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Falcon Island (TV series)

The story

Falcon Island is a 1981 Australian children's television series set in Western Australia which screened on the Nine Network. The series also aired in the United Kingdom on the ITV network in 1984, and was repeated on Channel 4 in 1986.

Plot

Paul, Jock and Kate are three children who try to protect the wreck of a Dutch galleon, the Golden Falcon, against smugglers and sandminers.

Cast

Alan Cassell as Jack Brady
Bill Kerr as Madden
Francesca Shoesmith as Kate Ellery
Greg Duffy as Paul Ellery
Justin Hollyock as Jock Dixon
Bevan Lee as Vim Van Dorn
Maurie Ogden as Frank Ellery
Michael Loney as Constable Harris
Joan Sydney as Mrs. Yates
Merrin Canning as Vicky Fitzgerald
Barrie Barkla as Jarvis
Ian Fletcher as Alan