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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Australian TV
"You Can't See Round Corners". The drama series, about a love afair between a girl and an army deserter, based on a novel by Jon Cleary, was quite controversial in its day. A feature film version was released a couple of years later.
Gordon Boyd. Gordon Boyd, an English-born singer, hosted the "Showcase" talent quests. Mr Boyd's (possibly accidental) catchphrase was to announce that someone would appear "immejiatly after this message".
| The Aussie soap "Bellbird" was popular for several years. To what did the name pertain? | Vintage Australian TV
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Bellbird was a town. "Bellbird" was named for the country town where Des, Muscles, Joe, Olive, and co. lived their lives. "Bellbird" was made in the late 1960s and early '70s. It was a soap with a realistic feel. When a character fell from a silo, he was killed. There were no miracle cures, and lives, loves, scandals etc were generally and enjoyably low key.
| Back in the 1980s, a silent, dancing, miming character entertained the preschool set. What was his name? | Vintage Australian TV
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Fat Cat. Fat Cat, featured in "Fat Cat and Friends", a cheerful programme of singing, dancing and activities for young viewers. He never said a word! Mr Squiggle had a lot to say, as did Mr Ed (who was earlier than the 1980s), and although a Humphrey Bear did feature in "Here's Humphrey", his middle initial was B, not Z.
| Before "Neighbours" and "Home and Away", there were two other popular Aussie soaps that had a lot in common. These were definitely for an adult audience. What were they called? | Vintage Australian TV
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"Number 96" and "The Box". "Number 96" and "The Box" were frisky, risky and saucy. They dealt frankly with all kinds of preciously-taboo subjects, and featured stars such as Abigail and Norman Yemm. Some of the other choices were soaps, but the other pairs hadn't a lot in common.
| "Cash and Company" was a popular drama series of the 1970s. It was followed be a sequel. What was the sequel called? | Vintage Australian TV
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Tandarra. "Cash and Company" was made in 1975, and "Tandarra" followed in 1976. The title change came about because Serge Lazareff's character, Sam Cash, did not return although Penne Hackforth-Jones reprised her role of Jessica Johnson and Gus Mercurio was back as Joe Brady.
| In the TV soap "Certain Women", one of the characters belonged to a group called WAM. What did the initials stand for? | Vintage Australian TV
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Women's Action Movement. "Certain Women" was made from 1973 to 1976, and was about three generations of the same family. Joan Bruce played Jane Stone, who was a prominent member of WAM - an early women's movement.
| What are the last four words of this line from a famous Aussie TV theme song?
"Skippy, Skippy, Skippy the bush kangaroo,
Skippy, Skippy, Skippy _____." | Vintage Australian TV
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a friend ever true . Skippy was an unnaturally talented marsupial that shared her adventures with young Sonny Hammond (Gary Pankhurst), his dad Matt (Ed Devereaux), and other characters, including his elder brother Mark, a helicoptor pilot played by Tony Bonner and a girl named Clancy, played by Liza Goddard. "Skippy" was shown on ABC TV for some years, beginning in 1968. A brief follow-up series, "The New Adventures of Skippy", was produced in the 1990s.
| During the 1960s, an Aussie TV favourite was "BP Pick-a-Box". What was the favourite holiday destination on the show? | Vintage Australian TV
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Brampton Island. Bob and Dolly Dyer hosted "Pick-a-Box" for many years. I remember it was the first major TV quiz shown in my home state of Tasmania. One of the regular prizes was a holiday on "beautiful Brampton Island".
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