All the Green Year

All the Green Year

Company type	Television drama series
Industry	Television
Founded	1980
Headquarters	Australia
Products	Television drama

All the Green Year is an Australian television drama consisting of six episodes, which was broadcast on the ABC in 1980. Adapted from Don Charlwood's 1965 novel, the series portrays the lives of three boys growing up near Melbourne during the onset of the Great Depression. The novel, recognized as an Australian literary classic, has sold more than 100,000 copies.

Cast

• Greg Stroud portraying Johnno
• Darius Perkins as Charlie Reeves
• Jamie Adamson
• Sally Cooper
• Carl Hansen
• Monica Maughan in the role of Mrs Reeves
• Alan Hopgood as Mr Reeves
• Alwyn Kurts playing Older Charlie Reeves
• Larry Held
• Tracey Kelly as Eileen
• Pepe Trevor as Kitty

Production

Since its publication in 1965, the novel gained critical acclaim and was incorporated into high school English Literature courses throughout the 1960s. In 1977, ABC revealed intentions to adapt the book into a television series, with filming beginning in mid-1980. Although the story is mainly set in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston, production took place in Flinders.

External links

• Detailed information about the novel at AustLit (Subscription required)