THE YARNS OF BILLY BORKER TO YOU'VE GOT TO BE JOKING - The Memorable TV Guide to Australian Television

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THE YARNS OF BILLY BORKER

ABC / 30x30m-e / 1964-67 black and white

Writer: Frank Hardy / Producer/Director: William Eldrige

True blue Aussie Borker sits in the pub and gives forth on a number of topics, produced in Perth and in 1967 the show was retitled Billy Borker Yarns Again.

With:- PETER CARVER as Billy Borker / CLIVE MALCOLM

THE YELLOW HOUSE

7 Network-Eric Porter Productions / 16x30m-e / 1974

Producer: Eric Porter

Children's educational style series mixing in animation, games and songs etc. Presenters were Ronnie Burns, Viv Weeks and John Martin.

YOU CAN'T SEE ROUND CORNERS

ATN-7 / 26x30m-e / 1967

Novel: Jon Cleary

Drama series with much of the plot centering around a young woman's love affair with an army deserter at the height of the
Vietnam war. A highly notable Australian production 'Corners' caused a certain amount of controversy because of, for the time, a frank love scene between the two leads Frank and Margie (the scene in question involved Frank running his hand up Margie's skirt and the pair indulging in some serious kissing action). Many stations around Australia cut the scene but several others, including Adelaide, allowed it to run realizing its was an important part of the development of the characters. A film version was also released in 1969 a co-production between Universal and ATN (the first full length feature film made by a local Australian TV station) with the TV leads also taking starring roles in the movie version.

With:- ROWENA WALLACE as Margie Harris / KEN SHORTER as Frank / CARMEN DUNCAN / VINCENT GILL / HELEN MORSE / CAMERON STUART / SANDY HARBUTT / TOM OLIVER / LYNDALL BARBOUR / ALISTER SMART

YOGA TV

Ten Network / x30m-e / 2002

Early morning lifestyle/exercise show (broadcast weekdays at 6am) and presented by Kris McIntyre and offering tips of Yoga. Also involved were demonstratirs Barbara Behal and Nils Vesk.

THE YOUNG DOCTORS

Nine Network-Grundy / 1396x30m-e / 1976-83

Medical drama series. Low budget soap from Australia detailing the lives of the doctors and nurses at the Albert Memorial Hospital, the show was mainly relationship led with the doctors and nurses often having affairs and the like (indeed occasionally a nurse married a doctor - such as when Tania Livingstone married Dr Tony Garcia.)

Important cast members included:- MICHAEL BEECHER as Dr Brian Denham / ABIGAIL ROGAN as Hilary Templeton / CORNELIA FRANCES as Sister Scott / TOTTIE GOLDSMITH as Toni Sheffield / TIM PAGE as Graham Steele / GWEN PLUMB as Ada Simmonds / PETA TOPPANO as Gail Henderson / PETER BENSLEY / ALAN DALE / DELVEN DELANEY / PAULA DUNCAN / JOHN DOMMETT / REBECCA GILLING / MARK HOLDEN / ANNE LUCAS / JUDY LYNNE / KAREN PINI

YOUNG RAMSAY

7 Network-Crawford / 26x60m-e / 1977 and 1979 2 seasons

Producers: Henry Crawford, George Miller, Kevin Dobson

Drama series. Stories of rural vet Peter Ramsay. The show really only came about because Crawfords were looking for a family vehicle and amongst the possibilities for the lead role in the shows initial stages were Tom Richards and Wendy Hughes. Ramsay had been working in Sydney dealing mainly with racehorses before becoming disillusioned and wanting a change. He moved to the country town of Jindarra, near to the Victorian coast to join the practice of Jack Lambert, Hack's daughter Julie acted as their receptionist.
Hargreaves and Lazareff would often improvise to a small degree with some of their scenes. Ray Turner was heavily involved as wildlife officer for the area.
The show was filmed on the Mornington Peninsula at Tooradin and also Healesville. Guest stars included the likes of Sam Neill, Sigrid Thornton, Rod Mullinar, Peter Sumner, Briony Behets and Penne Hackforth Jones. The character of Jack Lambert died at the end of season one and for the second season (made almost 2 years later) a new main character in the form of Cassie McCallum (taking the place of Julie Lambert) was added to the cast.

