Coral_Island_(TV_series)

<i>The Coral Island</i> (TV series)

The Coral Island (TV series)

Children's television series

The Coral Island is a children's television series, adapted from the 19th-century novel The Coral Island by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne.[1] The series of 4 episodes was a joint production of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Thames Television.[2] It was filmed on location in the western Samoan village of Salamumu and then on the Whitsunday Islands off the Queensland coast in 1981.[3][4]

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The series was first broadcast in Australia on ABC-TV on 6 January 1983.[5]

Plot

The story, set in 1840, centers on 3 boys from Australia and their struggle for survival when they are shipwrecked on a remote Pacific island. Jack (played by Scott McGregor), Peterkin (played by Nicholas Bond-Owen) and Ralph (played by Richard Gibson) must learn to survive on their own on the island, despite their very different characters and backgrounds. After befriending two natives on the island, they are rescued by an English missionary, and the three boys return to Australia.[5]

Cast

Uelese Petaia as the native, Tararo

References

  1. [1]
    Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 128
  2. [2]
    "TV & ENTERTAINMENT WORLD". The Australian Women's Weekly. 10 February 1982. p. 111. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  3. [3]
    "FROM COP TO CORSAIR". The Australian Women's Weekly. 26 August 1981. p. 2. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  4. [4]
    "The 'boy from the bush' makes his mark in 1915". The Australian Women's Weekly. 30 June 1982. p. 22. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  5. [5]
    "A children's adventure tale". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 January 1983. p. 6. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
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