The Other Side of Paradise

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The Other Side of Paradise
Based onThe Other Side of Paradise
by Noel Barber
Screenplay byDenise Morgan
Directed by Renny Rye
Starring
Composer Martin Armiger
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producers
Producer Stanley Walsh
Production locations Rarotonga, Cook Islands
CinematographyEllery Ryan
EditorTim Wellburn
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release22 February (1992-02-22) 
14 March 1992 (1992-03-14)

The Other Side of Paradise is a 1992 miniseries based on the book by British novelist and journalist Noel Barber, about a doctor who goes to the Cook Islands. [1]

Contents

When pioneering doctor Kit Masters is forced to flee England, he makes a new start on the South Sea island of Koraloona. Enchanted by the island and its people, Kit falls in love with the daughter of the island princess, and dreams of building a hospital. But all is under threat as war approaches. [2]

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References

  1. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995: The Complete Guide to Tele-Features and Mini-Series (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1996), p. 219. ISBN   0-195-53949-4.
  2. (1 January 1986). The Other Side of Paradise. Noel Barber. Goodreads .
  3. Denise Morgan. Screen Australia.