The Power, The Passion

Television series

The Power, The Passion
Created by	Bevan Lee
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	168
Production
Executive producer	Des Monaghan
Producer	Oscar Whitbread
Original release
Network	Seven Network
Release	20 March 1989 (1989-03-20) – 1 February 1990 (1990-02-01)

The Power, The Passion is an Australian television daytime soap opera produced by the Seven Network in 1989.

The series was devised to lure audiences away from American imports such as The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless but failed to make an impact and was cancelled due to low ratings after 168 episodes.

Cast

Kevin Miles – Gordon Byrne
Olivia Hamnett – Ellen Edmonds
Tracy Tainsh – Kathryn Byrne
Suzy Cato – Anna Wright
Ian Rawlings – Ryan McAllister
Danny Roberts – Samuel Wright
Jill Forster – Sarah McAllister
George Mallaby – Justin Wright
Lucinda Cowden – Danielle Edmonds
Nick Carrafa – Nick Cassala
Alan Cassell – Dr. Andrew Edmonds
Ross Thompson – Thomas
Jane Clifton – Carla Graham
Chelsea Brown - Chanteuse
Jon Finlayson – William Somerset
Julian McMahon – Kane Edmonds
Neil Grant – Adam Edmonds
Susan Ellis – Talia Edmonds
Libby Purvis – Rebecca Wright/Rebecca Edmonds
Jacqui Gordon – Susan Walsh
John Higginson - Sonny Davis
Gerard Maguire - David
Joe Spano - Steven

Julian McMahon made his TV debut in the series. At one point the program included a gay male character, Steven (Joe Spano). The character was killed off after a few months.^[1]