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I
CAN JUMP PUDDLES
ABC /
9x60m-e / 1981 June - July
Writers:
Sonia Borg, Roger Simpson, Cliff Green / Books: Alan Marshall /
Design: Peter Redman / Music: Kevin Hocking / Producer: John Gauci /
Directors: Kevin Dobson, Keith Wilkes, Douglas Sharp
Period
drama serial. The varied life of crippled writer Alan Marshall from
his humble farm beginnings in Western Victoria, through working in a
boot factory in Melbourne onto his mixing with crooks and prostitutes
on his way to becoming a writer.
With:-
ADAM GARNETT as Alan (Aged 11) / LEWIS FITZGERALD as Adult Alan / TONY
BARRY as Alan's Father / JULIE HAMILTON as Alan's Mother / ANN
HENDERSON as Mary / LESLEY BAKER as Matron / BRUCE KERR as Dr
Robertson / BRIAN HANNAN as Alec / OLIVIA BROWN as Prostitute Maisie /
CLARE BINNEY as Prostitute Ruby / EARL FRANCIS as George / DEBRA
LAWRENCE as Nurse Conrad / DARREN McDONALD as Steve
I
CAN'T GET STARTED
ABC-PBL
/ 1x95m-e / 1985
Writer:
Ray Harding / Music: Cameron Allen / Camera: Geoff Burton / Producer:
Richard Brennan / Director: Rodney Fisher
Drama.
Novelist Robert Marks, going through writers block and a crisis in his
marriage, contemplates having an affair.
With:-
JOHN WATERS as Robert Marks / WENDY HUGHES as Margaret / HEATHER
MITCHELL as Jill / BEN GABRIEL as Lazarus / SANDY GORE as Jenny /
VICTORIA LONGLEY / ANDREW McFARLANE as Freddy / DONALD MacDONALD as
Albert / DEBORAH KENNEDY as Rose / MARGO LEE as Avril Williams
I
WITNESS VIDEO
7
Network-Taffner Ramsay Productions / 13x30m-e / 1994
Producer:
Janine Hosking
Trashy
footage (mostly home video style) of so called dramatic
incidents. Presented by Jennifer Keyle
THE
ICE DREAM
7
Network / x60m-e / 2002 (10 February - 24 February)
A
nightly show hosted by comedians Roy and H.G. (John
Doyle and Greig Pickhaver) that looked at the days
events (trying to find the humorous angle) during the
Winter Olympics. The duo had made a similar show (The
Dream) during the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
IF
THESE WALLS COULD SPEAK
9
Network-NLT Productions / 13x30m-e / 1968
Writer:
Jack Elliott / Producer/Director: Bill Harmon
Strange
series in which building from around the world tell
their own stories. Narrated by Vincent Price and notable
as the first all colour show made for Australian TV.
IHAKA
- BLUNT INSTRUMENT
10
Network-Screentime-Columbia-South Pacific Picture Prod. / 1x120m-e /
2000 (Sunday 5 November / 8.30pm)
Writer:
Paul Thomas / Director: Peter Fisk / Executive Producer: Des Monaghan
/ Producer: Ian Bradley
Crime drama. Maori cop Teto Ihaka is sent to Sydney after getting in
trouble on his own patch and finds himself working with Inspector
Kirsty Finn ( a police media officer) as they reopen and attempt to
solve an old formerly closed case (the three year murder of a
supermodel).
With:-
Rebecca Gibney as Inspector Kirsty Finn / Temuera Morrison as Sergeant
Teto Ihaka / Linal Haft / Olivia Pigeot / Steve Jacobs / Carmen
Duncan / Rachel Carpani / Noel Hodda / Bryan Marshall / John Seru /
Janine Burchett / Barry Quin / Jaime Passier-Armstrong / Geoff Barker
/ Ron Wilson
I
HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE
ABC
/ 1x75m-e / 1964 black and white
Play:
J. B. Priestley / Producer/Director: Ken Hannam
Spooky
drama. In a remote inn on the Yorkshire moors a German
professor's insistence that he has been to the place
before despite all evidence to the contrary causes
problems for the staff and other guests.
With:-
ALASTAIR DUNCAN / ALEXANDER ARCHDALE / DIANA PERRYMAN /
GORDON GLENWRIGHT / JOHN UNICOMBE / ANNE HADDY
I
LIKE MUSIC
ABC /
x30m-e / 1971
Music based
variety show hosted by Jim Smillie and featuring Eric Cook and his orchestra.
Music featured was generally middle of the road stuff.
