Come Midnight Monday

Come Midnight Monday
Written by	Roger Dann, based on a novel by David Burke.
Directed by	Mark Callan
Starring	Stephen Comey Tim Blake Sally Boyden Jacqui Gordon Tommy Dysart
Composer(s)	Kevin Hocking
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	7
Production
Producer(s)	David Zweck
Running time	30 mins
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	4 March 1982

Come Midnight Monday is a 1982 Australian children's TV series. It consisted of seven 30 minute episodes first broadcast in 1982.^[1]

Plot summary

Four teenagers fight plans to close the Winnawadgery railway, scrap its veteran steam engine Wombat and build a highway in its place. Their campaign runs into opposition from a prominent local businessman. They enlist the help of retired engine driver Angus McPhee.

Production

The script was written by regular Bellbird writer Roger Dann, adapted from the children's novel by David Burke. It was filmed mainly on location at Cockatoo in Victoria. The train sequences were filmed on the Puffing Billy Railway with NA class locomotive 12A portraying the Wombat.

Cast

• Stephen Comey as Tim Forsyth
• Tim Blake as Squeak Hoolihan
• Sally Boyden as Beverley "Biff" Hoolihan
• Jacqui Gordon as Jenny "Bugsy" Hoolihan
• Tommy Dysart as Angus McPhee
• Peter Cummins as Albert Spack

Crew

• Producer: David Zweck
• Director: Mark Callan
• Scriptwriter: Roger Dunn
• Sound recordist: John Beanland
• Production Designer: Paul Cleveland, Alwyn Harbott
• Music: Kevin Hocking^[2]

References

1. Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 124-125
2. Moran, Albert, 'Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series', Australian Film Television and Radio School, 1993

External links

• Come Midnight Monday at IMDB