Kelly is a much-loved Australia

Australia

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n children's television series

Children's television series

Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...

 that first screened on Network Ten

Network Ten

Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...

 in 1991. The series was produced by Jonathan M. Shiff Productions and featured the adventures of a former police dog called Kelly.

Plot

Kelly is a highly trained German Shepherd police dog who needs to recover from an injury on duty. Sergent Mike Patterson sends him to stay with his son's family. Kelly becomes the constant companion of Jo Patterson, Mike's granddaughter, and her friend Danny Foster. Kelly has many classic adventures with the family and other friends, and was considered Australia's answer to 'Lassie'.

Cast

• Charmaine Gorman as Jo Patterson
• Alexander Kemp as Danny Foster
• Gil Tucker
  Gil Tucker
  Gil Tucker is an Australian television actor, most remembered for his role as Constable Roy Baker in the television crime drama, Cop Shop. He has more recently played the part of the coroner on City Homicide-External links:...
  
   as Frank Patterson
• Ailsa Piper
  Ailsa Piper
  Ailsa Piper is an Australian writer, director and performer. She worked as an actress in theatre and television from the early 1980s until 2000. She made her first appearance on TV in 1984 in Man of Letters. She is most famous for playing Ruth Wilkinson in the soap opera Neighbours from 1996 until...
  
   as Maggie Patterson
• Anthony Hawkins as Mike Patterson
• Matthew Ketteringham as Chris Patterson
• Katy Brinson as Dr. Robyn Foster
• Joseph Spano as Brian Horton
• Simon Grey as Robbo
• Mat Lyons
  Mat Lyons
  Mat Lyons is a former Australian television actor, with a string of credits to his name stretching from the 1980s. Among his best known early roles were as Dino in adventure series Kelly and Colin Brownley in police drama Skirts...
  
   as Dino
• Orion Erickson as Flattop
• Lois Collinder
• Anne Phelan
  Anne Phelan
  Anne Mary Phelan, OAM , is a much awarded Australian actress, who has appeared prominently in Theatre, Australian television productions and soap operas, including Prisoner where she played the role of 'Top Dog' Myra Desmond and Monica Taylor in Something in the air...
  
  
• Louise Siversen
  Louise Siversen
  Louise Siversen is an actress.Siversen began acting as a child after her parents sent her to dance and drama classes to help her overcome her shyness. Siversen began to enjoy acting and went on to perform with St Martins Youth Theatre, appearing in many productions...
  
  as Glennis
• Pepe Trevor