Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left (1993): Comedy, Children, Science-Fiction. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left is a 1985 novel by Australian children's author Robin Klein which also became a children's television series.
The story focuses on an alien family who seek refuge on Earth, in the small town of Bellwood. Klein also wrote a sequel novel called Turn Right for Zyrgon.
The story was made into a television series in 1991-1992. It was very popular in Australiaand aired on CITV and TCC in the UK and also in other parts of Europe and there are many fansites. The series is not available on DVD, though in the early 1990s several episodes were released on VHS in the UK. These can often be found for sale on eBay.
The TV-show had 28 episodes, split into 2 story arcs. The first story arc stayed close to the novel, the second arc had new stories written, some of which would end up incorporated into the sequel novel, Turn Right for Zyrgon.
The entire series was filmed in Melbourne, Australia. Zyrgon, and the family home interior were shot on the Crawford Productions sound-stage. The town of Bellwood was shot inWilliamstown. The family home exterior is located in Surrey Hills. The props for the space raft and other sets were kept in the Crawford Productions lot for a couple of years following production, however, they were eventually dismantled and destroyed.
The series was repeated in the UK between 2007-2008 on a digital children's channel.
Series details
- Title: Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left
- Format: Scripted
- Language: English
- Genres: Comedy, Children, Science-Fiction
- Premiere date: 1993-04-04
- Final broadcast date listed: 1994-12-18
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
- Network country: United Kingdom
- Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 8211
Cast and credited roles
- Lauren Hewett — X
- Silvia Seidel — Dovis
- Bruce Myles — Father
- Jeffrey Walker — Qwrk
- Jan Friedl — Mother
- Amanda Douge — Dovis
- Kellie Smythe — Jenny
- Che Broadbent — Colin
- Tenley Gillmore — Michelle Froggat
- Paul Kelman — Lox
- Katrina Lambert — Dallas
- Bruce Spence — The Chief
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 1993-04-04; final listed air date 1994-12-18; episode order: 28.
Source and licence
Adapted from Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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