Murray Oliver Murray Oliver i(A2139 works by)
Born: Established: 1951 Broken Hill, Broken Hill area, Far West NSW, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 form y separately published work icon Foreign Exchange Annie Fox , Murray Oliver , Noel Price , John Rapsey , Vanessa Yardley , David Worthington , Tracey Defty , John Rapsey , ( dir. James Bogle et. al. )agent Sydney Galway : Southern Star Entertainment Magma Films , 2004 Z1190842 2004 single work film/TV children's adventure fantasy

A secret portal links a child in Perth, Australia, with a child in Galway, Ireland.

1 3 form y separately published work icon McLeod's Daughters Jane Allen , Robert Armin , Blake Ayshford , Shane Brennan , Hamilton Budd , Sam Carroll , Elizabeth Coleman , Chris Corbett , Louise Crane , Max Dann , Ysabelle Dean , Peter Dick , Liz Doran , Robert Dudley , Sarah Duffy , Fin Edquist , Anthony Ellis , Justine Gillmer , Jutta Goetze , Kym Goldsworthy , Marieke Hardy , Chris Hawkshaw , Claire Haywood , Rick Held , John Honey , Sue Hore , Andrew Kelly , Margaret Kelly , Vicki Madden , Meg Mappin , Mardi McConnochie , Christine McCourt , Jackie McKimmie , Christina Milligan , Greg Millin , Denise Morgan , Michaeley O'Brien , Murray Oliver , Elizabeth Packett , Deborah Parsons , Chris Pearce , Chris Phillips , David Phillips , John Ridley , Giula Sandler , Hadass Segal , Sarah Smith , Nick Stevens , Charlie Strachan , Cathy Strickland , Lily Taylor , Katherine Thomson , Tracey Trinder-Doig , Jeff Truman , Alana Valentine , James Walker , Dave Warner , Sally Webb , Carol Williams , Margaret Wilson , Samantha Winston , Alexa Wyatt , Posie Graeme-Evans , Caroline Stanton , ( dir. Ali Ali et. al. )agent Australia : Nine Network Southern Star Entertainment , 2001-2009 Z1858228 2001-2009 series - publisher film/TV
1 form y separately published work icon Bay City Murray Oliver , Ken Kelso , Trevor Todd , Roger Vaughan Carr , ( dir. Andrew Prowse et. al. )agent Perth : Nomad Films , 1993 7227598 1993 series - publisher film/TV children's adventure

'A family action adventure series about four children who live in a small city on Australia's west coast and their exciting and unpredictable adventures.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 9/4/2014)

1 The Telephone Box Murray Oliver , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , September vol. 5 no. 9 1990; (p. 18)
1 form y separately published work icon Kaboodle Penny Robenstone , Jeff Peck , Hazel Edwards , Pat Edwards , John Taylor , Alan Love , Murray Oliver , Steve French , Morris Gleitzman , Peter Viska , Paul Cox , Sue Smith , Gary Davis , Jan Sardi , Peita Letchford , Julia Gardiner , Shirley Barrett , Cate Cahill , Mark Osborn , Jennifer Mellet , Maggie Geddes , Neil Robinson , Jill Morris , John Skibinski , Sue Rendall , Greg Millin , Richard Chataway , Michael Cusack , Ross Gathercole , Paul Williams , ABC Television (publisher), ( dir. Jan Sardi et. al. )agent 1987 Australia : Australian Children's Television Foundation ABC Television , Z1398900 1987 series - publisher film/TV children's fantasy science fiction humour adventure horror

An anthology series of children's stories, mixing live-action episodes with animation, clay animation, and puppetry. The stories, aimed specifically at the under 10s, are drawn from a variety of sources, including children's books, fairy tales, myths, and original ideas. Some of the episodes have involved, for example, Snow White as a punk bikie and the seven dwarves as a motorcycle gang; a pet stegosaurus; a boy with wheels instead of toes; and Trevor the glider-plane-catching cat.

According to Patricia Edgar,

Thirty separate self-contained dramas of differing lengths were to be packaged into half-hour episodes. The project was designed to showcase new, creative talent in the television industry. Competitions were run at the Australian Film and Television School and Swinburne Institute of Technology for the best concepts suitable for inclusion in the Kaboodle package, with prizes of $1000 awarded. The Foundation sought promising but inexperienced writers, would-be producers, directors and even accountants who wanted to earn their first credit to enable them to find a future in the industry.

Source: Patricia Edgar, Bloodbath: A Memoir of Australian Television, Melbourne: Melbourne UP, 2006, pp.175-76.

Kaboodle was produced in two series, the first of which included some live-action segements, but the second of which was entirely animated.

For a full list of episodes, see Film Details.

Episode listing for Kaboodle series two courtesy of the Australian Children's Television Foundation.

1 y separately published work icon Space Invaders Murray Oliver , 1985 1985 Z1300205 1985 single work drama
1 y separately published work icon The Buck Stops Here Murray Oliver , Sydney Perth : Currency Press Playhouse Theatre , 1984 Z154853 1984 single work drama The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (2000):594 describes the play as 'a study of a businessman on retirement facing the personal costs of his career'.
1 1 y separately published work icon Couples/Confessions from the Male Murray Oliver , Mandy Browne , Sydney : Currency Press , 1984 Z1305756 1984 selected work drama
1 y separately published work icon Couples : A Play for Senior High Schools Murray Oliver , Mandy Browne , Ken Kelso , North Fremantle : Bent Pin Productions , 1982 Z200594 1982 single work drama young adult
1 y separately published work icon Confessions from the Male Murray Oliver , Brian Peddie , Di Shaw , North Fremantle : Bent Pin Productions , 1981 Z816457 1981 single work drama young adult The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (1994):592 describes the play as 'an examination of a range of male roles and stereotypes'.
1 y separately published work icon The Fake Cake Murray Oliver , 1980-1989 Z1300011 1980-1989 single work drama
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