A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice is a five-hour 1981 Australian television adaptation of Nevil Shute's novel of the same name. Produced by the Seven Network, and directed by David Stevens, it was the second major adaptation of the book. In the United States it was shown on PBS under the Masterpiece Theatre banner, a rare non-British production to be so aired. Cast Helen Morse as Jean Paget Bryan Brown as Joe Harman Gordon Jackson as Noel Strachan Peter Kowitz as TAA pilot Arkie Whiteley as Annie Production It was the most expensive Australian television series at the time. It was filmed on location in England, Malaysia and western New South Wales.