Cirrus@Austlit

'Tells the story of Jack Dawkins, introduced in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist as the Artful Dodger, the fastest-talking, nimblest-fingered young pick-pocket in London. As he side-steps and ducks his way from one disaster to another, the Dodger comes to realise that his voyage to Australia may be a real escape from his old life, an opportunity to be not a crook, but a hero.'

Source: Screen Australia.

Roger Mirams's second children's program for Pacific Film Productions had a strong element of fantasy: a teenage boy living on a sheep farm in Victoria finds a magic boomerang that, in flight, stops time for everyone but the thrower, allowing him to circumvent the nefarious plans of various villains.

According to Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series, this program contained similar elements to Mirams's earlier program: 'the self-contained world of children, a large element of fantasy, several of the same children acting in the lead roles and weekend location shooting (this time at Woodend). However, the series was more conscious in its deployment of universal symbols of Australia, and this undoubtedly helped its overseas marketing'. Don Storey, in his Classic Australian Television, also notes that the program was progressive in its treatment of gender roles, so that the protagonist's cousin Penny 'was portrayed as a resourceful girl making a positive contribution to whatever situations occurred.'

Of the second series, Storey notes that 'there was little relevance to the original series. The new series was produced in colour, and there were significant changes to the cast, characters and setting, with a shift in emphasis from adventure to a more light-hearted show with an element of comedy.'

A short children's adventure program, which (according to Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series) 'concentrated in a pleasant, innocent fashion on a group of children who created their own make-believe town, taking on such jobs as firefighter, police officer and so on'.

The program was the first Australian production for New Zealand-born Roger Mirams, who had arrived in Australia in 1956 to work as a cameraman for the Olympic Games. After this series, Mirams, in Moran's words, 'became an active force in the industry, especially children's drama, over the next 30 years'.

'Pilot for a proposed series about coastwatchers. The series never eventuated – maybe two men watching coasts isn’t inherently dramatic – but the pilot screened as a stand alone film and New Zealander Mirams (who became a major producer of kids’ TV in this country) later reworked the concept as Spyforce(1971–72)' (FilmInk).