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23 Sep 97 - 10:06 AM (#12958) Subject: Australian Tv-series, title? From: Lidi I know this hasn´t much to do with music, but perhaps someone can help me anyway.... This series is about a boy and a girl in the late 17-18th century in Ireland, both of them, for some reason, were sent in exile to Australia. Their names in the series are Mary and Jonathan. Jonathan is played by a man named John English, who is supposed to be a quite famous Australian musician, he also wrote the title song to the series, which is very beautiful. My question is, what´s the name of this particular series? I have asked this once before, but my thread then was kinda blury, and the reply I got wasn´t what I was looking for, but thanx anyway...... Cheers Lidi |
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23 Sep 97 - 10:26 PM (#13006) Subject: RE: Australian Tv-series, title? From: alison Hi I've only been in Oz for a while, unfortunately for your request John English is in most Australian dramas. Can you be a bit more specific about the plot? Slainte Alison
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24 Sep 97 - 09:33 AM (#13036) Subject: RE: Australian Tv-series, title? From: Lidi Alison...... If you mean if I could be any more specific concerning the contense, I would say may post above pretty much covers the main things.....However, I can give you a vage description of John English....:) In this series he has dark, long hair.....he has a very paculiar face, dark rings around his eyes. it´s a man you´ll notice if you see him.......:) |
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24 Sep 97 - 09:34 AM (#13037) Subject: RE: Australian Tv-series, title? From: Lidi Ooops! Forgot to say "goodbye" in my post above......sorry....:) Here it is...: Cheers!! Lidi |
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25 Sep 97 - 02:52 AM (#13121) Subject: RE: Australian Tv-series, title? From: Helen Hi Lidi Does this mean that the title of the series wasn't "Rush" (as I posted in the last thread)? The other male actor was John Waters. The song I was thinking of is called Six Ribbons and was sung by Jon English. Helen |
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25 Sep 97 - 03:44 AM (#13123) Subject: RE: Australian Tv-series, title? From: Lidi Hey Helen... The title doesn´t sound familiar, but the song does....perhaps what you say is what I´m looking for. Does "Rush" have the contense mentioned above? Cheers Lidi |
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25 Sep 97 - 07:24 AM (#13132) Subject: RE: Australian Tv-series, title? From: Helen Hi again Yes, the series I am thinking about was about convicts transported to Australia, but it was about 20 years ago that I saw the series, so my memory is not good on the names of the characters. I am fairly certain that it was in black & white, and not colour. I might be wrong about the name of the series - I'm really hoping that another Aussie will come to the rescue here. Helen |
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25 Sep 97 - 10:34 AM (#13149) Subject: RE: Australian Tv-series, title? From: Alan of Australia G'day, This really tests my memory - and it has failed again. I remember watching Rush - it was a good series. It had John Waters in it but I can't remember if Jon English was in it or not. It probably would have had some convict storylines but I think the main theme was the gold rush. If it was B&W it would have been 25+ years ago.
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25 Sep 97 - 11:09 AM (#13154) Subject: RE: Australian Tv-series, title? From: Lidi Helen and Alan...... This series was not a B&W series, it was filmed around -81. This man, John(Jon) English was a member of an Australian pop/rock band and he toured with the band in Sweden(where I live) around -84.... The series contained around 12-15 episodes. Unfortunately, I only know the Swedish title, but I really would like to know the English title. Now, if I translate it directly from Swedish to English it would be: "Against the winds", but I know that that´s not the English title. Cheers Lidi |
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25 Sep 97 - 07:08 PM (#13208) Subject: RE: Australian Tv-series, title? From: Helen Hey - I just remembered in a memory flash as I clicked on my bookmarks to get to Mudcat (isn't the human brain amazing??) It was called *Against the Wind*. Oh no - you won't believe me now because Lidi already told us the Swedish title translation ;-> But truly - it popped into my mind completely out of nowhere. Maybe it was a telepathic message from Sweden to Australia and we don't need the internet or Mudcat at all. I wonder whether Max is a wiz at telepathic technological programming as well??? Helen |
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26 Sep 97 - 12:49 AM (#13220) Subject: RE: Australian Tv-series, title? From: Alan of Australia Well, if you don't believe Helen I can confirm that Jon English was in a series called "*Against the Wind". I don't watch much TV & didn't see it, but now that my memory has been jogged..... Cheers, |
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26 Sep 97 - 02:35 AM (#13222) Subject: RE: Australian Tv-series, title? From: Lidi This was indeed strange...but anyway, I would like to thank you both, even though I already knew the answer from the beginning....:) Thank you so much Helen and Alan Cheers Lidi |
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08 Jul 08 - 10:08 PM (#2384323) Subject: RE: Australian Tv-series, title? From: GUEST,BB I think the series you're describing was called: "Against the wind" :-) |
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09 Jul 08 - 02:11 AM (#2384392) Subject: RE: Australian Tv-series, title? From: GUEST,grubby from aus It was indeed Against the Wind and Helen you are on the mark John English sang the song six ribbons in the show. Cheers |
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09 Jul 08 - 06:34 AM (#2384463) Subject: RE: Australian Tv-series, title? From: Mr Happy Read all about it here!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_the_Wind_%28TV_series%29 |
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09 Jul 08 - 06:41 AM (#2384468) Subject: RE: Australian Tv-series, title? From: bfdk For anyone interested, the series has also recently become available on DVD. Great series! |
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10 Jul 08 - 03:29 AM (#2385435) Subject: RE: Australian Tv-series, title? From: Ross Was there a Dingo in it called Elizabeth? |