Come in Spinner (1990)

Directed by

Robert Marchand

Genre

drama

Country

Australia

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rated

PG

Rating

9.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1990 Australian miniseries is set in a Sydney hotel during World War II. It follows the lives and loves of several women working there, including a beautician, a hairdresser, and a dressmaker.

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What happens

Come in Spinner is a 1990 Australian miniseries, based on the novel of the same name by Dymphna Cusack, starring Lisa Harrow, Kerry Armstrong, Rebecca Gibney, Martin Vaughan, and Sheila Kennelly. At the 1990 Australian Film Institute Awards it received five nominations, winning three awards, Best Mini-Series or Telefeature, Best Achievement in Direction in a Mini-Series or Telefeature and Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama (Rebecca Gibney). In 1991 the miniseries won a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Drama Series. The series was well received by critics and audiences and was replayed on the Channel 10 network in 1991. It was released on DVD in 2005. One critic called it a "wonderfully sumptuous and faithful adaptation", praising Gibney and Harrow in particular. The soundtrack album was released featuring Grace Knight and Vince Jones. It was produced by Martin Armiger with arrangements and conducting by Derek Williams and William Motzing. The album achieved double platinum sales and won the ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album. It peaked at No 4 on the ARIA Charts, and became the highest selling jazz album in Australian history with sales exceeding 230,000 copies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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