IMAGES OF
AUSTRALIA
ABC / 4x55m-e /
1988
Robert Braddon
looks at different aspects of Australia from convict times onward.
IMAGINE
SBS / 40x30m-e /
1994
Producer:
Veronique Bernard
Arts
review show looking at film, music, literature etc.
Presented by Paul McGillick, Pippa Bailey and Jeanne
Ryckmans.
I'M ALRIGHT
NOW
ABC / 20x45m-e /
1967 black and white
Writer: Maurice
Wiltshire / Producer: Alan Morris / Director: Maurice Murphy
A
strange sort of mixture of shows, part variety, part
musical it featured Reg Livermore travelling all over
space and time in search of his ideal woman, with each
episode set in a different location (ancient Rome etc)
and sketches and songs built around that. Regulars
included Sue Walker, Ruth Cracknell, Toni Lamond,
Shirley Cameron and Ric Hutton.
I'M
HERE DARLINGS
ABC
/ 1x100m-e / 1975
Writer:
John Croyston / Producers: Brian Faull, Michael Jenkins
/ Director: Michael Jenkins
Thriller.
A woman begins to think her stepchildren are up to evil
doings.
With:-
DIANA PERRYMAN / LYNETTE CURRAN / JOHN GADEN / KATE
CLARKSON / CHRIS BENAUD
IN BETWEEN
SBS-Trout
Films-Open Channel / 4x60m-e / 1987
Writers:
Maureen McCarthy, Shane Brennan / Camera: James Grant / Design:
Georgina Marshall / Music: Mark McSherry / Producers: Kim Dalton,
Chris Warner / Executive Producer: Anne Basser / Directors: Chris
Warner, Mandy Smith
Drama
serial. Four young immigrants to Australia learn to adjust to their
new lives.
With:-
FATIMA UYGUN as Fatima / VICHEA TEN as Saret / SHERYL MUNKS as Angie /
JIM PETROVSKI as Alex / LY LACKHENA MAK as Kanya / LUPCO TALEVSKI as
Tome
THE
INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF MARY BRYANT see here.
IN
HARMER'S WAY
ABC
/ 10x45m-e / 1990
Producer/Director:
Ted Robinson
Variety
show mixing music, chat and comedy hosted by comedienne
Wendy Harmer. Also featuring Tim Smith, Andrew Goodone,
Greg Fleet and Simon Rogers.
IN
KEY
ABC
/ x30m-e / 1965 black and white
A
show looking at all types of music, much emphasis was
put on Australian music. Presented first by Richard
Meale and then after four shows by Candy Devine.
IN
MELBOURNE TONIGHT
9
Network / x90m-e / 1957-70
Very
popular (deservedly so too) nightly variety show which
made Graham Kennedy a major player in Aussie TV thanks
to his quick witted often near the knuckle remarks.
Revived twice (as The Graham Kennedy Show) in 1972-73
and in 1975 with Ernie Sidgley as host. When Kennedy
departed before the show ended other hosts (including
Mike Preston, Stuart Wagstaff and Ugly Dave Gray) were
tried but couldn't match his success.
INNER
SPACE
9
Network / 13x30m-e / 1973
Music:
Sven Libaek / Producers/Directors: Ron and Val Taylor
An
underwater nature series filmed by Ron and Val Taylor.
William Shatner narrated the show when it was broadcast
in the USA.
IN-PATIENT
ABC
/ 6x30m-e / 1964 black and white
Producer:
Jock Millett
Behind
the scenes of various hospitals around the country.
Based on the UK show Your Life in Their Hands.
IN
SEARCH OF AN AUSTRALIAN
7
Network / 1x60minute episode / 1968
Book:
Don Whittington / Director: Stephen Harsanyi
A
documentary (filmed in colour) in which the camera visited various
parts of
Australia
in search of the typical Aussie male and didn’t find him.
INSIDERS
ABC / x30m-e /
2001 (First Episode Broadcast: 15 July)
News
review current affairs style show hosted by Barrie Cassidy.
INSIDE
RUNNING
ABC
/ 19x50m-e / 1989
Creators:
Bill Garner, John Reeves / Music: Peter Sullivan /
Producer: Marie Trevor
Drama
series. Episodes in the professional and personal lives
of six barristers working in a legal office. Robert
Coleby replaced Fiander from episode 14.
With:-
LEWIS FIANDER / PETER CURTIN / GENEVIEVE PICOT / TAYA
STRATON / SCOTT BURGESS / ANTHONY HAWKINS / ROBERT
COLEBY / GIA CARIDES
INSIDE
THE REEF
7
Network / 5x50m-e / 1988
Writer/Producer:
Grant Dowling / Camera: Len Beard
Wildlife
nature series examining the Great Barrier Reef both
above and below the water line. Hosted by Dean Felton.
