Ride On Stranger (ABC 1979 with Liddy Clark and Michael Aitkens)

Australia / ABC / 4×60 minute episodes / Broadcast 1979

Writer: Peter Yeldham / Novel: Kylie Tennant / Design: Louella Hatfield, Quentin Hole, George Liddle / Music: Arnold Butcher, Ron Martin / Executive Producer: Alan Burke / Director: Carl Schultz

Period drama serial. Episodes in the life of country girl Shannon Jones in the 1930’s, from her working for her Aunt as a maid to moving to Sydney and getting involved with a religious sect.

cast
LIDDY CLARK as Shannon Jones
MICHAEL AITKENS as John Terry
BARBARA WYNDON as Aunt Edith
NOEL TREVARTHEN
HENRI SZEPS as Vincent Sladder
BUNNEY BROOKE as Grannie Jones
KEVIN LESLIE as Uncle Herbie
NONI HAZLEHURST as Beryl
WARWICK SIMS
PETER CARROLL
ELSPETH BALLANTYNE
JOHN BLUTHAL
LORNA LESLEY
RON GRAHAM
MARGOT LEE
MOYA O’SULLIVAN

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