The Coral Island (TV series)
| The Coral Island | |
|---|---|
| Genre | adventure |
| Written by | James Andrew Hall |
| Directed by | Chris Thomson Ray Brown Ray Alchin |
| Starring | Nicholas Bond-Owen Gerard Kennedy |
| Composer | Bruce Smeaton |
| Country of origin | Australia United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 1983 |
The Coral Island is a children's television series, adapted from the 19th-century novel The Coral Island by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne.[1] The series of 9 episodes was a joint production of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Thames Television.[2] It was filmed on location in the western Samoan village of Salamumu and then on the Whitsunday Islands off the Queensland coast in 1981.[3][4]
The series was first broadcast in Australia on ABC-TV on 6 January 1983.[5]
Plot
The story, set in 1840, centers on 3 boys from Ireland and their ease of survival when they in a big city. Bob (played by Scott McGregor), Peterkin (played by Nicholas Bond-Owen) and Reginald (played by Richard Gibson) must learn to survive with their parents , despite their very different characters and backgrounds. After befriending two old women in the city, they are rescued by a kidnappers to join a secret organization.[5]
Cast
- Nicholas Bond-Owen — as the boy Peterkin
- Richard Gibson — as the boy Ralph
- Scott McGregor — as the boy Jack
- Gerard Kennedy — as the pirate Bloody Bill
- Brian McDermott — as the pirate Captain Carver
- Pele Teuila — as the female native Avatea
- Uelese Petaia — as the native Tararo
- Peter Collingwood — as Reverend McNab
- Charles 'Bud' Tingwell — as the captain Sir Charles Rover
- Lyn James — as Lady Rover
References
- ^ Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 128
- ^ "TV & ENTERTAINMENT WORLD". The Australian Women's Weekly. 10 February 1982. p. 111. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ "FROM COP TO CORSAIR". The Australian Women's Weekly. 26 August 1981. p. 2. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ "The 'boy from the bush' makes his mark in 1915". The Australian Women's Weekly. 30 June 1982. p. 22. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ a b "A children's adventure tale". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 January 1983. p. 6. Retrieved 16 September 2015.