Prime Time (Australian TV series)

Prime Time is an Australian soap opera drama television series produced by Crawford Productions that aired on the Nine Network in from January 1986 to January 1987. Prime Time was the last Australian soap produced with exterior location scenes shot on film and interior scenes shot on videotape. The series was not a popular success and was cancelled after sixty episodes.

Premise

The series was set at a fictional television station, Channel 5, and dealt with the behind-the-scenes goings-on on the set of a current affairs series called Assignment.

Cast

Chris Orchard – David Lockhart

Anthony Hawkins – Harry Jones

Nina Landis – Kate Macarthur

Peter Kowitz – Jim Donnegan

David Whitney – Stephen Lockhart

Julianne White – Diana Fields

Peter Whitford – Charles Garrett

Gary Sweet – Craig Lawrence

Sonja Tallis – Georgina Jones

Tottie Goldsmith – Jamie

Katrina Foster – Jocelyn Cole

Ben Mendelsohn – Bart Jones

John Hannan – John Balenko

Jane Hall – Sandy Lockhart

Kathy Caswell – Carol Foster

Antonia Murphy – Kylie Garrett

Garry McDonald

Rachel Friend

External links

Crawford Productions

Prime Time at the National Film and Sound Archive

1986 Australian television series debuts

1987 Australian television series endings

1980s Australian drama television series

Australian television soap operas

English-language television shows

Nine Network original programming

Television series by Crawford Productions