Top Mates

Top Mates
Genremini-series
Written byAnne Brooksbank
Margaret Kelly
Directed byChris Thomson
StarringRay Meagher
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes5
Production
ProducerNoel Price
Running time5 x 1 hour
Original release
NetworkABC
Release16 July (1979-07-16) –
20 July 1979 (1979-07-20)

Top Mates is a 1979 Australian TV mini-series.[1]

Synopsis

The series centres on two boys, Paul Jackson and Brett Towers. Paul starts attending a new school, where he meets Brett, and both run away from school.[2]

Cast

Production

The script was written by Anne Brooksbank and Margaret Kelly, and the series was made by ABC Television.

Release

It was aired by the ABC in Australia in 1979, and on BBC TV in the UK in 1989.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p241
  2. ^ a b "Top Mates (1989)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.


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