Water Under the Bridge is a 1980 miniseries based on the 1977 novel by Sumner Locke Elliott.
The novel was one of Elliott's most acclaimed.Jill Roe, 'Elliott, Sumner Locke (1917–1991)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/elliott-sumner-locke-14903/text26094, published online 2014, accessed online 7 October 2024.
The budget was $1.5 million.Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p238-239
Cast
Main Robyn Nevin as Shasta David Cameron as Neil Judy Davis as Carrie Mazzini Rowena Wallace as Honor Mazzini Jacki Weaver as Maggie McGhee Linden Wilkinson as Ida Flag John Howard as Archie Rod Mullinar as Don Brandywine Anne Scott-Pendlebury as Mona
Recurring Anthony Hawkins as Mason (2 episodes) Arthur Dignam as Maynard Dickens (2 episodes) Christopher Milne as Ben Mazzini (4 episodes) Deidre Rubenstein as Lainey (3 episodes) Lesley Baker as Nurse Vickers (3 episodes) Peter Whitford as T.C. Shallicott (3 episodes) Ralph Cotterill as Mr Flagg (4 episodes)
Guests Briony Behets as Claire Frank Gallacher as Luigi Mazzini Graeme Blundell as Ralph John Clayton as Rev Scott Kerry Armstrong as Dora Lorna Lesley as Nurse Vickers Lulu Pinkus as Ann Peta Toppano as Uke Peter Cummins as Rumbolt Sean Scully as Pete Terry Gill as Rex Tommy Dysart as Hamish
Premise The story follows Neil Atkins, a man torn between his goals and the women surrounding him.
Reception The mini series, aired on Network 10, was considered a ratings disappointment.
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