Product Details

• Actors: Barbara Llewellyn, Mark Clarke, Anna Hruby, Jennifer Cluff, Tania Falla
• Writers: Barbara Vernon
• Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 2
• Studio: Questar
• VHS Release Date: April 30, 2002
• Run Time: 200 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1568553234
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #402,655 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Captain Wolcott is a widower with seven children. He marries again and his new wife takes on all the trials of bringing up seven spirited children.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent 1974 classic, beware of this DVD, February 5, 2005

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William (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seven Little Australians (DVD)

Seven little Australians was a television series produced in 1974 by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC). It was based on the book by Ethel Turner. Watching it again brings back many childhood memories (we used to watch it together as a family) when ABC would keep re-running it. It was that popular.

Leonard Teale plays the father of a young family in the late 1890s. After his wife dies, he eventually marries a much younger woman (played beautifully by Elizabeth Alexander). The eldest daughter Judy, presents much stress to the father and is sent off to boarding school. Judy plays a key role in the series and along with her siblings, brings Ethel Turner's vision to life. The series was an international hit.

This DVD release should be avoided as they have left off the last two episodes. How this happened is anyone's guess. My recommendation is that people purchase the ABC edition which is complete, and also includes some interesting special features (eg. an on location documentary from 1974).

I enjoyed watching the series again, and it was the first time I had seen it in colour. That in itself was a pleasure.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars ruined by questar, August 12, 1999

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A. P. Holt "mouser1" (portsmouth, Hants United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seven Little Australians [VHS] (VHS Tape)

this was a wonderful mini-series totally ruined by the company who released the video don't be fooled it's not a complete mini-series at all it suddenly just stops dead and your left having to read the book to find out how it all ends ...don't bother buying it

it's a rip-off

I welcome any comments anybody else out there might have

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Girls loved it!, November 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Seven Little Australians [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My 9 and 10 year old daughters LOVED this mini-series! The main problem is that it isn't complete. The last two series are not included, so you are left hanging. I'm on the hunt for the book.