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Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 Tickled Pink
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Film Details - Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1978-1981

Production Companies:

Australian Broadcasting Commission.

Release Dates:

Series one aired in 1978 and series two in 1981.

Notes:

List of episodes

Series one

1. Neutral Ground (Michael Aitkens). Aired 21 September 1978.

'In Neutral ground Peter Sumner stars as Bruce Jefferson, an energetic advertising dynamo, and Cornelia Frances plays his estranged wife Joan, an equally dynamic magazine editor. They arrange to meet in a hotel suite, on Neutral Ground, to discuss the terms of their divorce.' ([Television guide], Canberra Times, 15 September 1978, p.34)

2. Relative Air Pollution (author unknown). Aired on 28 September 1978.

'Uncle Morrie's tormented life at the hands of Rachel and Sarah, is further complicated when his radio station, 2KK, undergoes a metamorphosis at the hands of his nephew, Jethro.' ([Television guide], Canberra Times, 22 September 1978, p.24)

3. The Family Business (author unknown). Aired on 5 October 1978.

'Dot and Bill and family find life in their new apartment some what difficult, as they learn how to run a business.' ([Television guide], Canberra Times, 29 September 1978, p.23)

4. Palace of Dreams (author unknown). Aired on 12 October 1978.

'Harry owns the Palace Bistro and, by using new lighting installed by Stanley, creates a fantasy world for his customers, and for Stanley, Colin and Vera — Stanley's sister — also involved in fantasies of their own.' ([Television guide], Canberra Times, 6 October 1978, p.24).

5. One Day Miller (Geoffrey Atherden). Aired on 19 October 1978.

'Miller's good intentions to work on the house while Marilyn visits her folks for the weekend fly out the window when his friend, Richard, has a better idea.' [Television guide], Canberra Times, 13 October 1978, p.40)

6. A Visit to the Uncle (author unknown). Aired on 26 October 1978.

'After talking to his wife, Marianne, Leo goes to pay one of his frequent visits to his Uncle and Auntie. Uncle is visited by his neighbour, Mrs Pasmanick, and a rabbi while Leo is there.' [Television guide], Canberra Times, 20 October 1978, p.26).

Series two

1. The Water Man (author unknown). Aired on 8 January 1981.

'Brian Willeke, fat, foolish and forty, an advertising copywriter, spends an entire day in the bath, writing an advertisement for golf clubs.' [Television guide], Canberra Times, 8 January 1981, p.16)

2. Desert Foxes (author unknown). Aired 15 January 1981.

'An Australian, Italian and German decide to sit out the war in a hut in the middle of the desert, well supplied with the necessities of life by Abdul, the local black marketeer. They are later joined by an Englishman.' ([Television guide], Canberra Times, 12 January 1981, p.16).

3. Honeymoon, Honeymoon (author unknown). Aired 22 January 1981.

'Peter and Juliette are spending their honeymoon at Peter's first wife's house, but an airport strike delays Eleanora's departure and the holiday becomes quite crowded.' ([Television guide], Australian Women's Weekly, 21 January 1981, p.131S.)

Note: 'Honeymoon, Honeymoon' was advertised as the final episode.


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