Winners (Australian TV series)

Winners episodes

• Room to Move
• Just Friends
• Quest Beyond Time
• The Paper Boy
• The Other Facts of Life
• Top Kid
• On Loan
• Tarflowers

  More Winners episodes

• Boy Soldiers
• His Master's Ghost
• Mr Edmund
• Second Childhood
• The Big Wish
• The Journey

  Awards and Nominations

Reviews

Winners

• ‘Winners is everything children’s television should be. It is tailor-made for Australian children, it uses the abilities of the industry’s top performers, it offers children challenging and contemporary stories and it offers them variety.’ West Australian, Perth 28/11/85
• ‘The contemporary scripts have been original and the acting and direction quite outstanding.’ Weekend News, Perth 11/1/86
• ‘Winners, a series designed for children, but which proved to have far wider appeal, has been a TV triumph. It has re-defined the standards of children’s TV and in the themes it has explored has no doubt sparked intelligent family discussion in scores of homes.’ Sunday Times, Perth 19/1/86
• ‘Winners must rate as some of the finest television yet seen in this country.’ Wanneroo Times, WA 28/1/86
• ‘Winners embodies the key elements of the Foundations objectives in providing quality television drama that children can identify with, whilst remaining true to its targeted audience.’ Sunraysia Daily, Mildura 1/2/86
• ‘Finally, after years of force-feeding us America sit-coms…Australian television has come up with an intelligent, witty and very watchable program for children of all ages.’ TV Guide, The Canberra Times 3/2/86
• ‘Winners proves that learning and being entertained can go hand-in-hand.’ Herald TV Extra, Melbourne 29/9/85
• ‘Winners has some top-quality material for that section of the community that often misses out-children.’ The Guide, Sydney morning herald 23/9/85
• ‘On loan, a superb family drama from the Winners collection…It is moving and up-lifting and admirably restrained. Try not to miss it.’ Green Guide, the Age, Melbourne 10/10/85
• ‘Top Kid…a well crafted production which challenges its audience, both adult and child, as it entertains, a hallmark of the eight movies in the series.’ The Age, Melbourne 27/9/85
• ‘Truly, a series not to be missed by young and old.’ The Bulletin 15/10/85
• ‘Winners definitely lives up to the ACTF’s aim for Australian television.’ Sunday Examiner, Launceston 1/6/86
• ‘With the Winners concept, the Foundation has helped fill the gap between children’s and adult television programming and shown that children’s television can be just as varied as its adult counterpart.’ The Sun, Melbourne 26/6/86
• ‘Another of the Winners series of children’s dramas pops up on Channel Ten this week-and this one, like its forerunners, lives up to the series ambitious title…the $3.8 million spent by the Children’s Television Foundation in producing the series was money very well spent.’ The Herald, Melbourne 23/7/86

  More Winners

• “It’s local, relevant, high quality and heaps of fun. Don’t miss it.” The Sun, Melbourne, 20/06/90
• “More Winners is the sort of television that actually keeps you on the sofa, amused and entertained, for the entire program.” Daily News, Perth, 29/06/90
• “The quality of talent in writing, production and acting is extremely smart and we are a lucky country to be able to draw on human resources as good as these.” The Age, Melbourne, 30/6/90
• “If you think quality Australian children’s programming is a thing of the past-don’t just think again, think More Winners.” The News, Adelaide, 2/7/90
• “This production from the Australian Children’s Television Foundation was a little ripper, subtly blending scary moments with wry humour and never losing sight of its primary purpose-to entertain.” Daily Mirror, Sydney, 2/7/90
• “The six new dramas are rich in content, exhilarating in performance, and splendidly put together. They are indeed winning productions.” Gold TV Guide, The Herald, Melbourne 2/7/90
• “Direction, acting, dialogue and photography are all top-notch, and there is no element in the film that distinguishes it as a particularly ‘children’s drama’. It is…most likely to be enjoyed equally by anyone, whatever their age.” Green Guide, The Age, Melbourne, 5/7/90
• “It is pure entertainment: a terrific idea, well written, well acted, and well-paced. And it’s very funny.” The Herald, Melbourne, 9/7/90
• “The joy of this series so far has been its desire to have children put in situations where they stretch themselves creatively, intellectually and imaginatively.” The Guide, Sydney Morning Herald, 6/8/90
• “Mr Edmund is a delightful film which will appeal to both children and adults-a rare thing in children’s television.” Daily News, Perth, 10/8/90
• “Delicious wit and inventive fantasy combine to make Second Childhood an entertaining vehicle for some solid issues.” Green Guide, The Age, Melbourne, 16/8/90