Ratbag Hero - Misplaced Pages

1991 Australian TV series or program

Ratbag Hero
Written by	Sonia Borg
Directed by	Oscar Whitbread Geoffrey Pollock
Starring	Cameron Nugent Elaine Smith Peter Fisher Marcus Graham
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2 x 2 hours
Production
Producer	Oscar Whitbread
Original release
Network	Seven Network
Release	10 March 1991 (1991-03-10) – 1991 (1991)

Ratbag Hero is a 1991 Australian mini series based on the book A Riverman's Story by Mik Kelsall. It stars Cameron Nugent as Mick Kelsall, along with Elaine Smith, Peter Fisher and Marcus Graham. Also appearing were Marion Edward and a then 7 year old Matthew Ketteringham. The series was nominated for the 1991 AFI Award for Best Miniseries or Telefeature (or Short Run Series)

Cast

Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p225
Stewart, Alison (4 March 1991), "Guide preview - Ratbag Hero on Seven at 6:30pm", The Sydney Morning Herald
Sadlier, Kevin (10 March 1991), "Marcus puts career before cash", The Sun Herald
"Film awards", The Sun Herald, 29 September 1991
"AFI Past Winners - 1991 Winners & Nominees". AFI-AACTA. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

v t e TV productions of Oscar Whitbread
TV plays	On Approval (1964) Corruption in the Palace of Justice (1964) The Winds of Green Monday (1965) Otherwise Engaged (1965) Duet on Wednesday (1965) Photo Finish (1965) Plain Jane (1966) A Phoenix Too Frequent (1966) The Decision (1966) Course for Collision (1967) Slow Poison (1967) Romeo and Juliet (1967) Salome (1968) The Shifting Heart (1968) The Torrents (1969) I'm Damned if I Know (1972) The Man Who Shot the Albatross (1972) The Professional Touch (1976) Trial of Ned Kelly (1977) Burn the Butterflies (1979) A Wild Ass of a Man (1980) The Balanced Particle Freeway (1997)
TV series	Australian Plays (1969) Delta (Australian TV series) (1969) Dynasty (1969) Bellbird (1970–77) A Family at War (1970) Frank and Francesca (1973) And the Big Men Fly (1974) Rush (1975) Catspaw (1978) The Truckies (1978) I Can Jump Puddles (1980) Locusts and Wild Honey (1980) The Flying Doctors (1986) Studio 86 (1986) Acropolis Now (1989) The Power, The Passion (1989) Cluedo (1990–92) Bush Patrol (1996)
Miniseries	Marion (1974) Power Without Glory (1976) Lucinda Brayford (1980) All the Green Year (1981) Outbreak of Love (1981) The Young Wife (1984) Golden Pennies (1985) The Flying Doctors (1985) Ratbag Hero (1991)

This article about a television show originating in Australia is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.