The Castaways (TV series)

For the American reality series, see Castaways (TV series). For the Australian children’s series, see Castaway (TV series). For the British series, see The Castaways (2023 TV series).

Castaway (or The Castaways) is an Australian television drama adventure series which first screened on the ABC in 1974.^[1][2]

The Castaways
Genre	Drama
Written by	Ian Stuart Black Ralph Petersen Ted Roberts
Directed by	James Gatward Henri Safran Frank Arnold
Country of origin	Australia Scotland West Germany
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer	James Gatward
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Castaway Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	27 February 1974 (1974-02-27)

Premise

In the 1880s the sailing ship Mary Jane is wrecked on a Pacific island on its way to Australia.^[3]

Cast

• Peter Gwynne as Sergeant Holt
• Fred Haltiner as Jan Lindburg
• Volker Eckstein as Mr Fletcher
• Isobel Black as Cathy Dunbar
• Renate Schroeter as Eve Lindburg
• John Bowman as Billy Rose
• Don Barkham as Irving
• Lexia Wilson as Angie
• Alan Cinis as David

Production

It was filmed near Narrabeen and Port Macquarie. The series was an international co production between the ABC, Scottish television and a West German company. This led to several German and British actors being in the cast.^[4]