''Come Midnight Monday'' is a 1982 Australian children's TV series. It consisted of seven 30 minute episodes first broadcast in 1982.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 124-125

Plot summary

Four teenagers fight plans to close the Winnawadgery railway, scrap its veteran steam engine ''Wombat'' and build a highway in its place. Their campaign runs into opposition from a prominent local businessman. They enlist the help of retired engine driver Angus McPhee.

Production

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. The train sequences were filmed on the

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with NA class locomotive 12A portraying the ''Wombat''.

Cast

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as Tim Forsyth *

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as Squeak Hoolihan * Sally Boyden as Beverley "Biff" Hoolihan *

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as Jenny "Bugsy" Hoolihan *

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as Angus McPhee *

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as Albert Spack *

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as Clifford

Crew

* Producer: David Zweck * Director: Mark Callan * Scriptwriter: Roger Dunn * Sound recordist: John Beanland * Production Designer: Paul Cleveland, Alwyn Harbott * Music: Kevin HockingMoran, Albert, 'Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series', Australian Film Television and Radio School, 1993

References

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming Australian children's television series 1982 Australian television series debuts 1982 Australian television series endings