Touch the Sun (Australian TV series)
| Captain Johnno | |
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| Directed by | Mario Andreacchio |
| Written by | Rob George |
| Budget | $1.235 million |
| Devil's Hill | |
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| Directed by | Esben Storm |
| Written by | David Phillips |
| Based on | novel by Nan Chauncy |
| The Gift | |
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| Directed by | Paul Cox |
| Produced by | Tony Llewellyn-Jones |
| Written by | Paul Cox Jeff Peck |
| Cinematography | Nino G. Martinetti |
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Release date
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1988 |
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Running time
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90 mins |
| Peter and Pompey | |
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| Directed by | Michael Carson |
| Produced by | Margot McDonald |
| Written by | John Misto |
| Cinematography | Julian Penney |
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Running time
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94 mins |
| Budget | $1.43 million |
| Princess Kate | |
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| Directed by | George Ogilvie |
| Produced by | Antonia Barnard |
| Written by |
Kristin Williamson David Williamson |
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Running time
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95 mins |
| Top Enders | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jackie McKimmie |
| Produced by | Jill Robb |
| Written by | Michael Aitkens Jackie McKimmie |
| Cinematography | Jamie Doolan |
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Running time
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93 mins |
Touch the Sun was a television series commissioned by the Australian Children's Television Foundation in 1988 as part of the Australian Bicentenary celebrations. It may have been intended that seven feature-length episodes were produced, one for each State, plus the Northern Territory, but only six were completed. Executive producer was Patricia Edgar in association with the ABC and production company Revcom.
The six telemovies (each 95 minutes' duration) deal with issues important to children: adoption, multiculturalism, country life, fame, running away and deafness. They are set in a different States and depict children overcoming problems in different family and social situations.
(South Australia) A deaf boy makes friends with an Italian fisherman.
(Tasmania) City boy and country cousin get lost in the mountains
(Victoria and Western Australia)
(Queensland) Three Queensland children find Latin inscriptions in a cave. This leads them to discover an authentic Roman boat.
It was shot on location in North Queensland.
Kate, 14, the adopted daughter of wealthy couple searches for her birth mother.
(Northern Territory) Alice and her Aboriginal friend get lost while fleeing to Kakadu
Captain Johnno won the International Emmy Award in 1988.
VHS copies were made available for general release and at least one, Captain Johnno appeared in a subtitled classroom edition.
Originally only one of the six movies, Princess Kate, was released on DVD in Australia.
Echo Bridge Entertainment once offered Devils Hill, Captain Johnno and The Journey on 1 disk, and The Gift, Top Enders and Peter and Pompey as part of a 2-disk compilation with Rabbit Proof Fence and Secret of the Andes. In 2014 this title was no longer in their catalogue.
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