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Always Afternoon

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Always Afternoon
Based onAlways Afternoon
by Gwen Kelly
Written byDavid Stevens
Directed byDavid Stevens
StarringTushka Bergen
Jochen Horst
Lisa Harrow
Marshall Napier
Country of originAustralia
West Germany
Original languagesEnglish
German
No. of episodes4 x 1 hour
Production
ProducerHenry Crawford
Budget$4.3 million[1]
Original release
NetworkSBS
Release7 March (1988-03-07) –
8 March 1988 (1988-03-08)

Always Afternoon is a 1988 Australian mini series about German internees in Australia,[1] set in 1914 at Trial Bay Gaol in New South Wales.[2] The series was based on a novel by Gwen Kelly and depicts a love story involving an Australian woman and a German violinist.[2] It was a co-production between Germany and Australia.[3]

It inspired a series of paintings by Ross Watson.[4]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p173
  2. ^ a b "Always Afternoon (1988)". The Screen Guide. Screen Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ^ Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 59
  4. ^ Series at Ross Watson Archived 24 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine accessed 3 August 2013
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