Jonah (1982 miniseries) - Misplaced Pages

1982 Australian TV series or program

Jonah
Based on	Jonah by Louis Stone
Written by	Eleanor Witcombe
Directed by	Eric Tayler
Starring	Jonathan Sweet Claire Crowther Liddy Clark Steve Bisley June Salter Mark Hembrow
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer	Alan Burke
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	14 March (1982-03-14) – 4 April 1982 (1982-04-04)

Jonah is a 1982 Australian mini series based on the novel of the same name by Louis Stone. It is about Jonah, leader of a street gang who goes into business.

The novel was published in 1911.

Cast

Jonathan Sweet as Jonah
Claire Crowther as Ada
Liddy Clark as Pinkey
Doreen Warburton as Mrs. Yabsley
Steve Bisley as Cook
June Salter
Mark Hembrow as Waxy
Moya O'Sullivan
Joseph Fürst as Hans Paach
Colin Croft as Old Dad
Ron Haddrick
Jennifer Hagan
Jane Harders
Maggie Kirkpatrick

References

Scott Murray, ed. (1996). Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995. Oxford University Press. p. 207. ISBN 0195539494.
"A Jonah makes life sweet for Jonathan". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 48, no. 51. 27 May 1981. p. 124 (TV WORLD). Retrieved 27 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
"AN AUSTRALIAN NOVEL". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 23, 012. 14 October 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 27 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Jonah at AustLit
Jonah at IMDb

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Operas	Prima Donna (1959) Rita (1959) Cavalleria rusticana (1959) The Marriage of Figaro (1960) The Medium (1960) The Abduction from the Seraglio (1961) La Boheme (1961) Don Pasquale (1962)
Ballet	The Tell-Tale Heart (1961)
Musicals	Pardon Miss Westcott (1959) (writer only) Lola Montez (1962) The Sentimental Bloke (1976)

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