INSTANT
PEOPLE
7
Network / x30m-e / 1963 black and white
Keith
Smith stops people on the street to talk to them about
their lives.
INTERNATIONAL
CABARET
SBS
/ 52x30m-e / 1983-84
Big
budget variety show for Saturday nights hosted by Raina
McKeon (a former Miss India turned actress).
INTERTEL:
law and order
ABC-BBC-CBS-NET/
1x60m-e / 1971 (Broadcast: Tuesday 17 June / 8.40pm)
Documentary
looking at the daily life of a policeman in an urban area in four different
countries, Australia, Britain, America and Canada. Each country produced their
own segment and the narrator was Keith Adam.
THE
INTERPRETARIS
Artranse-7
Network / 6x30m-e / 1966 (First Episode: 7 October) black and white
Writers:
Colin Free, Barbara Vernon / Producer: Kay Roberts / Directors: Alex
Ezzard, Kay Roberts
Children's
scifi drama serial. In the year 3000 AD the crew of the ship the
Interpretaris get involved in a dangerous mission in space on behalf
of the World Council.
With:-
LORRAINE BAYLY as Vera Baloffna / KIT TAYLOR / BEN GABRIEL / STANLEY
WALSH
IN
THE PUBLIC INTEREST
ABC /
3x50m-e / 1973 black and white
Writer:
Gerald Stone / Producers: Alan Bateman, Bruce Buchanan
Dramatisations
of various Royal Commission enquiries. These were:- 1. A
PRESENT FOR MAHONEY (With Ross Higgins, John
Armstrong, Reg Keating) / 2. REVOLT OF THE NORTH
(With Arthur Barradell-Smith, Ben gabriel, Cul Cullen) /
3. THE COFFEE ROYAL ENQUIRY (With Peter Cavanagh,
Guy Le Claire)
IN
THE WILD
ABC
/ x30m-e / 1976-79
Music:
John Sangster / Writer/Director: Alan Bateman /
Producers: Alan Bateman, Christopher McCullough
Series
of wildlife documentaries, presented by Harry Butler.
INTIMATE
STRANGERS
ABC /
2x120m-e / 1981
Writers:
Judith Bell, Brian Bell / Novel: Katharine Susannah Prichard / Music:
Nathan Waks / Executive Producer: Eric Taylor / Producer/Director:
Michael Carson
Drama
serial. The marriage of Greg and Elodie goes through a crisis when
both become attracted to other people. Set in Perth and based on a
novel written in the 1930's. Duncan and Bonner had previously played
Man and Wife in Skyways.
With:-
CARMEN DUNCAN as Elodie / KIT TAYLOR as Greg / LULU PINKUS as Dick /
TONY BONNER as Jerome Hartog
IN
TOWN TONIGHT
10
Network / x90m-e / 19?
Friday night-time
variety show, fun filled, often unpredictable with comedy, music and
interview moments with big name star guests both Australian and
overseas talent, regulars included Buster Fiddes, Penng Sugg, Jack
Grimsley and the Tonight Show Orchestra, the title later changed to
The Joe Martin Show.
INTRODUCING
GARY PETTY
6x30m-e
/ 2000
Writers:
Matt Cameron, Kevin Carlin, Jeff Stilson, Bob Franklin, Elise McCredie
/ Executive Producers: Elisa Tranter, Paul Ridley / Director: Matt
Cameron
Sitcom.
Exploits of Gary Petty (Petty by name and very Petty by nature) who
whenever he feels someone has snubbed him or done wrong by him
determines to get his revenge.
With:-
Bob Franklin as Gary Petty / Elise McCredie as Virge Snell / Francis
Greenslade as Edwin / Deidre Rubenstein as Nancy / Aidan Fennessy as
Jude Grey / Saskia Post as Emily / Brian Nankervis as Raymond J.
Bartholomuez
THE
INVENTORS
ABC /
Over 200x30m-e / 1970-81
Producer:
Beverly Gledhill
Fun
show hosted by Geoff Stone which encouraged members of
the public to showcase their inventions in front of a
panel of experts most of whom decamped to rival show
"What'll They Think of Next?" in 1979. Stuart
Wagstaff then took over as host with Paul Griffith
taking over for the final year.
THE
INVESTIGATORS
ABC
/ x30m-e / 1985-?
Producers:
David Leonard, Derek Pola, John Turner
Consumer
type show hosted by Sonia Humphrey and also featuring
John Hosking, Ian Altschwager and Clare Petre.
