All the Way
Starring
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes32
Production
ProducerBill Hughes
Running time60 mins
Original release
NetworkNine Network
Release20 April 1988 (1988-04-20) –
1988 (1988)

All the Way was an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Nine Network in 1988.

The series was set in the 1960s. The first episode took place on the date of the John F. Kennedy assassination. The series examined the life of an Australian family during the decade of Lyndon B. Johnson, the Vietnam War, civil rights activism and The Beatles, linked by three sisters (played by Diana Davidson, Maggie Millar and Rowena Wallace).

A young Dannii Minogue was cast as Penny Seymour for the TV series as a replacement for Jacqueline McKenzie who had originally played Penny in the 3 part TV miniseries April 1988. All the Way debuted as a three-part TV mini-series during April 1988 and the TV series followed that November of 1988 though due to cricket telecasts the series was dropped from it's regular ratings schedule of 8.30pm Tuesday night and was screened at various later time slots ususally in a one or two hour bracket.

A follow-on series[1] screened out of ratings period starting in November 1988. It failed to catch on with audiences and was cancelled after 32 episodes.[2]

Cast

Main / regular

Supporting / guests

  • Brenda Addie as Mrs. Birch
  • Billie Hammerberg
  • Bruce Atkins
  • Kim Beissel as Medical student
  • Ralph Cotterill as Mr. Bower
  • Joe Dolce as Franco
  • Brenton Foale as Journalist
  • Stephen Hall as Richard Dodds
  • Marion Heathfield as Mrs. Hart
  • Jim Howes as Professor Thompson
  • John Lee as Sir Peter Edwin
  • Lloyd Cunnington
  • Rebecca Rigg
  • Jeremy Shadlow
  • Tottie Goldsmith
  • Robert Mammone as Mr. Bianchi
  • Dominic McDonald as Barry Scott
  • Martin Redpath as Dr. Hart
  • Marie Redshaw as Miss McKinnon
  • Wyn Roberts as Maynard
  • Tim Burns as Student

Reception

The Age called it "awful".[3]

References

  1. ↑ Clark, Lucy (17 April 1988). "All the Way". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 59.
  2. ↑ Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996, p172-173
    - Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS, 1993, p 54-55
  3. ↑ Hooks, Barbara (21 November 1988). "Ratings time is over, so back to 'All the Way'". The Age. p. 14.


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