| Andra | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mark Callen John Gauci |
| Starring | Lisa Peers Robert Hewett Jonathan Hardy Bruce Kerr Suzanne Dudley |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC Television |
| Original airing | 8 September 1976 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Alpha Scorpio |
Andra is a 1971 science fiction novel, the first novel by English writer Louise Lawrence. The book was set 2000 years from now, after the world was destroyed by war leaving the earth knocked off its rotation and the ground above to become a desolate frozen wasteland with everyone that survived living below the ground in underground cities.
The main story revolves around Andra, a teenage girl who has a terrible accident and has to have a brain graft operation to survive. However, the only donor available was a young man that lived and died in 1987. After the operation her life is totally changed; she becomes a rebel, fighting against the rigid laws that rule society underground in Sub City One and the totalitarian authority that rules over life and death of any individual.
The book was adapted into an Australian children's program in 1976 (8 x 30 minute episodes). Despite the television series, the book was not intended for child audiences. ABC Television retains some copies of each series - on film - in its archives.
The Andra TV series is unique amongst such shows as to have been created on such as small budget that in the background, in crowd scenes, the 'crowd' is actually made up of store clothing dummies. The sets, instead of containing items of furniture, or other articles, are large white blocks piled up on each other.
Possibly due to the low budget and naive sets, this production is natoriously difficult to procure in video release. This series targets a female audience but a similar science fiction series, Alpha Scorpio was made a little earlier in the 70s and aimed at a male audience.
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Release Date: 8 September 1976 (Australia)
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