Glenview High

Glenview High
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Directed by	Rod Hardy
Starring	Grigor Taylor Rebecca Gilling Elaine Lee Ken James Bill Kerr Camilla Rountree
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	39
Production
Production location(s)	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Running time	50 minutes
Production company(s)	Grundy Television Productions
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Original release	27 September 1977 – 24 February 1979

Glenview High is an Australian television drama series produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Seven Network between 1977 and 1978.

Story

An early high school drama, English teacher Greg Walker (Grigor Taylor) transfers from the country to Glenview High, a tough high school in Sydney. He clashes with rebellious students Tony Moore (Brandon Burke) and Danny Smith (Brett Hinch [1]). Despite his toughness, Tony had a grudging respect for Mr Walker while Danny was only interested in being popular with the female students.

Other staff at the school were efficient yet sympathetic principal Margaret Gibson (Elaine Lee), and cynical science teacher Harry Carter (Bill Kerr) who regarded all students as the enemy.

Greg's home life was also shown. He moved in with his brother Tom (Ken James), who boarded platonically with flight attendant Robbie Dean (Rebecca Gilling) and the ditzy Jill Beamish (Camilla Rountree).

Guest stars

Many popular Australian actors had guest starring roles in episodes. They included:

• Tom Burlinson
• Alan Cinis
• Mike Dorsey
• James Elliot
• Anne Haddy
• Sheila Kennelly
• Elisabeth Kirkby
• Anne-Louise Lambert
• Tracy Mann
• Monica Maughan
• Ray Meagher
• Thelma Scott
• Fiona Spence
• Sigrid Thornton
• Rowena Wallace
• Bettina Welch

Production notes

The series was not a major ratings success and was not renewed beyond its initial season of episodes.

External links

• Glenview High at Classic Australian Television
• Glenview High at the National Film and Sound Archive