Top Mates Explained

Genre:mini-series
Director:Chris Thomson
Starring:Ray Meagher
Country:Australia
Language:English
Num Episodes:5
Producer:Noel Price
Runtime:5 x 1 hour
Network:ABC

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

Synopsis

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

Production

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

Release

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

Notes and References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p241
  2. Web site: Top Mates (1989) . . https://web.archive.org/web/20221106064947/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b79a1643c . dead . 6 November 2022 . 6 November 2022.