The premise behind this short-lived comedy program was English water diviner Hugh's inheritance of an Australian property that, for some reason, is being run by eight woman who (as Moran notes in his Guide to Australian TV Series) 'were all varyingly beautiful but quite inexperienced in the ways of the world'.
The series was, says Moran, 'in effect a runaway production intended in the first place for a British rather than an Australian audience.' As such, British script-writer David Croft both wrote and directed the program, and the cast comprised both British and Australian actors.
The program was not a success on Australian television. Moran suggests that 'Perhaps this was because the Carry On concept and humour had no place in the Australian comedy tradition, particularly in the era of second-wave feminism.'
