The Lancaster Miller Affair
The Lancaster Miller Affair | |
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Written by | Peter Yeldham |
Directed by | Henri Safran |
Starring | Kerry Mack Nicholas Eadie |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 5 x 1 hour |
Production | |
Producer | Paul Davies |
Budget | A$4,725,000[1] |
Release | |
Original release | 6 July 1985 |
The Lancaster Miller Affair is a 1985 Australian mini series about the relationship between Bill Lancaster and Jessie Miller.[2]
Cast[]
- Kerry Mack ... Jessica 'Chubbie' Miller
- Nicholas Eadie ... Bill Lancaster
- Aaron Cull ... Haden Clarke
Production[]
The mini series became notorious for a clash with Australia's Actors Equity. The lead male roles of Lancaster and his friend Hayden Clarke were offered to Sam Neill and John Hargreaves, who turned them down. The producers then tested a large number of actors but claimed none of them were suitable and cast non-Australians Peter Firth, Don Batte and Joseph Bottoms. Equity objected claiming the tests of the Australian actors rejected had not been properly carried out. Shooting was put back but eventually Australians Kerry Mack, Nicholas Eadie and Wayne Cull were cast.[3]
The shoot went for twelve weeks. $545,000 of the budget came from Film Victoria.[1]
References[]
External links[]
- 1980s Australian television miniseries
- 1985 Australian television series debuts
- Aviation television series
- Films directed by Henri Safran
- English-language television shows
- 1985 Australian television series endings
- Australian television show stubs