Holiday Island
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Holiday Island | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Terry Stapleton |
Written by | Jeff Peck Network Ten |
Release | 17 June 1981 1982 | –
Holiday Island is an Australian
Series synopsis
Like preceding Crawford's series, the aborted
The series became notorious amongst critics for its allegedly poor production values, and the wintry conditions under which the tropical drama was shot became the focus of most jibes. Though set in a tropical hotel with palm trees, sunshine and beautiful beaches, for practical reasons all interiors scenes - and the bulk of exterior scenes - were shot at the Ten Network's studios in
Location footage in Queensland was taken at the Tangalooma Island Resort on Moreton Island, east of Brisbane Queensland. The "Tangalooma Ship-Wrecks" were often seen chroma-keyed as a background to the studio sequences of 'Banjo's' beachside shack.
Cast
Main / regular
- Nick Tate as Neil Scott
- Tom Oliver as Wally Simmons
- Peter Mochrie as Tony 'Zack' Zackarakis
- Alyson Best as Lisa Kendall
- Frank Wilson as Banjo Paterson
- Patricia Kennedy as Emily Muldoon
- Caz Lederman as Angela Scott
- Steven Grives as Jason Scott
- Gaynor Martin as Kylie McArthur
- Marilyn Mayo as Dusty Davis
- Brian James as George Tippett
- Olga Tamara as Victoria Buckland
- Ronne Arnold as Alex Utalo
- Tracy Mann as Wendy Robinson
Guests
- Amanda Muggleton as Ruth Faraday (1 episode)
- Anne Phelan
- Brian Blain as Jack Fitzsimmons
- Briony Behets
- Chantal Contouri (1 episode)
- Christine Amor
- Debra Lawrance as Michelle Costello (1 episode)
- Diane Craig as Marie-Claude (1 episode)
- Jane Clifton as Fran (1 episode)
- Jill Forster (2 episodes)
- Joanna Lockwood (1 episode)
- John Blackman
- Judy Nunn
- Julieanne Newbould (1 episode)
- June Salter
- Leslie Dayman
- Liddy Clark as Meredith (1 episode)
- Lisa Crittenden
- Maurie Fields as Fred (1 episode)
- Penne Hackforth-Jones as Dellie Kramer (2 episodes)
- Peta Toppano (2 episodes)
- Ray Meagher
- Rebecca Gilling as Trish McKenzie
- Rowena Wallace as Marjorie Quinn (2 episodes)
- Terry McDermott as Max Costello
- Vic Gordon as Pat Donegan (1 episode)
- Wynn Roberts as David Owens (2 episodes)
Cancellation
Holiday Island was cancelled after 64 episodes. The set was later revamped and turned into the Lassiter's Complex featured in the soap opera, Neighbours.[1]
Reruns
Network Ten which was the TV series original broadcast channel replayed the Holiday Island TV series during the earlier part of 1990 at the graveyard time-slot of 4.00am weekday mornings. It had not been replayed until WIN TV began to show the entire series during 2006 as part of its early morning Crawfords Australian Classic series.
From January 2006 to March 2007, the WIN Television network repeated Holiday Island on early Saturday mornings from 2.00am before changing to 3.00am during the later half of 2006 as part of its Crawford's Australian Classics series.
Reception
Robert Fidgeon of the Herald Sun named Holiday Island as one of "Australia's All-time Top 50 TV Turkeys". He stated "Shocker Melbourne soap about the antics of guests and staff of a Queensland island resort, starred Nick Tate. Planned as 64, one-hour episodes, axed within two months."[2]
References
- ISBN 978-1-86403-191-1.
- ^ Fidgeon, Robert (15 May 2002). "Top of the flops". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 March 2024 – via Gale.