Touch the Sun (1988)
Series 1
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.
Released April 7, 1988
Episode 94 min
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S1E1 - Captain Johnno
The story of a 13-year-old deaf boy living in a small fishing town in South Australia in the 1950s. When Johnno's parents decide to send their son to a 'special school', he learns of their plans and makes a desperate escape to a desolate island. He is rescued just in time by his friend Tony, an Italian fisherman who helps him find a new and more independent course for his future.
April 7, 1988, midnight
S1E2 - Devil's Hill
Badge and Sam are cousins, and Badge has always felt daunted by Sam because he has spent time in the city and been exposed to a world Badge can only imagine having spent his whole life on a remote farm in the rugged southwest of Tasmania. However, the tables get turned once Sam's mother falls ill and his father is away working.
April 13, 1988, midnight
S1E3 - The Gift
Nicos and Sofia Georgialis are Greek-Australian siblings who live in a comfortable inner-city suburb and win the first prize in a national lottery. To their amazement, they become the new owners of five hundred hectares of 'beautiful bushland' in Western Australia - 3,000 km from Melbourne which is home.
April 21, 1988, midnight
S1E4 - Peter and Pompey
Peter (a quiet boy), Margaret (the mayor's intelligent daughter) and Wayne (the town bully) live in a small town called Gamma in North Queensland and are brought together by their sudden interest in Latin after discovering strange inscriptions on a cave wall.
March 27, 1988, midnight
S1E5 - Princess Kate
When Kate turns fourteen she feels like the luckiest girl in the world. She has heaps of friends, a gorgeous home and very wealthy parents. her parents even gift her a seven meter yacht christened Princess Kate. Shortly afterwards, Kate finds out she was adopted.
April 28, 1988, midnight
S1E6 - Top Enders
Alice is a young, tough, independent child. Her mum, Sue, works as a blackjack dealer in the Darwin casino and so Alice has learnt to take care of herself. She's a no-nonsense kind of girl, which often lands her in sparring arguments with her friend Mick, an Aboriginal boy who goes to the same school.
May 4, 1988, midnight
ABC TV
94 min/ep
565 min
April 7, 1988
May 4, 1988, midnight
Returning Series
NR
Action
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