Sons and Daughters (1982)

25m
Running Time

6
Seasons

972
Episodes

January 18, 1982
Release Date

TV
IMDb ratings
6
Sons and Daughters

Sons and Daughters (1982)

25m
Running Time

6
Seasons

972
Episodes

January 18, 1982
Release Date

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Sons and Daughters was a Logie Award winning Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation between 1981 and 1987. The first episode aired on Monday, 18 January 1982, during the Christmas/New Year non-ratings period in Sydney and Melbourne, and the official broadcast date of the final episode was 19 August 1987, although this varied across Australia and the final episode was screened in Melbourne on Sunday 27 December 1987. There are 972 half-hour episodes but during the series' original run in Australia, later episodes were shown in an hour-long format and the first pilot episode as shown in Australia was actually a 90-minute special; subsequent screenings have seen that episode split into three half-hours.

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Release Date
January 18, 1982

Status
Ended

Seasons
6

Episodes
972

Running Time
25m

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Sons and Daughters is an Australian Logie Award-winning soap opera/drama serial, broadcast by the Seven Network between January 1982 and December 1987 and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation. It was created by executive Reg Watson, and is distributed by Fremantle.

Sons and Daughters is remembered for its regular use of dramatic end-of-season cliffhangers and its most famous character; Patricia "Pat the Rat" Hamilton, initially played by Rowena Wallace, who became the second soap opera actor, rather than personality after Pat McDonald to win the Gold Logie award for her performance in the role - (McDonald had previously won the Gold Logie for her role in 70's soap opera Number 96 as Dorrie Evans, coincidentally she also starred in Sons and Daughters, featuring for its entire run.

Wallace decided to leave the series when in 1985, and her popular character was recast, with Belinda Giblin taking over the role, in a story-arc which sees the character receiving extensive plastic surgery in the Rio de Janeiro, and returning as the look-alike Alison Carr.

A notable cast members in the series later years was the Australian pop singer Normie Rowe, Rowe had previously appeared in musical theatre, but it was his first major TV drama role.

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