Alan Veitch Alan Veitch i(A51283 works by)
Also writes as: Eddie Halliday
Gender: Male
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Alan Veitch is a journalist and script writer. He has worked extensively in the print media as a racing writer, news reporter, and columnist. In the 1960s he worked as a comedy writer on Graham Kennedey's TV program 'In Melbourne Tonight', which ran on the Nine network. At one point he also wrote a weekly comedy column for Australasian Post under the writing name 'Eddie Halliday'.

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form y separately published work icon Skippy ( dir. Eric Fullilove et. al. )agent 1966 Australia : Nine Network Fauna Productions , 1968-1970 Z1624851 1966 series - publisher film/TV

Set in the fictional Waratah National Park (NSW), the Skippy series focuses largely on the adventures of a young boy, Sonny Hammond, and his intelligent pet kangaroo, Skippy. Sonny is the youngest child of Head Ranger Matt Hammond. Matt was left a widower in his early forties when his wife Mary died not long after Sonny was born. Other principal characters are Sonny's older brother Mark, Flight Ranger Jerry King (the park's helicopter pilot), and Ranger Clancy Merrick, the teenage daughter of another park ranger.

1969 winner Logie Awards — Best Export Production
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