The Stranger (Australian TV series)

The Stranger
GenreScience fiction
Created byG. K. Saunders
StarringRon Haddrick
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkABC Television
Release26 April 1964 (1964-04-26) –
25 July 1965 (1965-07-25)
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The Stranger is an Australian science fiction children's television series which first screened on the ABC in 1964 to 1965. It was produced by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. It is notable as Australia's first locally produced science fiction television series and one of the first Australian TV series to be sold overseas.[1][2]

  1. ^ Musgrove, Nan (29 April 1964). "KIDS!— You can't fool them". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 31, no. 48. National Library of Australia. p. 15. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (2021). "Forgotten Australian TV plays: The Astronauts". Filmink. Retrieved 8 August 2024.