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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 201700:45
BBC Two

Credits

GirlJenny Agutter
BrotherLucien John
AborigineDavid Gulpilil
FatherJohn Meillon
No HoperPeter Carver
HusbandJohn Illingsworth
Australian ScientistBarry Donnelly
German ScientistNoeline Brown
Italian ScientistCarlo Manchini
DirectorNicolas Roeg
ProducerSi Litvinoff
WriterEdward Bond
WriterJames Vance Marshall
ProducerSi Litvinoff

Broadcasts

  • Sun 9 Aug 200923:00
    BBC Four
  • Sun 15 Apr 201221:00
    BBC Four
  • Wed 18 Apr 201200:50
    BBC Four
  • Wed 4 Dec 201300:05
    BBC One except Northern Ireland & Wales
  • Wed 4 Dec 201300:35
    BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
  • Sun 9 Nov 201400:15
    BBC Two except Yorkshire
  • Sun 28 Jun 201523:00
    BBC Four
  • Sun 24 Jan 201600:35
    BBC Two except Yorkshire
  • Sun 8 Jan 201700:45
    BBC Two except Yorkshire

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