The Rovers (1969)
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- First Air Date: 1969-08-21
- Last Air Date: 1969-01-01
- Total Seasons: 1
- Total Episodes: 29
- Status: Ended
- Episode Runtime: 30 min.
- Network: Network Ten
The Rovers was an Australian ocean-based family adventure television show originally screened 1969 - 1970 on the 0-Ten network. Produced by NLT Productions, the series starred Rowena Wallace, Edward Hepple, Noel Trevarthen and Grant Seiden. The storylines revolve around the adventures of the crew of the ‘Pacific Lady’, an island schooner owned by Captain Sam McGill, played by Hepple, Bob Wild played by Trevarthen and Rusty Collins, a wildlife journalist. Thirty-nine episodes of 30 minutes each were produced. Writers included Kenneth Cook, Ron McLean, Michael Wright, Ralph Peterson and Rosamund Waring.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Slipway | 1970-06-12 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | The Fugitives | 1969-08-21 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Long Cry of a Bunyip | 1969-08-28 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Dangerous Cargo | 1969-09-04 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Bridie Baines | 1969-09-11 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | A Lamb, and a Handful of Sugar | 1969-09-18 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Wide Angle Shot | 1969-09-25 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Pigeon Post | 1969-10-02 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | The Strangers | 1969-10-09 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Guitar Boy | 1969-10-16 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Double or Nothing | 1969-10-23 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | The Bushranger | 1969-10-30 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | Day of the Black Eagle | 1969-11-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Forget Me Not | 1969-11-13 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | U.F.O. Pacific | 1969-11-20 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | The Odyssey of Reginald Peck | 1969-11-27 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | Cannon to the Right of Them | 1969-12-04 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | Crisis | 1969-12-11 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Sittin' Pretty | 1969-12-18 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | Double Exposure | 1970-01-23 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Wright's Peak | 1970-01-30 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | Cry Wolf | 1970-02-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | The Expert | 1970-02-13 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | The Charmer | 1970-02-20 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | Cousin Patrick | 1970-02-27 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | Hamish... Where Are You? | 1970-03-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 27 | A Touch of Yellow | 1970-03-13 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 28 | The Secret of Aroora- Hitte | 1970-03-20 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 29 | A Place of My Own | 1970-03-27 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 30 | A Present for Jenny | 1970-04-03 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 31 | The Sailor | 1970-04-10 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 32 | Gone Fishin | 1970-04-17 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 33 | Sophia | 1970-04-24 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 34 | The Quack | 1970-05-01 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 35 | Friends and Enemies | 1970-05-08 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 36 | My Million for a Meal | 1970-05-15 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 37 | A Day at the Zoo | 1970-05-22 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 38 | The Choice | 1970-05-29 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 39 | Coma | 1970-06-05 | 30 min |
