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REGULAR CAST

BRENDA FRICKER as Sister Agnes / SANDY GORE as Mother Ambrose / JOSEPHINE BYRNES as Diane-Sister Catherine / LISA HENSLEY as Veronica-Sister Paul / MELISSA JAFFER as Sister Attracta / PENNY STEHLI as Sister Patrick / CAROLINE GILMER as Sister Philomena / BETH CHAMPION as Sister Clare / JOY HRUBY as Sister Polycarp / CONNIE HOBBS as Sister Pierre / IRENE ROWLAND as Sister Perpetua / ANN FAY as Sister Innocent / MICHELLE PETTIGREW as Sister Francine / ANTONIA MURPHY as Novice Therese 

Creator: Penny Chapman / Producer: Sue Masters / Camera: James Bartle / Costume: Annie Marshall / Design: Marcus North / Titles: Belinda Benetts / Music: Mario Millo / Script Editor: Sue Smith / Executive Producer: Penny Chapman, Liam Miller

AUSTRALIA / ABC-Channel 4-RTE-Roadshow-Coote and Carroll / 6x60m-e / 1991

THE EPISODES

1. DIANE

WRITER: John Alsop 

Diane is due to be married but unsure of her feelings for her husband to be and her strong feelings of faith, she shocks her family by deciding to enter a convent.

With:- LOUISE PAJO as Jean Markham / PAUL WILLIAMS as Mark / FRANK GALLACHER as Irish Dean / JOHN FRAWLEY as Bishop / RHYS McCONNOCHIE as Monsignor / BIANCA SULKOWICZ as Diane aged 6 / PETER BRAUNSTEIN as Frank Markstein / HAZEL PHILLIPS as Mrs Purley / DEBORAH HANLEY as Mary Statue

DIRECTOR: Ken Cameron

2. FRANCES

WRITER: John Alsop

A new student, Frances, arrives at the school, tortured by the divorce of her parents.

With:- NAOMI WATTS as Frances Heffernan / JOHN FRAWLEY as Bishop / RHYS McCONNOCHIE as Monsignor / BARRY LANGRISHE as Tom Heffernan / JOHN STOWE as Roger Conlan / LIBERTY LEE as Frances aged 8 / LEO TAYLOR as Bill Fitzgerald / GENEVIEVE MOOY as Judith Fitzgerald / TATHOM LENNOX as Anne Fitzgerald / CHRISTINE DEGEARON as Mrs Upton / TED BAKER as Marriage Celebrant / PHILLIP MOFFATT as Bishop's Assistant

DIRECTOR: Ken Cameron

3. AMBROSE

WRITER: John Alsop

A lay teacher arrives at the convent; Mother Ambrose brings in the Vatican's new reforms.

With:- PHILIP QUAST as Jan McGregor / ROB STEELE as Senator Kearney / SYD CONABERE as Da / LEO TAYLOR as Bill Fitzgerald / HAROLD HOPKINS as Ken Maloney / JAMES KLEIN as Ian's Son / CAROLYN OLDS as Ian's Daughter / DAVID WHITTEN as Doctor

DIRECTOR: Ken Cameron

4. ROSEMARY

WRITER: Sue Smith

After learning the facts of life from Sister Agnes, Rosemary decides its time she put them into practice.

With:- KYM WILSON as Rosemary Fitzgerald / RHYS McCONNOCHIE as Monsignor / STEPHEN LEEDER as Brother Thomas / DAMON HERRIMAN as Grant / RUSSELL CROWE as Dominic / ADRIAN LEE as Kevin Lee / PAT BISHOP as Mary Maloney / HAROLD HOPKINS as Ken Maloney / SCOTT LOWE as Gerald Maloney / BRIAN ROONEY as Brendan Maloney / GIAN CLANCEY as Kerry Maloney / DIMITY CLANCEY as Moya Maloney / LEO TAYLOR as Bill Fitzgerald / GENEVIEVE MOOY as Judith Fitzgerald / KRISTEN MINICHBAUER as Carmel Fitzgerald / JOSH PICKER as Bernadette's Boyfriend / THE BEEF as The Band

DIRECTOR: Ken Cameron

5. PAUL

WRITER: Sue Smith

A family wedding takes Sister Paul away from the convent.

With:- SIMON BURKE as Jack Delchunty / STUART FINCH as Father Riordan / RUSSELL NEWMAN as Brother Louis / KEITH HOLLOWAY as Lawrie Tierney / HAYDEN SAMUELS as Andrew Tierney / MICHAEL WINCHESTER as Martin Tierney / CRAIG BLACK as James Tierney / NIC GAZZANA as Frank / BARBARA CORAPI as Joe / TRACY TAINSH as Gina / NED MANNING as Helen / PETER LONCAR as Sean / DAVID HOEY as Ross / ANTONIO MIRABITO as Rocco

DIRECTOR: Ken Cameron

6. CATHERINE

WRITER: John Alsop

Sister Catherine feels that the Church is not being radical enough.

With:- PAT BISHOP as Mary Maloney / MICHAEL CRAIG as Bishop / RHYS McCONNOCHIE as Monsignor / BRIAN ROONEY as Brenda Maloney / GIAN CLANCEY as Kerry Maloney / DIMITY CLANCEY as Moya Maloney / CHRISTINE DEGUERON as Mrs Upton / NAOMI WATTS as Frances Heffernan / MELISSA THOMAS as Brigid Maloney / KYM WILSON as Rosemary Fitzgerald / KIRSTY McGREGOR as Caroline / VANESSA COLLIER as Jacinta / HAROLD HOPKINS as Ken Maloney

DIRECTOR: Ken Cameron