The Girl from Steel City

The Girl from Steel City
StarringElli Hart
Country of originAustralia
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes23
Production
Running time30 mins
Original release
NetworkSBS
ReleaseRelease 20 March 1986 (20 March 1986)[1] –
1988 (1988)

The Girl from Steel City is an Australian television series which first screened on SBS in 1986.The series was the first continuing drama series created by SBS.[2]

Synopsis

The Girl From Steel City told the story of Stacey Maniatis, a Greek-Australian girl living in Wollongong, who was determined to have a career as a singer. The second series saw Stacey move from Wollongong to Sydney to further her career as a singer but then became an investigative journalist.[3]

Production

The series was mostly in English but contained some Greek dialogue with English subtitles. It was written by Angelo Loukakis, directed by Peter Andrikidis and produced by John Martin and Colin Baker. Music was produced by Tony Karras.[4] The first season consisted of 15 episodes and the second season consisted of 8 episodes.

Reception

Lisa Wallace of the Canberra Times called it "a breath of fresh air in television drama series, and again strengthens the argument for local product before soppy American and British pap."[5]

Cast

  • Elli Hart as Stacey
  • Jim Spyridopoulos as Vag
  • Michael Garifalakis as Yannis
  • Nancy Caruana as Katerina
  • Stan Kouros as Con
  • Grace Parr as Helen
  • Eric Oldfield
  • Raina Mckeon
  • Sheree Da Costa
  • Thalia Caruana

See also

References

  1. ^ Abbyad, Berry (19 March 1986), "SBS TV", Tribune (Sydney)
  2. ^ Morris, Joan (29 December 1985), "With a bunch of crooks on the beach at Currumbin", The Canberra Times
  3. ^ http://afc.gov.au/filmsandawards/filmdbsearch.aspx?view=title&title=GIRLFS2&area=title&type=TV+Drama&genre=Fantasy [dead link‍]
  4. ^ "The Games to Good Medicine | Memorable TV Australian Shows". www.memorabletv.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  5. ^ Wallace, Lisa (17 March 1986), "Those were the days. . . or were they?", The Canberra Times


Stub icon

This article about a television show originating in Australia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.