • The fictional town of Jindarra, on the New South Wales-Victoria border. Filmed on location at the Mornington Peninsula, Tooradin, and Healesville.

Awards:

  • 1980 Sammy Award for Best Children's Series, as well as both an AWGIE and a Penguin Award (both 1980) for the scripts for episodes 17 and 24 respectively.

Notes:

Script editor: Graeme Farmer (series two).

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