John Patterson John Patterson i(A47754 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon A Trip to the Moon John Patterson , Sydney : ABC Books , 1996 Z1364700 1996 single work children's fiction children's fantasy
1 y separately published work icon Sock Soup John Patterson , Sydney : ABC Books , 1996 Z1364695 1996 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon The Flood John Patterson , Sydney : ABC Books , 1996 Z1364681 1996 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon The Train Conductor John Patterson , Annette Harcus (illustrator), Mario Milostic (illustrator), Sydney : ABC Books , 1996 Z1364602 1996 single work children's fiction children's
1 form y separately published work icon Escape from Jupiter David Ogilvy , John Patterson , Martin Daley , ( dir. Kate Woods et. al. )agent Melbourne Japan : Australian Children's Television Foundation NHK Film Australia Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 1994 Z1855709 1994 series - publisher film/TV children's young adult science fiction

A small group of children live on Io, one of Jupiter's moons, where their parents operate a research and mining outpost. When one of Io's volcanoes explodes, the outpost begins to break apart, and the group must flee. Finding a derelict space station in orbit around Jupiter, they convert it into a workable spaceship and begin the slow and dangerous journey back to Earth.

The program was followed by a sequel, Return to Jupiter. Escape from Jupiter was never released in its entirety on either VHS or DVD, but a two-hour 'film version' was released.

1 y separately published work icon Johnson and Friends John Patterson , Sydney : ABC Books , 1994 Z1364715 1994 single work picture book children's
1 y separately published work icon Windchimes John Patterson , Sydney : ABC Books , 1994 Z1364668 1994 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon The Thing Outside John Patterson , Sydney : ABC Books , 1994 Z1364659 1994 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Best of Friends John Patterson , Sydney : ABC Books , 1994 Z1364644 1994 single work children's fiction children's
1 form y separately published work icon Escape from Jupiter : Movie David Ogilvy , John Patterson , Ian Munro , ( dir. Kate Woods et. al. )agent Australia : Australian Children's Television Foundation , 1994 7251434 1994 single work film/TV children's young adult science fiction

A cut-down version of the television series Escape from Jupiter, designed for release on video and later DVD.

1 y separately published work icon The Book of Numbers John Patterson , Mario Milostic (illustrator), Annette Harcus (illustrator), Sydney : ABC Books , 1993 Z1364621 1993 single work picture book children's
1 y separately published work icon The Book of Letters John Patterson , Mario Milostic (illustrator), Annette Harcus (illustrator), Sydney : ABC Books , 1993 Z1364613 1993 single work picture book children's
1 1 y separately published work icon The Battle of the Bed John Patterson , Jim Townley (illustrator), Sydney : ABC Books , 1992 Z1036012 1992 single work picture book children's
1 y separately published work icon Johnson and Friends John Patterson , Sydney : ABC Books , 1991-1996 Z1366936 1991-1996 series - publisher
1 1 y separately published work icon Beginnings John Patterson , Crows Nest : ABC Books , 1991 Z838239 1991 single work picture book children's
1 form y separately published work icon Pals Rob George , John Patterson , ( dir. Mario Andreacchio ) Australia : Pals Pty Ltd , 1987 Z1823488 1987 series - publisher film/TV children's

Children's television program focusing on thirteen-year-old Sammy, who runs away from his grandparents (and guardians) to live with his father Oscar, a stuntman. Pursued by a 'bumbling' private detective hired by Sammy's grandparents, the two disguise themselves and go on the run, while also rescuing friends and bringing criminals to justice.

According to Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series, 'The series cost $1.2 million and the ten episodes were shot over a three-month period'.

1 form y separately published work icon Land of Hope John Patterson , Anne Brooksbank , Tony Morphett , ( dir. Gary Conway et. al. )agent Australia : JNP Films , 1986 Z1820851 1986 series - publisher film/TV historical fiction

A family saga, following four generations of the Irish-Australian Quinn family (both working class and Catholic) and their intimate involvement in the Australian labour movement. Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series, summarises the plot as follows:

Paddy Quinn is a shearer involved in the great shearers' strike of the 1890s that saw the formation of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Married to Maureen, he becomes the lover of Nesta Darling, a silvertail and suffragette. He dies young and his wife becomes both the custodian of his memory and also, in a way, custodian of the founding ideological vision of the ALP. Her children and their children receive the political torch, but somehow drop it. It is only in 1972-73 coinciding with the election of Gough Whitlam and the first federal ALP government for 23 years, that Maureen, now a very old woman, sees her aspirations fulfilled with the decision of her great-grandchildren to join the party and work for the ALP.

Moran notes that some critics dismissed the program as 'Land of Soap', since it concentrates as much on 'more personal and domestic matters such as adultery, divorce and religion, filial betrayal, ideological defection, alcoholism and suicide' as on 'great political events and actors such as the Great Depression, World War 2, Menzies and the Communist referendum'. He does note, however, that 'the series is feminist in its politics, seeing women as the guardians of the social and political equality while men are, for the most part, corrupt, cowardly, unfaithful and chauvinistic.'

The series cost, according to Moran, $4.6 million to produce, but achieved good ratings even when aired against Sixty Minutes.

2 form y separately published work icon Annie's Coming Out A Test of Love (US title) John Patterson , Chris Borthwick , 1982 (Manuscript version)11650227 11650220 1982 single work film/TV 'Jessica Hathaway works in a hospital for disabled children. Among the children in her charge is Annie, who has had cerebral palsy since birth. Jessica discovers Annie's considerable intelligence and endeavours to demonstrate it to everyone.'
Source: National Film and Sound Archive
1 form y separately published work icon Fatty and George John Honey , John Patterson , Louise Sanders , Ron Saunders , ( dir. John Honey ) Hobart : Tasmanian Film Corporation , 1979 Z1816282 1979 series - publisher film/TV fantasy

With the aid of a time-stopping crystal and a friend two children (Fatty and George) try to find their father after he disappears while experimenting with his time machine.

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