Hey Dad..!
Most people know me best for my time as Jenny Kelly on Hey Dad..!
Here’s some pics from throughout the years. We made the pilot when I was just 6 years old and I quit when I was 15. It was the late 80′s, early 90′s, which explains a lot about the outfits and hairstyles. Although, with the 80′s making a comeback, I might just be fashionable again…
For those of you questioning why I would put these pics up on my site, it’s almost a full 3rd of my life I spent working on that show. I don’t hate the whole show, just what happened to me. I still love the rest of the cast and crew.
 Original Cast. |
 Robert Hughes, Julie McGregor, Simone Buchanan, Chris Truswell, Paul Smith and Sarah Monahan |
 New season with Chris Mayer replacing Paul Smith as Simon |
 Gotta love the pre signed fan cards. |
 The later years, with Rachel Beck and Ben Oxenbould |
 Where are they Now? Hey Dad reunion 2006 |
One of the earlier episodes, when Grandma comes to visit. A full episode, it’s broken up into 3 smaller parts.
Hello Sarah,
First of all I want to praise you for being so brave to speak out about your ordeal.
I live in the UK and manage to pick up the show on cable tv. I loved it, and admired your work as little Jenny. After a bad day at work I came home and put on one of the best of dvds I have it cheered me up. I did a search to see if Shock had released anymore and found the sex scandal stuff. I watched the interviews given by you and the cast and was like many other fans mortified on what I was seeing. To think that the management knew it was going on and let it sickened me.
I work as a Teaching Assistant at a lovely little primary school and today was really careful on any contact I had with my children. As sad as it is I found myself pushing the children away as they came for cuddles. They had no idea why.
Have you set up and foundations or awareness groups that I could be apart of and hopefully help children in the UK who are too scared to speak out? If so you now have my email address please let me know I will do what I can from this side of the world. These monsters have to be stopped and I hope they manage to nail him and the management for condoning such acts to continue.
Good luck in all you do Sarah, smile and be happy.
Lots of love…Wendy xxxxxxxxxxxx
P.S. please pass on my regards to the other cast members for the way they have stood by you in all of this they are all amazing.
Hey Sarah,
Loved your work on Hey Dad, such a talented young actress… I was aware from something I read on a site some years ago that “erratic behaviour by a key cast member” (almost word for word) created some tension but I never would have imagined it would have amounted to something so serious.
Do you happen to know where the court case is up to? Apparently, here in Australia, there’s been a media ban put on interviews etc until the end of the case. Would be really interested in getting to know what happens to Hughes– I just hope he’s found guilty. Unfortunately, (in a way, I guess) Hey Dad is still one of my favourite shows, despite the news about what has happened… Not particularly ‘cos of him as the lead character but I always liked the whole show anyway.
Hopefully, by speaking up it’s assisted you in coming to terms with your ordeal and is the first step to a healing process.
All the best.
Hi Sarah
Just checking here to see how things are progressing – I still think about you a lot and what your went through as a child and now as an adult revealing what happened to you as a child. I hope that the case is building strong so that you are vindicated at last and that it raises public awareness about the vunerability of children to molestation from adults in all walks of life.
Best wishes
Di
Hi sarah,
merry christmas and all the best for the new year. I know its been an eventful one. spending time with family we all know its good and sometimes challenging, I hope you have a good day with whatever if its enjoying the aussie summer or US winter. I understand there is one last hey dad cast member to be interviewed, whether the investigation continues or not.
Sarah
Grew up watching Hey Dad and loved it, just absolutely hate what happened to you on set however.
So many people are behind you as you strive for justice for yourself and I for one am personally proud of you for showing Hughes to the public for exactly what he IS.
The public are very unsure as to what is happening with your case and the cases of the other women who have brought forward alligations also, but perhaps it is as said above, that there is a media ban. I know a lot of people want to see this rotten egg in jail and are wondering how the case is progressing.
All the best. You are very brave!!