IN
WRITING
ABC /
1x75m-e / 1961 black and white
Writer:
Raymond Bowers / Producer/Director: Kevin Shine
Thriller.
A love triangle gets out of hand.
With:-
RIC HUTTON / JOHN CLOSTIN / LEONARD TEALE / ANNE HADDY /
JAMES WORKMAN / JACK FORD / CAROLYN KEELY
ISLANDARES
Nickelodeon
(Pay TV) / x30m-e / 2003
Gunge
filled children's gameshow hosted by Big Brother II contestant Nathan
"Marty" Martin, the format featured kids from all over
Australia taking part in a series of challenges.
ISSUES
SBS
/ x45m-e / 1984
A
panel show in which multi cultural issues were
discussed, hosted by Margaret Throsby and also featuring
Sue Smith and Graham Cavanagh.
THE
ITALIANS
ABC
/ 7x30m-e / 1985
Writers:
Gianfranco Cresciani, Christopher McCullough / Producer:
Lloyd Capps / Director: Christopher McCullough
Documentary
series focusing on Italian immigrants to Australia.
Narrated by Peter O'Shaughnessy.
IT
COULD BE YOU
9
Network-NLT Productions / 144x30m-e / 1960-69 and 1982
Producer:
Mike Dyer
A
"surprise surprise" type show in which members
of the audience were surprised with reunions with long
lost relatives and so on. Hosted by Tommy Hanlon Jr and
Jack Little (1968) and Tim Evans (1969). Revived in 1982
with Barry Crocker, Andrew Harwood and Tony Porter.
IT
PAYS TO BE FUNNY
7
Network / x30m-e / 1957-58 black and white
Game
type show in which host Bob Dyer asked a question and
the contestants had to come up with a funny answer in
order to win cash prizes.
IT'S
ACADEMIC
7
Network / x30m-e / 1970-early 80's
A quiz
hosted by Andrew Harwood which saw school teams from all over
Australia battling it out in a general knowledge format. Graham
Thomas contributed the following additional information:-
The
SA version was
hosted by firstly Alec McAskill (ADS7 newsreader) and later Sandy
Roberts (now Seven sports commentator). I was captain of my
school's team on the South Australian show in 1978 in Adelaide where
Roberts (at that stage mainly known as co-host of children's
programme 'Young 7' and music show 'Sounds Unlimited') hosted.
On the second night we appeared, Eastern States host Andrew Harwood
produced or directed the show (as the SA regular was sick).
Harwood also used to host the national finals featuring NSW,
VIC & SA champion schools.
The
show pitted three school teams of three against each other.
Each team's captain chose one of ten packets (of ten questions)
which the team had to answer in rounds one and two. Each team
also had to answer questions after seeing a short film piece.
The final round was a 'Beat The Buzzer' round, with the clock
running down and teams required to 'buzz' before attempting to
answer questions. Prizes ranged from Parker Ballpoint Pen sets
(for losing contestants) to encyclopaediae and the like for winning
schools.
IT'S
ALL HAPPENING
7
Network / 32x60m-e / 1966 black and white
Producer:
Franz Conde
Sunday
afternoon teen aimed pop music show with regulars Billy
Thorpe and the Aztecs. All the groups and acts performed
live.
IT'S
MAGIC
10
Network-Lewis-Young / 13x60m-e / 1974 black and white
Producer/Director:
Brian Finch
A
variety show co-headlined by Johnny Farnham and Colleen
Hewett. Other regulars included Ernie Bourne, Sandra
Gough (from the UK show Coronation Street) and the Pied
Pipers.
I'VE
GOT A SECRET
10
Network-Grundy / x30m-e / 1966 and 1968-69 black and
white
Producer:
Bill Mason
Game
show that saw a group of blindfolded celebrities trying
to guess the profession of a mystery guest, basically a
version of What's My Line. Hosted by Don Seccombe and
then John Mahon.
I'VE
MARRIED A BACHELOR
ABC /
14x30m-e / 1968-69 (First Episode Broadcast: 30 October 1968)
Writer:
Lyle Martin / Executive Producer: Alan Morris / Director: Brian
Bell
Sitcom examining
the problems faced by a pair of Newlyweds Peter and Molly Prentice, Pete found
it hard to shake off his bachelor ways (mainly thanks to his mate Mervyn), Molly
would often seek the wisdom of her mother Mrs Malley.
With:- PETER
WHITFORD as Peter Prentice / JUNE THODY as Molly / AILEEN BRITTON as Mrs Malley
/ DONALD McDONALD as Mervyn
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