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Walkabout

A teenage girl and her little brother are stranded in the Australian outback when their father kills himself, but an adolescent Aborigine arrives and offers help.

Drama about a teenage girl who is left stranded in the Australian outback with her little brother when their father commits suicide. The pair are left to fend for themselves in the hostile environment with little hope of making their way back to civilisation, until unexpected help arrives in the form of an adolescent Aborigine boy who is in the middle of the rite of passage known as walkabout.

1 hour, 36 minutes

Last on

Sun 8 Jan 2017 00:45
BBC Two

Credits

Girl Jenny Agutter
Brother Lucien John
Aborigine David Gulpilil
Father John Meillon
No Hoper Peter Carver
Husband John Illingsworth
Australian Scientist Barry Donnelly
German Scientist Noeline Brown
Italian Scientist Carlo Manchini
Director Nicolas Roeg
Producer Si Litvinoff
Writer Edward Bond
Writer James Vance Marshall
Producer Si Litvinoff

Broadcasts

  • Sun 9 Aug 2009 23:00
    BBC Four
  • Sun 15 Apr 2012 21:00
    BBC Four
  • Wed 18 Apr 2012 00:50
    BBC Four
  • Wed 4 Dec 2013 00:05
    BBC One except Northern Ireland & Wales
  • Wed 4 Dec 2013 00:35
    BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
  • Sun 9 Nov 2014 00:15
    BBC Two except Yorkshire
  • Sun 28 Jun 2015 23:00
    BBC Four
  • Sun 24 Jan 2016 00:35
    BBC Two except Yorkshire
  • Sun 8 Jan 2017 00:45
    BBC Two except Yorkshire

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