This Man...This Woman

Synopsis

It's common. You're married to a successful doctor. You have no real career of your own. The kids are growing up and don't seem to need you any more. You feel unwanted. It's less common if you're a man. This man. It's common. You work seven days a week to build a career. Your spouse is about to leave you. The kids are looking elsewhere for emotional support. Something's got to give. It's less common…if you are a woman. This woman.

Scratch beneath the surface of many a "successful" marriage and you'll discover rumblings, deep fissures and violent eruptions just being held in check. Neil and Marion Clarke seem to have it all, and basically they are a well suited pair. But problems that can be capped off for many years have a way of blowing up when other pressures get too great. And when they blow, everybody gets burned, everybody is forever changed… This Man…This Woman is the story of one such time.

Cast

NEIL CLARKE … Robert Coleby
MARION CLARKE … Catherine Wilkin
LIZ MADDOCKS … Tina Bursill
MATTHEW CLARKE … Ben Mendelsohn
SUSAN CLARKE … Rachael Beck
DANNY CLARKE … Andrew Ferguson
KATHY ROBINSON … Lucy Bayler
BARRY FARMER … Max Phipps
BETTY … Ruth Yaffe
VERONICA … Gabriella Clark
JUDY … Helen Francis
BELINDA … Suzanne Warner
JOE LAURENCE … John Gregg
RAY … Warwick Moss
MRS BRAITHWAITE … Patsy Martin
PAT … Janet Andrewartha
DR SIMMONDS … Ernie Grey
SHEILA … Alethea McGrath
ANNA-MARIA … Irini Pappas
PETER GODDARD … Richard Moss
WARREN LANG … Andrew Spence

Production

A four hour mini-series
First televised in May 1989
Produced by Crawford Productions and Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Executive Producer (Crawfords): Ian Bradley
Executive Producer (ABC): Ross Dimsey
Producer: Graham Moore
Writer: Terry Stapleton
Director: Paul Moloney