Sons and Daughters

Sons and Daughters  was an Australian television soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the reg Grundy organisation. The broadcasts were seen on the early evening on Channel Seven Network in the era of 18 January 1982 until 19 August 1987. The series began in Melbourne with the first three episodes of 90 minutes on Monday 18 January 1982 at 19: 00.

The story was about the working-class John Palmer (Peter Phelps) from Melbourne who, on the run for murder, to Sydney was drawn and there fell in love with the rich girl Angela Hamilton (Ally Fowler). But soon he discovered that they were brother and sister, twins who was separated at birth and raised separately. John was first by former prostitute Fiona Thompson (Pat McDonald) provided, before returning to his father David Palmer, and Angela was raised by her mother Patricia who was married to Gordon Hamilton.

The series began when the twins almost was an adult. John's father the family existed In Melbourne from David Palmer (Tom Richards), a truck driver, David's wife Beryl (Leila Hayes), a warm, simple housewife. Their children were Susan (Ann Henderson-Stiers) and Kevin (Stephen Comey). A certain Bill Todd had committed a murder, but John was accused as the perpetrator. John was soon acquitted and Bill convicted.

In Sydney was Angela grew up with her mother Patricia (Rowena Wallace) and Patricia's husband Gordon (Brian Blain), a successful businessman, and Gordon's son from an earlier marriage, the spiteful Wayne (Ian Rawlings). Other original characters were Jill Taylor (Kim Lewis), a young former prostitute who lived with Fiona and Rosie Andrews (Anne Haddy), the housekeeper of the Hamiltons.

Subsequent new characters were Barbara Armstrong (Cornelia Frances) who married Gordon after his divorce from Patricia, and Barbara's niece Amanda Morrell (Alyce Platt). Andy Green (Danny Roberts), the long-lost son of the of Barbara's former husband Roland (Tony Ward), was also an important character in the series. Another well-known character from the show was Rob Keegan (Noel Hodda), who was married with Angela.

The series would Later grow with several other characters and eventually a record 972 episodes of 25 minutes pose. A large part of the series was also broadcast on Dutch television.