Cavegirl Cast and Character Thumbnails - Oka Bonga!! by Starman*

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Faces have been tied to names either by knowing the actor, tying to appearances in several episodes, by pictures of actors available on the internet and by a process of elimination. Actors names on the credits have been corrected where it is known they were misspelt. In a number of episodes, there are far more credits than speaking parts and vice versa. Character names have been extracted from the show dialogues. As no lists have been published, spelling is open to interpretation. Episode names often differ in the opening titles and announcements in the media. Where a difference is known, the title on the footage is used.

Shorter episodes have been airing in Canada on BBC Kids two at a time with only one cast list at the end. That makes sorting out credits even more difficult. Minor cast locally recruited in South Africa (assumed mostly from the Cape Town area) and very little information is available outside the local media. Where cast has been deduced or in doubt, "?" attached.

The main cast Stacey Cadman, Lucinda Rhodes-Flaherty, Jennifer Guy, Stephen Marcus, Gabrielle Downey, TJ Sorrell, Harry Capehorn, Paul Leyshon and Kenneth Collard are from the UK. Supporting cast are mostly South African. Many are active on the Cape Town theatre and entertainment scene. Members of the film crew seem to have appeared from time to time. Can we see your actors union cards please? Creator, director, writer Daniel Peacock appeared as Roast's Dad.

The order of episodes is not very important but two milestones are Dad leaving and Chief taking over the tribe. Dad (Stephen Marcus) leaves at the start of Blood Ties. Dad does not appear (brief check only) in Big Strong Women, Friend or Foe, Minder, On the Move, Proud to Be Purple, Think Again. His abscence from an ep does not mean he was not around. He was definitely gone in On the Move. Chief (Kenneth Collard) first appeared in Game On when he and Babe won the tribe in a pigball bet. Trunk (Paul Leyshon) and the drummer (Jodi Balfour) did not appear in Season Two and Nettle (Tanya Baleson) had only two appearances.

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	Cavegirl	Stacey Cadman
	Big Sis	Lucinda Rhodes-Flaherty
	Mum	Jennifer Guy
	Dad	Stephen Marcus
	Gran	Gabrielle Downey
	Little Bro	Chad Burton

	Babe	Puleng Mpokotho
	Chief	Kenneth Collard
	The Drummer	Jodi Balfour
	Nettle/Netal	Tanya Baleson
	Roast the Rugged	Harry Capehorn
	Sticks/Stiks	TJ Sorrell
	Trunk	Paul Leyshon

	Bark Trunk's Dad	Jeff Batt
	Bloom
	Blossom
	Bolko (a)
	Claw	Raphael Kossew
	Curdle
	Fawn	Robyn Grimbeek?
	Girl	Trudy Gunther
	General Oak	Matthew Wild
	Mr Gutty
	Mrs Gutty
	Hammer	Rouxnet Brown
	Hammer's Mum
	Hammer's Uncle Rake
	Holly
	Larch	Unidentified
	Legs	Tessa Jubber/Jaye
	Lice	Jenny Stead
	Lily	Angelique Joseph?
	Lucci	Vincent Meyburgh
	Mud	Colin Moss
	Nettle's Mum	Janet du Plessis
	Puddle	Gahlia Phillips
	Puddle's Mum	Natasha Rees-Davies?
	Roast's Dad	Daniel Peacock (creator/director)
	Rocky	Matthew Wild
	Sky	Leigh Graves
	Sludge	Deborah Basckin
	Steel/Steal?	Suzi Gehr
	Mr Stone	Warren McAslan
	Storm	Brin Kushner
	Sunshine
	Sweet	Nathalie Lauren?
	Thing	James Lewis
	Tooth	Unidentified
	Treetop	Unidentified
	Uncle
	Volcano	Unidentified
	Upright Man	Tony Fletcher
	Wind	Bheki Ndlovu
	Yoke	James Lewis

	Aerobics Instructor	Erica Wessels
	Army Recruiter East Tribe	Raphael Kossew
	Army Recruiter West Tribe	Robin Rattle
	Bandit Girl	Lee-Ann Illman
	Bandit Girl	Melissa Milne
	Bandit Girl	Puleng Mpokotho
	The Barbarian	Erica Wessels
	Blonde Bombshell	Gahlia Phillips
	Big Strong Woman	Gene Kuhn
	Chief	André Rossouw
	Chief	Anton Smuts
	Clothes Saleslady	Lisa Larson
	Clothes Salesman	Matthew Roberts
	Competitor "Flying Spear"	Caleb Hill
	Competitor "Catapulted Rock"	Natasha Rees-Davies
	Competitor "Striking Club"	Nancy Rush?
	Dictator's Aide	Jonathan Rowe?
	Gran's Admirer	Tony Fletcher
	The Healer	Alan Committie
	Horned Shaman	Andre Samuels
	Horned Warrior	Coshti Dowden
	Horned Warrioress	Bonnie Mbuli
	Interrogator	Patrick Lyster
	Itinerant Drummer (with Sweet)	Harry Peacock
	Jailer	Jonathan Rowe?
	Jewellery Salesman	Adam Pike
	Lucci Girl	Freya Wissing
	Lucci Girl	Candice van der Hoven?
	Outlaw	Karl Thaning
	Outlaw	Matthew Roberts
	Outlaw	Neels van Jaarsveld
	Perpetual Extra
	Pigball Star	Brett Goldin
	Pigball Timekeeper
	Playwright	Mark Hoeben
	Postie
	Rock Painter	Paul Du Toit
	Stone Customer	Hymie Shapiro
	Stone Customer	Phylis Early?
	Tattoo Artist	Keith Ngxangane?
	Thief	Dalen Jooste
	Thing's Girl
	Toddler
	Toddler's Mum	Kim Worrall
	Toddler's Dad	Greg Carew
	Treasure Hunter	Therese Benade
	Uh-Huh Warrior	Jon Firth?
	Uh-Huh Warrior's Girl	Gene Kuhn
	War Correspondent	Nancy Rush?
	Warrior Chief	Tom Fairfoot
	Warrior Woman	Jeannie de Gouveia
	Warrior Woman
	Warrior Woman

Outstanding Major Items/Comments:

1. IDs with ? may be correct but could not be confirmed
2. Jenny Stead appears as Lice in "Upright Man" and as a party girl in "Friend or Foe"
3. The Middletons. Shaan and Taan credited in "Minder/Think Again" but a Shahan and Anne credited in "Two Tribes". Are these misspellings or correct names?
4. ID of Roast's Dad in Minder - Daniel Peacock uncredited, confirmed by scar on chin!
5. Blood Ties/On the Move, four credits but there only seems to be one extra character involved, Uncle in Blood Ties.
6. For some strange reason Puleng Mpokotho was in every S2 ep bar one, but did not appear on the main cast credit. Chad Burton was also supporting cast. He was one of the family but did not appear in all eps.
7. Adrienne Pearce cast in Girl Number One but only seems to be member of crowd.
8. Nancy Rush appears in Competition Day. Same girl appears in that ep plus Two Tribes as War Correspondent. Are they both Nancy Rush or other?
9. Episode names in the opening sequence footage have been used rather than names used in the media where different.

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