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Sons and Daughters

1982–1987 · 6 seasons

A long-running melodrama of feuding families, secret affairs and scheming socialites, easy to dip into and full of dramatic cliffhangers.

Created by
Reg Watson
Genres
Drama
Starring
Peter Phelps, Alexandra Fowler, Rowena Wallace
Overview
Sons and Daughters was a Logie Award winning Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation between 1981 and 1987. The first episode aired on Monday, 18 January 1982, during the Christmas/New Year non-ratings period in Sydney and Melbourne, and the official broadcast date of the final episode was 19 August 1987, although this varied across Australia and the final episode was screened in Melbourne on Sunday 27 December 1987. There are 972 half-hour episodes but during the series' original run in Australia, later episodes were shown in an hour-long format and the first pilot episode as shown in Australia was actually a 90-minute special; subsequent screenings have seen that episode split into three half-hours.

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Created by
Reg Watson
Genres
Drama
Starring
Peter Phelps, Alexandra Fowler, Rowena Wallace
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • betrayal
  • class
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Reg Watson
Written by
Ian Coughlan
Starring
Peter Phelps, Alexandra Fowler, Rowena Wallace, Tom Richards, Pat McDonald, Kim Lewis, Brian Blain, Leila Hayes
Length
6 seasons, 972 episodes, 25 min each
Network
Seven Network
Languages
English

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