All the Green Year

All the Green Year
Genre Coming of Age
Based on Novel by Don Charlwood
Written by Cliff Green
Directed by Douglas Sharp
Starring Carl Hansen
Alan Hopgood
Narrated by Alwyn Kurts
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 6
Production
Producer(s) Oscar Whitbread
Running time 30 mins
Production company(s) ABC
Release
Original network ABC
Original release 20 October 1980

All the Green Year is a 1980 Australian television series based on a 1965 novel about three boys growing up on the eve of the Great Depression.[1]

The book sold over 100,000 copies and has come to be regarded as an Australian classic.[2]

Cast

Production

The novel was published in 1965 and was acclaimed.[3]

In 1977 it was announced the ABC would make a TV series based on the book.[4] Filming did not take place until mid 1980.[5]

Although most of the series was set in Frankston, it was shot in Flinders.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 52
  2. ↑ McGir, Michael (2012-06-22). "Notable storyteller: compassionate yet unsentimental". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  3. ↑ "BOOK REVIEWS A collection of Australiana". The Canberra Times. 40, (11, 436). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 April 1966. p. 11. Retrieved 21 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Four new ABC-TV programs next year". The Canberra Times. 52, (14, 882). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 September 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 21 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "PRODUCTION notes". The Australian Women's Weekly. 48, (4). Australia, Australia. 25 June 1980. p. 61 (Your TV Magazine). Retrieved 21 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "The charm of childhood escapades in All The Green Year". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 15 October 1980. p. 26 Supplement: FREE Your TV Magazine. Retrieved 11 August 2013.


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