First Aired: September 12nd, 1978
Status: Ended
Genre: Drama
Network: Seven Network
Summary: Against the Wind was a 1978 Australian television mini-series. It is a historical drama portraying both the British rule of Ireland, and the development of New South Wales and Australia.
The producers were Bronwyn Binns, Ian Jones and Henry Crawford.
The directors were George T. Miller and Simon Wincer.
The scriptwriters were Bronwyn Binns, Ian Jones, Peter Kinlock, Tony Morphett, Paul Davies and Cliff Green.
Jon English won the Logie Award in 1979 for "Best new talent" for his role in the miniseries as "Jonathan Garrett".
The complete series is now available on DVD in Australia, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands in PAL format. It is also available in North American format.
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Episode Statistics:
# of Episodes: 13
# of Episodes I watched: 0
# of Episodes I haven't watched: 13
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Last Aired Episode
Season 1 - Episode 13: The Windfall Summer
Air Date: October 10th, 1978
Summary: Ensign Greville uses Mrs Wiltshire's affection for him to gain power in the Colony. Jonathan is sentenced to 6 months jail for writing a letter to the Governor exposing the corruption of the overseers after he refuses to do as the new 'government' order. Will is still imprisioned after being turned in for his whiskey making.
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Jon English
as Jonathan Garrett
as Jonathan Garrett
Mary Larkin
as Mary Mulvane
as Mary Mulvane
Kerry McGuire
as Polly McNamara
as Polly McNamara
Warwick Sims
as Ensign Greville
as Ensign Greville
Hu Pryce
as Jonas Pike
as Jonas Pike
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