Homeward Bound (New Zealand TV series)

*Homeward Bound*
Homeward Bound
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	Ross Jennings
Developed by	Michael Anthony Noonan; Judy Callingham; Ross Jennings; Tom Parkinson; Robin Scholes; Ian Hogg;
Written by	Michael Anthony Noonan; Judy Callingham;
Directed by	Ross Jennings; Richard Riddiford; Murray Reece; Mark Beesley;
Starring	Michael Daly; Liddy Holloway; Mark Raffety; Francis Bell; Karl Urban; Sylvia Rands; Peter Elliott; David Aston; June Bishop; Simone Kessell;
Theme music composer	Dave Dobbyn
Opening theme	"Homeward Bound"
Ending theme	"Homeward Bound"
Composer	Billy Kristian
Country of origin	New Zealand
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	21 (1 x 2 hr pilot + 20 x 1 hrs)
Production
Executive producers	Ross Jennings; Tom Parkinson; Robin Scholes; Alan Withrington;
Producer	Tom Parkinson
Cinematography	Andy Coleman
Editors	John Fraser; Kate Peacocke;
Running time	88 minutes (episode 1/pilot) ; 44 minutes (episodes 2-21)
Production company	Soap N.Z. Ltd.
Original release
Network	TV3
Release	11 June –; 29 October 1992

Homeward Bound was a New Zealand television soap opera. It was first broadcast on TV3 on 11 June 1992 and ran for 21 episodes (including the two-hour pilot), finishing on 29 October 1992. Created by Ross Jennings, Homeward Bound was TV3's bid for NZ On Air funding for a local soap opera, however, it ultimately lost out to TVNZ's Shortland Street and was reformatted as an hour-long drama series.