The Lancaster Miller Affair

The Lancaster Miller Affair
Written byPeter Yeldham
Directed byHenri Safran
StarringKerry Mack
Nicholas Eadie
Music byFrank Strangio
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes5
Production
ProducerPaul Davies
CinematographyRoss Berryman
EditorRichard Hindley
Running time300 minutes
BudgetA$4,725,000[1] or $6 million[2]
Original release
NetworkNine Network
Release6 July (1985-07-06) –
8 July 1985 (1985-07-08)

The Lancaster Miller Affair is a 1985 Australian television miniseries that first aired on the Nine Network on 6 July 1985. The five hour-long episodes tell the story of the relationship between Bill Lancaster and Jessie Miller.[3]

Cast

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 non-Australians Peter Firth, Don Batte 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 Australians Kerry Mack, Nicholas Eadie and Wayne Cull were cast.[5]

The miniseries was filmed in and around Sydney and Melbourne.[6] The shoot went for twelve weeks. $545,000 of the budget came from Film Victoria.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Chubbie and Bill go up in a plane", Cinema Papers, November 1985 p47
  2. ↑ Lewes, Jacqueline Lee (5 June 1983). "Million$ of viewing". The Sun-Herald. p. 47. Retrieved 28 March 2026 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Murray, Scott (1996). Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995. Oxford Univ. Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-1955394-9-3.
  4. ↑ Webster, Allan (18 July 1987). "Lucky Jim!". TV Week. p. 21.
  5. ↑ Nick Roddick, "Writs and recriminations fly over casting dispute", Cinema Papers, July 1985 p2
  6. ↑ "Tragic love triangle". TV Week. 5 July 1986. pp. 64–65.


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