Return to Eden (1983– )

Stephanie Harper has it all - beauty, riches and a loving husband. That is, until her husband falls in love with her best friend. In order to get her money he pushes her off a boat and into... See full summary »

Stars:

Rebecca Gilling, James Reyne, Wendy Hughes

1 win.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Rebecca Gilling	...	Stephanie Harper & Tara Welles (3 episodes, 1983)
James Reyne	...	Greg Marsden (3 episodes, 1983)
Wendy Hughes	...	Jilly Stewart (3 episodes, 1983)
James Smilie	...	Dan Marshall (3 episodes, 1983)
Olivia Hamnett	...	Joanna Randall (3 episodes, 1983)
Nicole Pyner	...	Sarah Harper (3 episodes, 1983)
Jayson Duncan	...	Dennis Harper (3 episodes, 1983)
Jennifer Nairn-Smith	...	Lisa (3 episodes, 1983)
Jackie Byrne	...	Suzi (3 episodes, 1983)
Patricia Kennedy	...	Katy Basklain (2 episodes, 1983)
Chris Haywood	...	Jason Peebles (2 episodes, 1983)
Peter Gwynne	...	Bill McMaster (2 episodes, 1983)
John Lee	...	Phillip Stewart (2 episodes, 1983)
Charles McCallum	...	Matey (2 episodes, 1983)
Charles Lathalu Yunipingu	...	Christopher (2 episodes, 1983)
Steve Djati Yunipingu	...	Sam (2 episodes, 1983)
Paul Freeman	...	Jason's Assistant (2 episodes, 1983)
Harry Jervis	...	Sgt. Jim Gully (2 episodes, 1983)

Storyline

Stephanie Harper has it all - beauty, riches and a loving husband. That is, until her husband falls in love with her best friend. In order to get her money he pushes her off a boat and into the waiting jaws of a crocodile. However, she survives the attack and, although horribly disfigured, spends months under the operating table to have her face restored to a different beauty. Now, she returns to the city under a different name and with a different face to seek vengeance on her husband, who has told everyone she was taken by a crocodile, and is now waiting the 7-year legal waiting period until he can gain her money and marry her best friend. Now, she can have revenge...

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Plot Keywords:

crocodile | revenge | boat | bar | tv mini series | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Australia USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 September 1983 (Australia)

Also Known As:

La vengeance aux deux visages

Filming Locations:

Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

AUD 2,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hanna-Barbera Australia, McElroy & McElroy

Technical Specs

Runtime:

267 min 89 min (3 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Tara Welles: I need an agent. Someone who can get me on the cover of Vogue in six months.

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Connections

References Gone with the Wind (1939)

User Reviews

The impossible has been achieved; Aaron Spelling now seems like Norman Rosemont.

Norman Rosemont specialises in extremely classy television productions; Aaron Spelling... doesn't. But "Return To Eden," a daft but successful bid to show Australian TV could produce glossy trash just as well as its US counterpart, makes everything he's ever done seem like a gem in comparison (with the exception of "Charmed," which is quite good in its own right).

The three-part miniseries ended with the now transformed Tara triumphant alongside the plastic surgeon who became her lover, and her villainous ex dead and gone; the subsequent and sub-standard series saw most of the cast return, with Peta Toppano replacing Wendy Hughes as the scheming Jilly. Cue riches, boardroom backstabbing, fantastic scenery, beautiful people (well, sort of...), and jaw-droppingly bad writing and acting. And crocodiles in the pool(!).

The miniseries, by the way, was produced by Hanna Barbera Australia. That explains a lot.