I Can Jump Puddles

I Can Jump Puddles is a 1981 Australian television miniseries based on the 1955 autobiographical series of the same name by author Alan Marshall. Adapted for television by screenwriters Cliff Green and Roger Simpson, the series starred Lewis FitzGerald, Adam Garnett, Tony Barry, Julie Hamilton, Ann Henderson, Lesley Baker, Olivia Brown, Debra Lawrance and Darren MacDonald.

Based on Alan Marshalls threepart autobiography I Can Jump Puddles 1955, This is the Grass 1962 and In Mine Own Heart 1963, the film tells of Marshalls childhood growing up in rural Victoria around the turn of the century. Contracting polio soon after attending school, the story retells the obstacles he faced as a child in trying to overcome his disability. Later as an adult, he encounters prejudice due to his debilitating disease while looking for work in Melbourne.The series was first aired onJune 1981 and ran for nine episodes. It was shown again two years later before being released on dvd by Roadshow Home Entertainment in August 2005. ........

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