''Timelapse'' is an Australian sci-fi drama television series which first screened on the ABC in 1980.

Cast

Robert Coleby Robert Coleby (born 1947) is a British actor who has spent most of his career in Australia. Active since the 1970s, he has over 70 film and television credits to his name. Coleby has acted on stage in numerous productions for the Queensland The ...

as Douglas Hardy *

John Meillon John Meillon ( ; 1 May 1934 – 11 August 1989) was an Australian character actor known for dramatic as well as comedy roles. He portrayed Walter Reilly in the films '' Crocodile Dundee'' and '' Crocodile Dundee II''. He also voiced advertiseme ...

as Premier Dakin *

Vincent Ball Vincent Martin Ball, (born 4 December 1923) is an Australian retired actor of film, theatre and radio active in the industry for nearly 55 years (with a brief return) firstly in Britain starting in the late 1940s and then his native Australia ...

as Boyd Mackiel * Kate Sheil as Angela Parker * Tony Barry as Inspector Warren * Anne Charleston as Dell * Kerry Francis as Dr. Fallon * Stephen Griffiths as Martin * Matthew McGrath as Sandy *

Anne Tenney Anne Tenney (born 1954) is an Australian film, television and theatre actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Melissa "Molly" Jones in the television drama ''A Country Practice'', Liz Taylor in ''Always Greener'', and as Sal Kerrigan oppos ...

Synopsis

Set in 1991, it centres around Douglas Hardy, a computer genius who is cryogenically frozen by corrupt politicians after being murdered in 1979. Hardy returns to seek his revenge and bring down the now fascist, or more accurately, Authoritarian state government of New South Wales. The ending subverts everything you thought you knew about the Premier, with the protagonist making a surprising choice and ending with the threat of nuclear Armageddon.

References

External links

''Timelapse''
at Australian Television Information Archive * {{DEFAULTSORT:Timelapse Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming 1980 Australian television series debuts 1980 Australian television series endings 1980s Australian drama television series Australian English-language television shows Australian science fiction television series