I Can Jump Puddles
| I Can Jump Puddles | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Darren MacDonald |
| Theme music composer | Kevin Hocking |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| Production | |
| Producer | John Gauci |
| Editor | Edward Richard Lowe |
| Running time | 48 min. |
| Original release | |
| Network | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Release | 7 June 1981 |
I Can Jump Puddles is a 1981 Australian television mini-series based on the 1955 autobiography of the same name by author
Several prominent television actors also had supporting roles including Lisa Aldenhoven (The Young Doctors), Kaarin Fairfax (Bed of Roses), Maurie Fields (Skyways), Terry Gill (Bluey), Reg Gorman (Fergus McPhail), Matthew King (Dogstar), Julie Nihill (Blue Heelers), Maureen Edwards and Dennis Miller (A Country Practice) and Jason Donovan and Cliff Ellen (Neighbours).
A large part of supporting and minor roles also featured
Plot
Based on Alan Marshall's three-part autobiography I Can Jump Puddles (1955), This is the Grass (1962) and In Mine Own Heart (1963), the film tells of Marshall's childhood growing up in rural
Cast
Main
- Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Alan Marshall
- Tony Barry as Alan's Father
- Julie Hamilton as Alan's Mother
- Adam Garnett as Alan (aged 11)
- Ann Henderson as Mary
- Lesley Baker as Matron
- Bruce Kerr as Dr. Robertson
- Brian Hannan as Alec
- Olivia Brown as Prostitute Maisie
- Clare Binney as Prostitute Filsy
- Earl Francis as George
- Debra Lawrance as Nurse Conrad
- Darren MacDonaldas Steve
Supporting characters
- Lisa Aldenhoven as Mamie
- Christine Amor as Rose
- Peter Curtin as Flagger
- Leslie Dayman as Ted Wilson
- Jason Donovan as Freddy
- Maureen Edwards as Mrs. Carmichael
- Cliff Ellen as Drunk
- Kaarin Fairfax as Rene
- Maurie Fields as Spruiker
- Terry Gill as Arthur
- Sandy Gore as Miss. Claws (1 episode)
- Vic Gordon as Drunk (1 episode)
- Reg Gorman as Arthur
- Billie Hammerberg as Mrs. Hale
- Leila Hayes as Miss. Bryce
- Edward Hepple as Tom
- Matthew King as Urger
- Esme Melville as Miss. Forbes
- Dennis Miller as Gunner
- Julie Nihill as Young woman
- Anne Phelan as Lay preacher
- Ian Smith as Mr. Slade
- Fiona Spence as Mrs. Wilson
- Elizabeth Stevenson as Night sister
- Peter Thompson as Businessman
- Sigrid Thornton as Mabel
- Pepe Trevor as Pretty girl
- Mary Ward as Mrs. Birdsworth
- Roger Ward as Peter McLeod
- Cliff Ellen as Drunk
Reception
The series was first aired on 7 June 1981 and ran for nine episodes. It was shown again two years later before being released on DVD by Roadshow Home Entertainment in August 2005.
The series ran in the
Awards
Adam Garnett, who played the 11-year-old Alan Marshall, won a
References
- ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970โ1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p205
External links
- I Can Jump Puddles at Screen Australia
- I Can Jump Puddles at IMDb
- I Can Jump Puddles at Australian Screen Online
