Golden Soak is a 1979 Australian-British mini series about an English mining engineer who travels to Australia. It was based on the 1973 book of the same title written by Hammond Innes.[1]
Golden Soak | |
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Based on | Golden Soak by Hammond Innes |
Written by | Peter Yeldham |
Directed by | Henri Safran |
Starring | Ray Barrett Elizabeth Alexander Bill Hunter |
Country of origin | Australia United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 6 x 1 hour |
Original release | |
Network | ABC BBC 1 |
Release | 13 March 17 April 1979 | –
In the Netherlands, the series was broadcast under the title De Verlaten Mijn ("The abandoned mine"). Its theme music, The Lonely Shepherd by the James Last Orchestra and soloist Georghe Zamfir, reached the top 5 in the Dutch Top 40 in 1979.
Cast
edit- Ray Barrett - Alec Hamilton
- Elizabeth Alexander - Janet Garrety
- Bill Hunter - Chris Culpin
- Christiane Kruger - Rosa Hamilton
- David Cameron - Johnny Culpin
- Ruth Cracknell - Prophesy
References
edit- ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p200
External links
edit- Golden Soak at IMDb
- Golden Soak at AustLit