The Challenge is a 1986 Australian mini series based on the 1983 America's Cup.[1][2]
It was one of the first television productions by Roadshow Coote and Carroll. The series sold well overseas and screened in the UK.[3]
Cast
- John Wood – Alan Bond
- John Diedrich – John Bertrand
- John Clayton – Ben Lexcen
- Bartholomew John as John Longley
- Richard Moir as Warren Jones
- Lorraine Bayly as Eileen Bond
- Jacki Weaver as Rasa Bertrand
- Tim Pigott-Smith as Peter de Savary
- Nicholas Hammond as Dennis Conner
- Ray Barrett as Bob McCullough
- Peter Phelps as Will Baillieu
- Ian Gilmour as Scott McAllister
- Liddy Clark
References
- ^ a b Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p182
- ^ "BIRD'S EYE, RECORDS, RADIO THE CANBERRA TIMES The drama of America's Cup takes a new tack". The Canberra Times. Vol. 61, no. 18, 673. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 November 1986. p. 8. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 110
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