Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)
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Sons and Daughters is an Australian Logie Award-winning soap opera/drama serial, broadcast by the Seven Network between January 1982 and December 1987 and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation. It was created by executive Reg Watson, and is distributed by Fremantle.
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Sons and Daughters | |
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Genre | Soap opera |
Created by | Reg Watson |
Written by | See links at end of article for comprehensive list |
Directed by | See links at end of article for comprehensive list |
Starring | (see main cast list and character family tree below) |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 972 |
Production | |
Production locations | Sydney Melbourne |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production company | Reg Grundy Organisation |
Original release | |
Network | Seven Network |
Release | 18 January 1982 (1982-01-18) ā 27 December 1987 (1987-12-27) |
Sons and Daughters is remembered for its regular use of dramatic end-of-season cliffhangers and its most famous character; Patricia "Pat the Rat" Hamilton, initially played by Rowena Wallace, who became the second soap opera actor, rather than personality after Pat McDonald to win the Gold Logie award for her performance in the role - (McDonald had previously won the Gold Logie for her role in 70's soap opera Number 96 as Dorrie Evans, coincidently she also starred in Sons and Daughters, featuring for its entire run.
Wallace decided to leave the series when in 1985, and her popular character was recast, with Belinda Giblin taking over the role, in a story-arc which see's the character receiving extensive plastic surgery in the Rio DE Jeneiro , and returning as the look-alike Alison Carr
A notable cast members in the series later years was the Australian pop singer Normie Rowe, Rowe had previously appeared in musical theatre, but it was his first major TV drama role