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1986 Australian TV series or program
| Prime Time | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama Soap opera |
| Created by | Terry Stapleton |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 60 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Hector Crawford Ian Crawford Terry Stapleton |
| Producer | Graham Moore |
| Production company | Crawford Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nine Network |
| Release | 30 January 1986 (1986-01-30) – 10 January 1987 (1987-01-10) |
Prime Time is an Australian soap opera drama television series produced by Crawford Productions that aired on the Nine Network in from January 1986 to January 1987. Prime Time was the last Australian soap produced with exterior location scenes shot on film and interior scenes shot on videotape. The series was not a popular success and was cancelled after sixty episodes.
Premise
The series was set at a fictional television station, Channel 5, and dealt with the behind-the-scenes goings-on on the set of a current affairs series called Assignment.
Cast
- Chris Orchard – David Lockhart
- Anthony Hawkins – Harry Jones
- Nina Landis – Kate Macarthur
- Peter Kowitz – Jim Donnegan
- David Whitney – Stephen Lockhart
- Julianne White – Diana Fields
- Peter Whitford – Charles Garrett
- Gary Sweet – Craig Lawrence
- Sonja Tallis – Georgina Jones
- Tottie Goldsmith – Jamie
- Katrina Foster – Jocelyn Cole
- Ben Mendelsohn – Bart Jones
- John Hannan – John Balenko
- Jane Hall – Sandy Lockhart
- Kathy Caswell – Carol Foster
- Antonia Murphy – Kylie Garrett
- Garry McDonald
- Rachel Friend
Reception
In 2020, Fiona Byrne of the Herald Sun included Prime Time in her feature about "Truly terrible TV shows that flopped". Of the show, she stated: "Prime Time was a little watched, long-forgotten drama series which screened on Channel 9 for one season in 1986."
References
- ^ Byrne, Fiona (19 August 2020). "Truly terrible TV shows that flopped". Herald Sun. Retrieved 4 October 2024 – via Gale.
External links
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- Australian English-language television shows
- Nine Network original programming
- Television series by Crawford Productions
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