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]
| The Girl from Steel City | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Elli Hart |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 23 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS |
| Release | Release 20 March 1986[1] – 1988 |
Synopsis edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
References edit
- ^ Abbyad, Berry (19 March 1986), "SBS TV", Tribune (Sydney)
- ^ Morris, Joan (29 December 1985), "With a bunch of crooks on the beach at Currumbin", The Canberra Times
- ^ http://afc.gov.au/filmsandawards/filmdbsearch.aspx?view=title&title=GIRLFS2&area=title&type=TV+Drama&genre=Fantasy [dead link]
- ^ "The Games to Good Medicine | Memorable TV Australian Shows". www.memorabletv.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
- ^ Wallace, Lisa (17 March 1986), "Those were the days. . . or were they?", The Canberra Times
External links edit
- The Girl From Steel City series 1 - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia
- The Girl From Steel City series 2 - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia
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