This television mini-series is known by two titles, "The Valley Between" and as "Sun On The Stubble" in Australia. Both "The Valley Between" and "Sun On The Stubble" are two of the titles of the four source novels written by author Colin Thiele that this mini-series is based on.
First and only ever filmed adaptation of a Colin Thiele story to be made as a television mini-series.
Fourth filmed adaptation of a Colin Thiele story produced and/or financed by the South Australian Film Corporation. The first was Storm Boy (1976), the second was Blue Fin (1978), the third was The Fire in the Stone (1984), the fourth was Sun on the Stubble (1996), and the fifth was the remake 'Storm Boy' (2019).
Second filmed adaptation of a Colin Thiele novel that was made for television. The first had been 'The Fire in the Stone' (1984) (TV).
The mini-series is based on four novels by South Australian author Colin Thiele. They are (in order published): "Sun on the Stubble" (1961), "Uncle Gustav's Ghosts" (1974), "The Shadow on the Hills" (1977), and "The Valley Between" (1981).