The Alternative

The Alternative is a 1978 Australian television film about an unmarried editor of a woman's magazine who finds herself pregnant. She has a relationship with another woman. Plot Melanie is an unmarried woman working for a women's magazine. She falls pregnant and decides to raise the baby on her own. Cast Wendy Hughes as Melanie Hilton Peter Adams as Noel Denning Carla Hoogeveen as Linda Tony Bonner as Peter Alwyn Kurts as Doherty Ken Goodlet as Melanie's Father Betty Lucas as Melanie's Mother Anne Haddy as Helen Mary Mackie as Mrs. Millbank Jackie Rees as June