Devised by American screewriter Anne Hall, The Unisexers was a short-lived series that followed the travails of a group of young people collectively running a jeans-making business in a large inner-city house, from the same production company that produced Number 96.
Unlike Number 96, however, The Unisexers ran for only three weeks, five nights a week. According to Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series,
'Ironically, given that the timeslot had been such an important factor in the success of Number 96, The Unisexers timeslot [prior to the main evening news] in Sydney and Melbourne proved to be a major part of its downfall. Producers and writers felt particularly circumscribed in terms of what they could show and talk about at that time because of the large number of children viewing then'.
The first episode of The Unisexers is available to watch on YouTube (in black and white).
(Sighted: 7/10/2011)
