Brides of Christ

This article is about the Australian television show. For the early 1900s American religious cult see Edmund Creffield. For nuns, see nun.

Brides of Christ
Created by	John Alsop Sue Smith
Starring	Brenda Fricker Sandy Gore Josephine Byrnes Lisa Hensley Naomi Watts Kym Wilson
Country of origin	Australia
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	0.55 (per episode)
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	4 September 1991 – 9 October 1991

Brides of Christ was an Australian television miniseries produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1991.^[1]

The series takes place behind the walls of a Sydney convent school and deals with the struggles of both the Roman Catholic nuns and the young students to adapt to the many social changes taking place within the church and the outside world during the 1960s.

Six fifty-minute episodes were made. Each episode focused on a particular story and set of characters. Some characters would appear in multiple episodes with varying levels of prominence from episode to episode. Lead characters in one episode might appear in a support role in another episode. Josephine Byrnes' character was the focus of both the first and last episodes.

In her first major role, Naomi Watts starred as Frances, one of the students. One episode also guest starred the then, almost, unknown Russell Crowe as a young man distressed about being called up for the Vietnam War.

The series was filmed on location at St Mary's Tower's, Douglas Park, New South Wales, Santa Sabina College, Strathfield, New South Wales and St Scholastica's College, Glebe, New South Wales.

The entire series has since been released on DVD.

Cast

The Nuns
Sister Agnes	Brenda Fricker
Mother Ambrose	Sandy Gore
Diane/Sister Catherine	Josephine Byrnes
Veronica/Sister Paul	Lisa Hensley
Sister Attracta	Melissa Jaffer
Sister Patrick	Penny Stehli
Sister Philomena	Caroline Gillmer
Sister Clare	Beth Champion
Sister Francine	Michelle Pettigrove
The Girls
Frances Heffernan	Naomi Watts
Rosemary Fitzgerald	Kym Wilson
Bridget Maloney	Melissa Thomas
Other characters
Jack Delahunty	Simon Burke
Ian McGregor	Philip Quast
Mary Maloney	Pat Bishop
Dominic Maloney	Russell Crowe
Liz Heffernan	Anne Tenney

Awards

1991 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission TV Drama Award was presented to the ABC TV and accepted by Penny Chapman and Sue Masters (Executive Producers)^[2]
1992 Logie Awards the show and cast won several awards:

Most Popular Telemovie or Mini-Series
Most Popular Actress in a Telemovie or Mini-Series to Josephine Byrnes
Most Popular New Talent to Kym Wilson (along with her work on A Country Practice)
Most Outstanding Actress to Josephine Byrnes
Most Outstanding Telemovie or Mini-Series

Notes

↑ Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 94
↑ "1989 Human Rights Medal and Awards". Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. Retrieved 2007-08-11.

External links

AACTA Award for Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series (1990–2009)

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