Top Mates

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Top Mates
Genremini-series
Written byAnne Brooksbank
Margaret Kelly
Directed byChris Thomson
StarringRay Meagher
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes5
Production
ProducerNoel Price
Running time5 x 1 hour
Original release
NetworkABC
Release16 July 1979 (1979-07-16)

Top Mates is a 1979 Australian TV mini-series.[1]

Synopsis[edit]

The series centres on two boys, Paul Jackson and Brett Towers. Paul starts attending a new school, where he meets Brett, and both run away from school.[2]

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

The script was written by Anne Brooksbank and Margaret Kelly, and the series was made by ABC Television.

Release[edit]

It was aired by the ABC in Australia in 1979, and on BBC TV in the UK in 1989.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p241
  2. ^ a b "Top Mates (1989)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

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