With:- JOHN HARGREAVES as Peter Ramsay / BARBARA LLEWELLYN as Julie Lambert (season one) / LOUISE HOWITT as Cassie McCallum (season two) / VIC GORDON as Jack Lambert (season one) / SERGE LAZAREFF as Ray Turner

YOUNG TALENT TIME

Australia / 0-10 Network / 1971-89

Long running and successful variety/talent show for kids. At the end of 2001 there was an hour long documentary called Young Talent Time Tells All hosted by John Bowles (a former YTT member) and featured many of the shows cast talking about their memories and so on including the likes of Tina Arena and Danni Minogue. In a TV Week of 20 January 1973 Debbie Byrne (then one of the main members of the cast) talked about how she was tired of people not believing she was 15 and how she was not as much of a tomboy as she used to be.

YOUNG LIONS

9 Network-Southern Star-Quicksilver Productions / 1x120m-e / 22x60m-e / 2002

Creators: Erroll Sullivan, Michael Jenkins / Producer: Michael Jenkins

Crime drama series revolving around South West 101, an inner-city police station and its new breed of detectives?Eddy, Donna, Guido and Cameron?who are all in their twenties. Passionate and ambitious, the Young Lions have their personal and professional relationships tested by competition and conflict as they cope with
coming of age in a profession that deals out experiences far beyond their years. Young Lions focused on the private lives of the four detectives, as well as two Department of Public Prosecution lawyers and a young forensic pathologist.

With:- Alex Dimitriades as Eddie Mercia / Alexandra Davies as Donna Parry / Tom Long as Guido Martin / Anna Lise Phillips as Cameron Smart Penny Cook as Chief Inspector Sharon Kostas / Katherine Slattery as Madeleine Delaney

THE YOUNG WIFE

ABC / 3x60m-e / 1984

Writer: Linda Aronson / Novel: David Martin / Camera: Ian Warburton / Design: Paul Cleveland, Des White / Costume: Paul Cleveland / Producer/Director: Oscar Whitbread

Period drama serial. In the 1960's Greek Anna arrives in Melbourne to marry Yaumis, but their marriage is far from happy and later whilst acting in an amateur production she falls for a man called Criton but tragedy awaits her.

With:- CHRISTINE TOTOS as Anna / NICO LATHOURIS as Yaumis / PETER KATSAITIS as Criton / OLIVIA HAMNETT as Patricia Barwing / SIMON CHILVERS as Peter Barwing / IRENE CASIMARIS / GEORGE VIDALIS / NINA BLACK

YOUR LIFE ON THE LAWN

7 Network / x30m-e / 2003

Lifestyle show that aimed to help people de-clutter their lives, each week a family had two rooms of their home sorted through and their contents examined on the front lawn. Host was Pascall Fox and regulars included collector Simon Fenner and organiser Lissanne Oliver.

YOU TOO CAN HAVE A BODY

7 Network / 1x90m-e / 1960 black and white

Comedy. A pair of TV scriptwriters find themselves caught up in a murder plot whilst staying at a supposedly haunted castle. Based on a long running stage production.

With:- BILL MAYNARD / MARK KELLY / DIANA BELL / CAMPBELL COPELIN / ROSIE STURGESS / ERNIE BOURNE / MELISSA JAFFER

YOU'RE A STAR

10-GC Productions / 26x60m-e / 1982

Producer: Al Maricic

Lacklustre talent show "Ala" New Faces in which the star prize was a gig in Las Vegas. Hosted by Tim Webster and with composer Tommy Tycho as a regular on the judging panel.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE JOKING

7 Network / x25m-e / 1971 black and white

Producer: Jim Burnett

A candid camera style show in which Bert Robertson took to the Gold Coast to play tricks on people. In 1987 the 10 Network in assocation with Grund's revived the show. This time hosted by Paula Goodman.

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