Families (& Friends [in Australia])

UK/Australia, Soap, 1990-1992

Doomed from the start UK and Australia co-production dealing with the lives of a family split across continents. At least at first - the Australian portion was dumped not too far into the series and it ended rather abruptly.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Briony Behets ..... Diana Stevens

Fast Forward

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Jane Turner ..... NK

Father Dear Father in Australia

Australia, TV Series, 1978

Another series transplanted to Australia.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Maggie Kirkpatrick ..... sex mad woman Sigrid Thornton ..... Patrick's niece

Ferals, The

Australia, Children's TV, 1995

Australian puppet / live action children's TV show.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Cornelia Frances ..... Teacher

Finder, The

Australia, Children's TV, ~1991

Story of a boy who finds the way through a barrier into the place where lost things go. Penny Maegraith played his mother.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Penny Maegraith ..... Mum

Fire

Australia, Soap, 1994-1995

Ill-fated Australian soap cancelled after only 2 seasons.

Ready ... Aim ... Burn! - Tottie Goldsmith on Fire (not literally ...!).

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Danny Adcock ..... Danny 'Nugget' Hunt
Andy Anderson ..... Repo
David Bradshaw ..... Fire Commissioner
Liddy Clarke ..... Jean Diamond
Deborra-Lee Furness ..... Delores (Mrs Repo)
Totty Goldsmith ..... Marilyn 'Tex' Perez
Robert Morgan ..... Totally Negative Tommo

Flair

Australia, TV Miniseries, 1989

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Briony Behets ..... Samantha Harmon
Andrew Clarke ..... Phillip Harmon
Alan Hopgood ..... (Writer)
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell ..... Bert Clarke
Rowena Wallace ..... Pamela Winter-Smith

Flying Doctors, The

Australia, Soap, 1985

Long-running Australian soap. Provided lots of opportunities for Prisoner spotting. For a while ran on Saturday nights in Britain but was then relegated to afternoons and lunchtimes. This is just a few of the spottings - there must be loads more ...

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Elspeth Ballantyne ..... Prejudiced Farm Owner
Kylie Belling ..... Sharon Herbert
Betty Bobbitt ..... Relief Pilot
Jane Clifton ..... Foster Mother
Belinda Davey ..... Magistrate (-Mrs Solomon?)
Beverley Dunn ..... Claire Bryant
Keith Eden ..... Dr Harry Sinclair
Maureen Edwards ..... Pauline Grant
Pat Evison ..... Violet Carnegie
Maurie Fields ..... Vic Buckley
John Frawley ..... Dr Frank Turner
Justin Gaffney ..... Gerry O'Neill
Terry Gill ..... Sgt Jack Carruthers
Peter Hosking ..... John Marshall
Bill Hunter ..... Dusty
Val Jellay ..... Nancy Buckley
Gerard Kennedy ..... Luke Mitchell
Monica Maughan ..... Jean Hennessy
Carmel Millhouse ..... Matron Ingrid Fisher
Sheryl Munks ..... Sue - Pregnant Girl
Peter O'Brien ..... Sam Patterson
Alex Papps ..... Nick Cardaci
Ann Phelan ..... Beryl Horden ('Nymphs & Nightmares')
Marie Redshaw ..... Maggie Hutton
Louise Siversen ..... Debbie O'Brien

Flynn

Australia, Film, 1996

Film detailing the life of Errol Flynn, although it seems a bit shallow for a biography. All the usual suspects - Sue Jones, Tommy Dysart, Fiona Corke, Reg Evans - appear.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Roy Baldwin ..... District Officer
Randall Berger ..... American Editor
Samantha Bews ..... Party Guest
Doug Bowles ..... Charles Chauvel
Joan Brockenshire ..... Salvation Army Lady
Michael Carman ..... Actor
Fiona Corke ..... Miss Taylor
Tommy Dysart ..... Macintosh
Reg Evans ..... Hobo
John Frawley ..... Headmaster
Jan Friedl ..... Deidre Watts
Mark Hennessy ..... Horace Cotton
Barry Hill ..... Hollingworth
Philip Holder ..... Wealthy Man
Tim Hughes ..... James Dickson
Rick Ireland ..... Mrs Flynn's Lover
Sue Jones ..... Elsa Chauvel
Tiriel Mora ..... Sydney Station Porter
Iain Murton ..... Stage Manager
Tim Nelson ..... William Bates
Nicki Paull ..... Marelle Flynn
Chris Peters ..... Streetfighter
John Raaen ..... Card Player / Bandit
David Ravenswood ..... Theatre Director
Adrian Wright ..... Harold Watts

Forsyte Saga, The

UK, 1967, TV Series

Brendan Delaney tells me that Bryan Marshall appeared towards the end of this 1960s BBC series as Harold Blade.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Bryan Marshall ..... Harold Blade

Fortunate Life, A

Australia, TV Miniseries, 1985

Miniseries based on the autobiography of A B Facey and set in Colonial Western Australia (Peter Hackney's info).

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Val Lehman ..... NK
Ray Meagher ..... NK

Fringe Dwellers, The

Australia, Film, 1986

Film about an Aboriginal family whose daughter has higher ambitions. Again, Justine Saunders (looking extremely rough!) and Kylie Belling have central roles as members of the family.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Kylie Belling ..... Noonah
Justine Saunders ..... Mollie
Noanie Wood ..... Miss Simmons