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Original language(s) English Producer(s) Paul Davies First episode date 6 July 1985 | 7.9/10 IMDb Country of origin Australia No. of episodes 5 x 1 hour Director Henri Safran Budget 4.725 million AUD Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Kerry MackNicholas Eadie Similar The Lost Aviator, Golden Soak, The Wild Duck, The Rogue Stallion, Norman Loves Rose | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Lancaster Miller Affair is a 1985 Australian mini series about the relationship between Bill Lancaster and Jessie Miller.
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 foreigners Peter Firth 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 Nicholas Eadie and Wayne Cull were cast.
The shoot went for twelve weeks. $545,000 of the budget came from Film Victoria.
References
The Lancaster Miller Affair Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA