Return to Eden: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Return to Eden started off as a mini series in 1983 and returned in 1986 for a 22 part series. Central characters to both series were Stephanie Harper and Jilly Stewart. Stephanie and Jilly had been friends before Greg Marsden came between them and in the second series it was revealed they were in fact sisters. Jilly was the Australian version of Alexis Colby from Dynasty but got up to much worse things than Alexis. The second series took up 7 years on from where the mini series ended.

Series details

• Title: Return to Eden
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 1983-09-27
• Final broadcast date listed: 1986-07-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Network 10
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8059
• IMDb ID: tt0085079
• TVDB ID: 74274

Cast and credited roles

• Rebecca Gilling — Stephanie Harper
• Wendy Hughes — Jilly Stewart
• Peta Toppano — Jilly Stewart
• James Smillie — Dan Marshall
• Daniel Abineri — Jake Sanders
• James Reyne — Greg Marsden

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1983-09-27; final listed air date 1983-09-29; episode order: 3.
• Season 2: premiered 1986-02-10; final listed air date 1986-07-08; episode order: 22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Return to Eden 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.