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1986 Australian TV series or program
A Halo for Athuan
Based onradio play by Julie Ann Ford
Written byAlan Burke
Directed byAlan Burke
StarringGwen Plumb
Ron Haddrick
Fiona Stewart
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerAlan Burke
Running time75 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release1986 (1986)

A Halo for Athuan is a 1986 Australian TV film about two nuns in a rural monastery. It was one of the series of nine Australian telemovies that screened on Friday nights in 1986.

Plot

Mother Paul climbs over the walls of the Athuan monastery and quickly takes over the administration of the monastery's foundering cherry liquor business. She has her sights set on being the next Abbot.

Reception

The Age called it "a real charmer".

References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p75
  2. "Fun with a Nun". The Age. 16 October 1986. p. 38.

External links

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