Half the World Away was originally approached about using an Oasis song for a series about a working-class family in Manchester, he suggested "Married with Children" and was confused when "Half the World Away" was chosen. On tour in America when "The Royle Family" was first screened, he claims the penny did not drop until he returned to the United Kingdom to find the series a huge success and viewed it, feeling the song was perfect for the series. He now claims not to think of "Half the World Away" as an Oasis song, but rather as the theme tune to "The Royle Family".
Half a World Away (TV miniseries) 'Half a World Away' originally aired in Australia in May 1991. It has since been released to video as 'The Great Air Race'." In a similar review, Mark Deming commented: "The Great Air Race is a made-for-TV movie that presents a fictionalized version of this thrilling moment in the history of air travel ..." The film was released as "The Great Air Race" in a DVD format by BFS Entertainment on 8 August 2000. Half a World Away (TV miniseries) Half a World Away (aka The Great Air Race) is a 1991 Australian television miniseries directed by Marcus Cole from