< The Explorers (1984 - ?)

SERIES | 30m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 7.9 (14)

Documentary, Drama, History | Bill Peach explains the stories of the great 18th and 19th century explorers of Australia, complete with full-cast re-enactments.

• Director: Richard Walker
• Director: Bill Steller
• Writer: Bill Peach
• Steven Grives (33) - Captain Sturt // Captain Charles Sturt
• Bill Young (34) - Hume // Hamilton Hume
• Ric Hutton (58) - Governor Darling
• Alan Dargin (17) - Joey // Jacky Jacky
• Tom Oliver (46) - Sir Thomas Mitchell
• Phillip Hinton (42) - Strzelecki
• Grigor Taylor (41) - Leichhardt
• Paul Mason - Edward John Eyre
• Clive Marshall - Stuart
• Kevin Howard - Ernest Giles
• Martin Shaw (39) - Burke
• Desmond Tester (65) - Col. Warburton
• Bill Conn - McMillan
• Athol Compton (33) - Wylie
• Vic Hunter - Hovell
• James Healy - Kennedy
• John Bell (44) - Wills
• John Fitzgerald - Governor Burke
• John Davies - Governor Brisbane
• William Bullock - Macarthur

Some episodes

• 1.1 The Prison Walls
• 1.2 Across the Great Divide
• 1.3 Overland to Port Phillip