Australian TV
Half A World Away (ABC 1991, Barry Bostwick, Robert Reynolds)
Period drama serial Half A World Away took us to 1934 when air ace Roscoe Turner sets up a race between London and Australia, among those taking part are the famed Amy Johnson, English Tom Campbell-Black as well as Ray Parer and Geoff Hemsworth.
Known in some countries by the alternate title of The Great Air Race.
production details
Australia / ABC – Dimsey – Grigsby Pty – Australian Film Finance / 2×120 minute episodes / Broadcast May 1991
Writer: Michael Brindley / Story: Ross Dimsey / Treatment: Peter Hepworth / Camera: Chris Davis / Design: Colin Gresch / Costume: Alexandra Tynan / Music: Peter Sullivan / Producers: Ross Dimsey, Howard Grigsby / Executive Producer: Penny Chapman, Elizabeth Matthews / Director: Marcus Cole
cast
BARRY BOSTWICK as Roscoe Turner
ROBERT REYNOLDS as Tom Campbell-Black
CAROLINE GOODALL as Amy Johnson
HELEN SLATER as Jacquie Cochran
TIM HUGHES as Charles Scott
JONATHAN HYDE as Jim Mollison
HENK JOHANNES as Keone Parmentier
BURT COOPER as Jan Moll
GARY DAY as Ray Parer
JEFF TRUMAN as Geoff Hemsworth
JOSEPHINE BYRNES as Florence Desmond
ANTHONY HAWKINS as Thomas Perrin
JIM HOLT as Harold Brook
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