Heads 'N Tails

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Heads 'N Tails
Written byJanis Balodis
Pamela Van Amstel
Ken Cameron
Jane Oehr
Directed by Jane Oehr
StarringSteve Bergan
Jim Filipovski
John Ekman
Bernadette Hughson
Jane Stevens
Maria de Costa
Theme music composer Marc Hunter
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerKay Francis
EditorHenry Dangar
Running time8 minutes
Original release
Network ABC
Release1983 (1983) 
1983 (1983)

Heads 'N Tails is an Australian television series broadcast on the ABC in 1983. It was a series of eight six-minute episodes. [1] It was later combined and screened as a film. [2] The series was produced by Health Media Productions who wanted to make a drama kids could relate to. Each episode was left hanging with a "What should I do?" scenario. [1]

Deirdre MacPherson of The Sydney Morning Herald called it a "startlingly good series for young people". [1] The Age's Buff's choice writer said of the film that it "is cleverly plotted, but there a patronising whiff about it." [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 MacPherson, Deirdre (20 June 1983), "Adolescents show what their life is like", The Sydney Morning Herald
  2. MacPherson, Deirdre (31 March 1986), "From toads to puppet dragons", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. Flaus, John; Harris, Paul (5 October 1984), "Skipping Class and Head 'N' Tails", Age
  4. N, F (1 June 1985), "On the Loose", Filmnews
  5. French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. ISBN   978-1-876467-20-3.