The Facts of Life/The Facts of Life Down Under

The Facts of Life Down Under
Airdate	February 15, 1987
Written by	Gordon Cotler
Directed by	Stuart Margolin
Network	NBC
Style	120-minute comedy
Company	Crawford Productions, Embassy Television
Origin	USA

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The Facts of Life Down Under is the second TV movie of The Facts of Life.

Starring: Cloris Leachman (Beverly Ann Stickle), Lisa Whelchel (Blair Warner), Kim Fields (Tootie Ramsey), Mindy Cohn (Natalie Green), Mackenzie Astin (Andy Moffett)

and Nancy McKeon (Jo Polniaczek)

Co-Starring: Mario Van Peebles (Dave Johnson), Joss McWilliam (Nick Aintree), Jay Hackett (Kevin Colton), Andrew McKaige (Ren Calley), Noel Trevarthen (Roger Pitt), Misty Bernard (Jane Willis), Sally Martin (Gwen Pitt), Barbara-Jane Cole (Miss Carstairs), Garry Waddell (Hugo), Kristoffer Greaves (Denny), Melissa Bickerton (Helen Brown), Martha Westbrook (Betty Owens), Joan Bruce (Mrs. Winters), Annie Bryon (Counter Girl), Dan Holiday (Aussie Passerby), John Faasen (Choral Director), Tony Deary (Opal Merchant), Bernard Curran (Henry, the Hotel Clerk), Bevan Wilson (Gerber), Steve Dodd (Aborigine One), Soul Bellear (Aborigine Two), Laurie Moran (Mr. Calley), Danny Caretti (Waiter)

Plot Overview

The girls, Beverly Ann and Andy travel to Sydney, Australia to take part in a cultural exchange program at the Koolunga School, Eastland Academy's Australian sister school. Along the way, Blair and Jo get caught up in a caper involving a stolen opal and meet two local men named Nick Aintree and Kevin Colton, both claiming to be police officers in pursuit of jewel thieves who took the opal; Natalie and Tootie travel to the Outback, where Natalie goes exploring with cattle rancher Ren Calley (and unwittingly discovers the missing opal in her backpack, placed there by Blair and Jo) and Tootie meets a man she assumes at first is an Aborigine, but who she later discovers is actually American anthropologist Dr. David Johnson; and Beverly Ann reunites with old boyfriend Roger Pitt and rekindles their romance as she and Andy travel to meet him and his daughter at Roger's sheep ranch.

Trivia

The Show

• This TV movie is split into four parts for airing in syndicated reruns as part of The Facts of Life syndication package