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Produced by ABC TV Drama, Roadshow Coote & Carroll Pty Ltd

Executive Producers: Penny Chapman, Liam Miller
Producer: Sue Masters
Director: Ken Cameron
Writers: Sue Smith, John Alsop

Debut: September 4, 1991 (6 x 50 min)

Set in the 1960s, Brides of Christ tells the story of a group of nuns in a fictitious inner city convent school in Sydney during a time of radical upheaval in society and in the Catholic Church. In the era of Vietnam and the Rolling Stones, established disciplines and rites are questioned in a collision between an ancient institution and the modern world. The series shows nuns as highly spirited questioning women, with sexual feelings and very human failings.