Descant For Gossips, A (ABC 1983 with Kaarin Fairfax and Genevieve Picot)

January 1, 2016 Australian TV TV Posted by Paul Ashworth

Australia / ABC / 3×60 minute episodes / Broadcast 1983

Writers: Ted Roberts, Tim Burstall / Novel: Thea Astley / Camera: Ian Warburton / Music: George Dreyfus / producer: Erina Rayner / Director: Tim Burstall

Period drama serial. In a small rural town in the 1950’s schoolgirl Vinny Lalor shocks the other residents by moving in with her teachers.

cast
KAARIN FAIRFAX as Vinny Lalor
GENEVIEVE PICOT as Helen Striebel
PETER CARROLL as Robert Moller

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