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Australian
Television Archive features a collection of multimedia clips and images. Chard
Hayward, the actor who played Dudley in Number 96, now has a website. It
includes picture gallery, biography, and resume. Classic Aussie Soaps includes overviews of The Sullivans, The Young Doctors, Sons and
Daughters and Return to Eden, along with plenty of great pictures,
cast lists, a bulletin board and chat room. A
Country Practice a hybrid soap / drama series not covered by
this website was the standard guest shot for Australian soap opera actors through the
1980s and into the 1990s. Crawford
Productions official site includes cast lists, synopses, pictures
and video clips from many of their productions, including The Box, Skyways
and Carson’s Law. Crawford Productions website
examines the history of the prolific production company. Site includes the
recollections of various staff and crew members, plenty of photographs, and
the theme music of many Crawford shows, including The Box, Cop Shop,
Skyways. Danielle’s Rowena Wallace site
includes details of most of Rowena’s many television appearances along with
pictures, quotes and interviews. The
Drama Queen Coral Drouyn recounts her
long and varied career of the long running executive story editor and primary
writer for Prisoner and, later, script producer on Home & Away.
The website includes a biography and behind-the-scenes trivia about Prisoner
and other shows. Coral is also the Faculty Principal of the Screen Dreams Writers’ Academy. The E Street website includes character biographies,
episode synopses, details of the music featured in the show, and plenty of
great pictures. There is also a mailing list which you can join via email, or on-line. Harper Mining website looks at glossy serial Return to Eden and has an episode
guide, and pictures and clips from both the original 1983 miniseries of Return
to Eden and the year-long 1986 series that followed. History of Australian Television provides details of major Australian television milestones, Logie Award winners, information about major television productions, and more. Internet
Movie Database features comprehensive cast lists and other
information for many of the programs listed here. See what other productions
your favourite soap stars have been involved with. Jump
the Shark website is a forum where fans of television shows post
in the point at which they believe the show started its decline in quality.
Often the decline is marked by such watershed moments as the departure of a
key cast member, a change in look or format, the arrival of Ted McGinley in
the cast or a spectacular disaster cliffhanger that backfired badly. At least
one Australian soap opera (Prisoner) is mentioned here (and most fans
on the forum seem to agree that it never “Jumped the Shark”!). Maggie
Millar’s website contains details of the actor’s many roles -
including Marie Winter in Prisoner and Rosie in Neighbours
- along with details of her current acting work, news articles, and articles
written by Maggie herself. Michael
C Smith, the one-time Shane Archer in The Restless Years
and Paul Wells in Punishment, reveals his latest activities in this website. National
Film and Sound Archive holds many items in their archives
including scripts, documentation, photographs, and film and video. Many items may
be viewed on-line; films and videos may be viewed onsite (for a fee). Neighbours: The Perfect Blend gives the low-down on the serial that has provided ongoing employment for many of the actors, crew members, writers and directors from the classic Australian soap operas. Nostalgia
Central has synopses for several Australian soap operas including Number
96, The Box, Class of ‘74, Cop Shop, Prisoner
and Sons and Daughters. Even Abigail gets a page to herself. Most
pages have quite a few cool pictures although much of the text seems to have been taken
from other website and published books. Number 96 website
features casting and character information, pictures, and a synopsis for each of Number
96’s 1,218 episodes. Official
Val Lehman Website features a biography of the Prisoner
star, a message board, and memorabilia for sale. Prisoner Cell Block H Online is packed full of Prisoner facts, trivia, multimedia, and DVD details. Prisoner
mailing list is a UK-based mailing list dedicated to that classic soap. Rachel’s Prisoner Website
includes Prisoner articles and cast
interviews, information on filming locations and reports on Prisoner events. Soap opera article
in Wikipedia contains information on both international and
Australian soap operas. Sons
and Daughters Mania features screen captures and scanned pictures of Sons
and Daughters actors in that show and others. Sons and Daughters website is a must-see site for anyone
interested in Sons and Daughters. It includes episode guides, casting
and character information, pictures and screen captures. TV Eye - Classic Australian Television is a well-written,
well-researched and detailed site about Australian television series (no soap
operas!) of earlier decades. Includes plenty of behind-the-scenes
information, some cast interviews (many that also refer to the actors’ 1970s
soap opera roles) and lots of great pictures. Wentworth Web features lots of information about Prisoner
novels, fan clubs, CDs, videos and some fascinating trivia. Who’s Who in Wentworth contains a dizzying amount of information about Prisoner with an extensive cast and characters database plus episode summaries, a well-stocked library, and other surprises. |
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