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.
Melanie is an unmarried woman working for a women's magazine. She falls pregnant and decides to raise the baby on her own.
It was one of a series of TV movies Robert Bruning made for Channel 7. The film was shot in Sydney.
It was the first to air after Is There Anybody There?.
He sold it to Paramount to distribute world wide.
At the Annual Penguin Awards, given by the Television Society of Australia, the film was awarded best Actress (Wendy Hughes), Actor (Peter Adams) and Supporting Actor (Alwyn Kurts), as well as Best Adult Drama.