Phoenix Five

For the college prank of the same name, see Phoenix Five (prank).

Phoenix Five
Genre	Science fiction
Created by	John Warwick
Directed by	David Cahill
Starring	Mike Dorsey
Country of origin	Australia
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Producer(s)	Peter Summerton John Walters
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	10 January – 3 July 1970

Phoenix Five is a low-budget Australian science fiction television series produced in 1970 by Artransa Park in association with the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

Twenty-six half-hour episodes were produced, and the series originally aired between 10 January and 3 July 1970. The series was repeated on Seven Network in Australia, and broadcast internationally throughout the 1970s.

The series followed the adventures of the crew of the galactic patrol ship Phoenix Five, "the most sophisticated craft in the Earth Space Control Fleet." This handpicked team: Captain Roke, a typical captain with a solution to every problem; Ensign Adam Hargraves, a young space cadet always ready to shoot first and skip the questions; compassionate Cadet Tina Culbrick; and their computeroid Carl; roamed the planets protecting galactic citizens and warding off the repeated plots and attacks of the evil humanoid Zodian and a rebel scientist Platonus.

Cast

• Mike Dorsey - Captain Roke
• Patsy Trench - Cadet Tina Culbrick
• Damien Parker - Ensign Agam Hargraves
• Stuart Leslie - Carl
• Peter Collingwood - Earth Space Controller
• Redmond Phillips - Zodian
• Owen Weincott - Platonus

References

• Classic Australian Television

External links

• Phoenix Five Episode Guide
• Phoenix Five at IMDb
• Phoenix Five at OldFutures
• Phoenix Five at National Film and Sound Archive