Captain James Cook (miniseries)

Captain James Cook
Written by	Peter Yeldham
Directed by	Lawrence Gordon Clark
Starring	Keith Michell John Gregg
Theme music composer	José Nieto
Country of origin	Australia France
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4 x 2 hours
Production
Budget	$12 million[1]
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	6 October 1987 (1987-10-06) – 1987 (1987)

Captain James Cook is a 1986 Australian mini series about the life of James Cook (1728-1779), a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy.^[1]

The series was financed by $5 million from Revcom France, $2.25 million from the ABC and the rest from 10BA tax money.^[2]

Cast

• Keith Michell as James Cook
• John Gregg as Joseph Banks
• Erich Hallhuber as Lt. Gore
• Peter Carroll as Solander
• Barry Quin as Lt. Hicks
• Fernando Rey as Hawke
• Carol Drinkwater as Elizabeth
• Geoff Morrell as Perry
• Lynn Rainbow

References

1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p181
2. Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 97

External links

• Captain James Cook at IMDb