Come Midnight Monday

Come Midnight Monday is a 1982 Australian children's TV series. It consisted of seven 30 minute episodes first broadcast in 1982.^[1]

Come Midnight Monday
Based on	Come Midnight Monday by David Burke
Written by	Roger Dann
Directed by	Mark Callan
Starring	Stephen Comey Tim Blake Sally Boyden Jacqui Gordon Tommy Dysart
Composer	Kevin Hocking
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	7
Production
Producer	David Zweck
Running time	30 mins
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	4 March (1982-03-04) – 15 April 1982 (1982-04-15)

Plot summary

Four teenagers fight plans to close the Winnawadgery railway, scrap its veteran steam engine Wombat and build a highway in its place. Their campaign runs into opposition from a prominent local businessman. They enlist the help of retired engine driver Angus McPhee.

Production

The script was written by regular Bellbird writer Roger Dann, adapted from the children's novel by David Burke OAM. It was filmed mainly on location at Cockatoo in Victoria. The train sequences were filmed on the Puffing Billy Railway with NA class locomotive 12A portraying the Wombat.

Cast

• Stephen Comey as Tim Forsyth
• Tim Blake as Squeak Hoolihan
• Sally Boyden as Beverley "Biff" Hoolihan
• Jacqui Gordon as Jenny "Bugsy" Hoolihan
• Tommy Dysart as Angus McPhee
• Peter Cummins as Albert Spack
• Cliff Ellen as Clifford

Crew

• Producer: David Zweck
• Director: Mark Callan
• Scriptwriter: Roger Dunn
• Sound recordist: John Beanland
• Production Designer: Paul Cleveland, Alwyn Harbott
• Music: Kevin Hocking^[2]