Return to Eden
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I dont know if anyone remembers this show - but it has stuck in my head since i saw it in the 80's.
It was called something like 'Return to Eden' and it was about a woman whose husband (i think) threw her to the alligators to get rid of her. She was rescued by a plastic surgeon (as you do) who made her one of the most beautiful women ever.
She then went back to america to bring her husband to his knees.
It was sooooooo fantastically brilliant, and i can remember being glued to it.
Has it ever been shown again ?
It was called something like 'Return to Eden' and it was about a woman whose husband (i think) threw her to the alligators to get rid of her. She was rescued by a plastic surgeon (as you do) who made her one of the most beautiful women ever.
She then went back to america to bring her husband to his knees.
It was sooooooo fantastically brilliant, and i can remember being glued to it.
Has it ever been shown again ?
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Hehehehehe - at least im not alone in my tacky adiction to the show.
I cant believe i missed it on Sky
The only trouble with re watching programs you loved from way back when, is that you realise just how awful they really were. Maybe i should just sit back and remember the fake nails, the large glasses and massive shoulder pads.
I remember the main character (I think) was called Stephanie. With an Australian accent, it has the unfortunate effect of sounding like "Stiff-knee"!
Ill never forget the secretary who wore those large coloured glasses, and the long red nails. I always wanted to be like her - but wondered how she typed !!!
And gorgeous he is, too! Looks like the last thing he did was a brief spell on Home and Away in 2003.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_Eden
Still just as I reminder it, wonderfully camp, tacky and over the top. I have series linked it!
I remember I got into Prisoner off the back of Return To Eden because it had "Jilly" in it (Peta Toppano) and I always fancied her a bit. Come to mention it a lot of the Prisoner cast are in RTE.
Anyone else watching?
Sad arent I?
Yes, a woman was chucked by her hubby and sister (gilly) to the alligators. She was half ravaged by them, was rescued from a swamp and someone (?) helped her, gave her plastic surgery and she made a comeback as a model and revealed herself to the hubby and sister.
Mid-80's from what i remember...i was about 9 so shouldnt have been watching but hey ho.
That show was a scream. I took great pleasure in telling my partner about Stephanie Harper, Evil Gilly, Dr. Dan and co. on our first visit to Sydney, even pointing out the "Harper Mining" buildling..
Yep. Me != :cool:
I remember that too!! Hee hee. Also, I read something at the time that said filming ran way over and budget was thin on the ground. Jewellery that had been borrowed from a shop had to be returned and filming hadn't yet finished so some scenes the ladies were wearing the gems and in others they weren't. Continuity must have been fun!!
Almost as compulsive viewing as Sunseat Beach on Five back in the day!:D
Also I wasn't old enough to stay up to watch until the full series started (I was 12 in 1986), so I basically missed out on the mini series first time round.
I remember reading in The Sun after the series finished they would shoot a final episode to tie up the story, because it was unexpectedly axed and was left with a lot of cliffhangers.
I actually thought that was a myth until recently when I read on imdb that they did actually do it, but I never saw the episode.
Anyone know what happened? (in spoiler tags of course)
she was played by rebecca gilling:o:o:o it was turned inot a tv series and her jr e wing character was jake sanders played by daniel abineri and jilly by peta topano.... I sohuld ge out more:o:o
there was a horse race between tara s pride and revenge..
i better go lie down:o:o:o:o