Sugar and Spice (Australian TV series)

Sugar and Spice is an Australian children's television series that was broadcast on ABC TV between 1988 and 1989.

Sugar and Spice
Genre	Children's television
Directed by	John Gauci
Starring	Radha Mitchell Michelle Kearley Penelope Shelton Louise Hall Eamon A. Kelly Matthew Newton Susan Ellis
Composer	Peter Moscos
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producer	John Gauci
Producers	Frank Brown, Louise Hall, John Gauci; Film Victoria, Revcom Television
Editors	Alan Ryan, John Gauci
Camera setup	Philip Gross
Running time	25 minutes
Original release
Network	ABC TV
Release	1988 (1988) – 1989 (1989)

Starring Radha Mitchell as Pixie Robinson and Michelle Kearley as Molly Wilson, the series was set in the 1920s and revolved around two eleven-year-old girls from the Australian bush, who were sent to live with Pixie's grandmother to attend the same private high-school in the city.

The Complete Series was released on DVD in 2008 by Force Entertainment.

Cast

Starring

• Radha Mitchell as Pixie Robertson
• Michelle Kearley as Molly Wilson

Relatives

• Howard Bell as Mr Robertson
• Louise Siversen as Mrs Beatrice Robertson
• Colwyn Roberts as Mr Wilson
• Ruth Yaffe as Mrs Edna Wilson
• Penelope Shelton as Grandma
• Louise Hall as Aunt Vera
• Susan Ellis as Anne
• Eamonn Kelly as Jimmy
• Matthew Newton as Freddo

Friends

• Earl Francis as Captain Jack
• Esme Melville as Mrs Watson

Teachers

• Judith Graham as Mrs Meyer
• Marijke Mann as Miss Orrick
• Victor Kazan as Jacques Chevrier
• Lindy McConchie (Davini Malcolm) as Miss Pittman

Students

• Vivienne Walshe as Marguerite Chevrier
• Rana Melville-Smith as Louise
• Belinda Hutchinson as Lucy Forrest
• Penelope MacGowan as Elsie
• Georgia Falcke as Mary
• Samantha Payne as Esmerelda
• Bindi Edwards as Myrtle
• Sarah Young as Edith
• Nathalie Woolcock as Ruth
• Kyra Opray as Meg
• Emily Chen as Emily
• Elizabeth Catherall as Edna
• Kirsten Geary as Ruby
• Sandra Willis as Sandra

Episode list

1. Going Ready or Not.
2. The Arrival
3. Froggy
4. The Best of Enemies
5. Guiding Hands
6. The Haunted House
7. A String of Pearls
8. The Picnic
9. To See or Not to See
10. The Barnstormer
11. What's Cooking
12. Birds, Bees and Rabiits
13. Money Troubles
14. The Camp Out
15. The Substitute
16. Creating a New Molly
17. Exam time
18. True or False
19. The Pageant
20. Ending or Beginnings

Book

• Mary Wright: Sugar and Spice, Puffin Books, 1988, ISBN 978-0-14-032970-4

See also

• List of programs broadcast by ABC (Australian TV network)
• List of Australian television series