Winners: On Loan

Australia, 1985

TV show

Episode of Series ‘Winners’.
At her 14th birthday party Lindy wishes she knew her actual birth date. But only her real parents would know, and they’re both dead. Or so Lindy and her Australian family think until a letter from her natural father arrives. Now she must decide between two families and two futures, between Australia and Vietnam.

Cast includes Marillac Johnston, John Walton and Belinda Giblin.

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Credits

writer

Anne Brooksbank

director

Geoffrey Bennett

producer

Jane Scott

production company

New South Wales Film Corporation

Film Victoria

Australian Film Commission

ITC Entertainment

Australian Children's Television Foundation

Language

English

Duration

00:47:12:00

Colour

Colour

ACMI Identifier

34440

Audience classifications

G

Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Vietnamese - Australia

Childrens Films

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Vietnamese - Australia

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adoption

Television

Television → Television series

Television → Television series → Television series - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

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