Castaway is an Australian children's television series premiered in Australia on the Seven Network

Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...

 on 12 February 2011. The series is a sequel to the 2008 series Trapped

Trapped (Australian TV series)

Trapped is an Australian children's television series which first premiered on 30 November 2008 and finished its first run on 18 April 2009 on the Seven Network. The 26-part series was shot entirely on location in and around Broome, Western Australia from May to October 2008. A follow up series...

. It had been delayed from its initial premiere date in 2010 and as a result first aired on Swedish television

Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...

, with the premiere on 1 November 2010 and ending on 6 December 2010.

Reviews

Youth Television News (YTN) reviewed the series positively, with the comment 'a higher quality of acting, cameras, filming locations and writing, overshadows the previous series in a good way'.

Cast

• Benjamin Jay as Ryan Cavaner
• Maia Mitchell
  Maia Mitchell
  Maia Mitchell is an Australian actress from Lismore, New South Wales. She is best known for playing Brittany Flune in the children's television series Mortified for Nine Network Australia, Disney Australia and the BBC, and as Natasha Hamilton in the Seven Network's children's teen drama...
  
   as Natasha Hamilton
• Anthony Spanos
  Anthony Spanos
  Anthony Spanos is a young Australian actor . He has starred in the Australian television series Streetsmartz and more recently Trapped. He currently attends Trinity College, Perth, Western Australia.- Trapped :...
  
  as Josh Jacobs
• Mikayla Southgate as Jarrah Haddon
• Joshua Hibble as Zuke Haddon
• Natasha Phillips as Lily Taylor
• Matilda Terbio as Emma Taylor
• Brad Albert as Gabe Schwartz
• Tara Bilston as Saskia
• Sarah Mills as Dionne
• Lincoln Hall as Eli Fox
• Mukundan Jr as Dr. Hamilton

Episodes

Episode #	Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Sweden Airdate	Australian Airdate