Falcon Island (TV series)

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Falcon Island
Created byJoan Ambrose
Written byJoan Ambrose
Directed by Peter Maxwell
David Rapsey
Starring Alan Cassell
Bevan Lee
ComposerGreg Schultz
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producerPaul Barron
ProducersJudith West
Paul Barron
CinematographyKevan Lind
Editors
  • Geoff Hall
  • Kerstine Hill
Production companies
Release
Original network National Nine Network
Original release20 February 1981 (1981-02-20)

Falcon Island is a 1981 Australian children's television series set in Western Australia which screened on the Nine Network. [1] The series also aired in the United Kingdom on the ITV network in 1984, and was repeated on Channel 4 in 1986.

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References

  1. Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 167