RIP Kay Mellor She gave us this gem of a soap opera and many other great shows......I had the pleasure of meeting her back in the Granada days...She was very funny and warm.
@dommycaprani
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload...this brigs back great memories of afternoons spent watching this first class soap...
@roberttrafford2635
6 жыл бұрын
I worked on this series for the whole of the first transmission year. We filmed 4 episodes a week for 6 months. They screened 2 per week. The initial episodes included pre filming in Australia, and then the Aussie cast were flown over to England to join the English cast at Granada TV in Manchester. The British and Australian sets were put up side-by-side in the same studio. All subsequent location shooting was done in Manchester and Cheshire. Tatton Park and Salford Quays were among the UK locations which doubled for Australia.Its amazing what you can achieve with a few additional iights and props such as surf boards! The studio sets for the Australian family were based on a real house somewhere in Australia. The designer went out there and took photographs and measurements, and rebuild it for the UK studio. Unfortunately, the doorways weren't wide enough for the studio camera pedestals' and the walls weren't high enough to avoid 'shoot off', and so we struggled with episodes 1 and 2. The set was altered for the rest of the series. The cast were great, especially Morag Hood, Jude Law, Tim Woodward and Malcolm Stoddard
@campgalore
6 жыл бұрын
That insight was so interesting to read! Thank you for sharing your experience! I always assumed that there was a studio in Australia shooting their part of the episodes. It is such a shame that there isn't more information available about this series available anywhere online, as it seems to have faded into oblivion! The original storyline with it's mix of Australia and England was the best, it just became a very ordinary soap when they dropped the Australia part. I remember in the early episodes Dame Edna's (Barry Humphries) daughter was one of the cast.
@dommycaprani
6 жыл бұрын
Very cool! I loved this soap....Sounds like you got on well the UK cast how about the Aussie cast? Great writing by Kay Mellor and great casting made this tv gold...
@simonramsdale4798
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Robert, just casually surfing and reminiscing late on a Sat night. Loved Families, so innovative and great originality with the story-lining. Thanks for being part of bringing it to life for us. I often think about it, especially the great acting, Morag Hood as Sue was my favourite, effortless poise and dignity...I'll always remember the episode when she had a still at the end of the episode when she found our about Mike's affair with Diana..I have it on old style video and still watch it regularly. Acting was Oscar calibre. Even loved the Bannerman era...shame the programme fell victim to the ITV Network in fighting happening at the time! Thank you again Simon
@jamielumb3515
6 жыл бұрын
Great drama and sadly missed. An outstanding cast also. Bring it back please!
@anthonyperkins7556
4 жыл бұрын
One of the first NICAM Stereo programmes Granada TV made. On outdoor scenes cars would go left to right, right to left and you'd hear ambient outdoor sounds in full stereo i.e birds tweeting etc.
@danielwilliamson6180
6 жыл бұрын
I remember Families. I had no idea Jude Law was in it. I remember I had an old VHS tape containing a recording of a ITV broadcast of Superman III. After Superman III, Families came on and to my surprise, there he was - Jude Law.
@SameDestination
13 жыл бұрын
Anyone know where I can watch any episodes of this? It looks good but I can't find it anywhere :/
@JonnoD00
15 жыл бұрын
was a good soap,least for season 1 with the Thompsons and Stevens. Hated the Bannermans era. Gotta have some aussies in it Should be brought back
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