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Film Details - Fremantle International Production , 1969

Producers:

Paul Talbot (executive producer). Ralph Baker and Ron Way (producers).

Production Companies:

Freemantle International (in association with the Independent Television System)

Editors:

Kevin Southey and Peter Sparnon

Production Designers:

Brian Thomson

Music:

Graeme Lyall (musical director)

Cast:

Including Gerry Gallagher (Robinson Doubleday), Katy Wild (Jenny Hamilton), Alan Lander (Wes 'Tobe' Tobin), Kay Eklund (Beryl Garney, episodes 1 to 11), Mardy Hardy (Phylis McTaggart, episodes 12-26), Naomi Swart (Madeline Donetti), William Hodge (Principal Bates), and Robert Brockman (Walter Murdock).

Release Dates:

According to Moran, 9 February 1969.

Location:

Set in the fictional Kannabri High School, in rural Victoria. According to Don Storey, 'Exterior filming took place at Kyneton, Victoria, where the local school masqueraded as Kannabri High, and one complete episode was filmed entirely on location at Kyneton. Interior scenes were shot at the ATV-0 studios in Melbourne.'

Notes:

List of episodes

1. Back to School (Ron McLean)

2. Poor Butterfly (Ron McLean)

3. The Roneo Machine Is Mightier Than the Sword (Ron McLean)

4. All You Need Is an Honest Face (Author unknown)

5. Debbie's Party (Author unknown)

6. The Bronze Bird (Author unknown)

7. Queen to Mate (Author unknown)

8. Coup De Pressure (Author known)

9. A Friend in Need (Author unknown)

10. A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words (Author unknown)

11. Call of the Wild (Ron McLean)

12. A Sidecar Named Desire (Ron McLean)

13. High Pressure (Ron McLean and Rosamund Waring)

14. Never Say Goodbye (Rosamund Waring)

15. Once in a Lifetime (Ron McLean)

16. Tobe's Apartment (Ron McLean)

17. It Fits Where It Touches (Ron McLean and Rosamund Waring)

18. Party Piece (Rosamund Waring)

19. Peekaboo (Rosamund Waring)

20. Espanoza's Never Wrong (Ron McLean)

21. It's an Ill Wind (Author unknown)

22. Vive La Discipline (Author unknown)

23. Quick, Quick, Slow (Author unknown)

24. The Best Laid Plans (Author unknown)

25. Who'll Pay the Piper? (Rosamund Waring)

26. Something Old, Something New (Rosamund Waring)

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