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EPISODES: 14.
LENGTH: 30 Mins.
FORMAT: Colour, Video.
PRODUCTION: 1976 Crawford Production.
RUNNING ORDER: Airdate.
NETWORK: 7.

CAST:
Bobby Farrell.......JOHNNY FARNHAM
Della McDermott.......OLIVIA HAMNETT
Fred Farrell.......MAURIE FIELDS

Support:
Uncle Oz.......TERRY NORRIS
Allison.......CARLA HOOGEVEEN
CREW:
Scripts.......TERRY STAPLETON (Ep. 14 excepted)
Directors.......MARIE TREVOR & JOHN JACOB (Ep. 1 [Pilot] excepted)
Producer.......MARIE TREVOR (Ep. 1 [Pilot] excepted)
Executive Producers.......IAN CRAWFORD & IAN JONES
Production Manager.......DAVID LEE
Created by.......TERRY STAPLETON

AWARD:
1977 Sammy: Terry Stapleton -Best Writer For TV Comedy.

Episode Titles
1........Life Begins At 45 R.P.M.
2........The Very Private Life Of Bobby Farrell
3........Bob And Fred And Carol And Allison
4........Nature Boy
5........Party Politics
6........Movie Star Blues
7........Summer Of 77
8........Our Favourite Charity
9........Pillows Of Society
10........The Return Of Fred Farrell
11........Country Party
12........Command Performance
13........Hey B.C.!
14........The New Guard

1........Life Begins At 45 R.P.M.
Anastasia.......Sigrid Thornton
Hilda Farquhar.......Sheila Helpmann
Uncle Oz.......Terry Norris
Directors.......Ian Crawford & Marie Trevor
Producer.......Henry Crawford
Synopsis: When Bobby Farrell is on the verge of a successful career with a hit single, his wayward father Fred returns on the scene to stay. Complicating matters is Bobby’s new manager, Della McDermott, who is a hard taskmaster although with Bobby’s best interests at heart; and Anastasia, a teenage groupie who has sneaked into Bobby's flat without his knowing - at a most inconvenient time.
Notes: Pilot episode. Features different opening titles. Two different ending edits were completed for this episode - the alternative ending featured a few more seconds focusing on a change of expression on Bobby’s face, and billed Johnny Farnham in the credits as ‘John’ for the first time in his career.
Airdate: 20/11/77

2........The Very Private Life Of Bobby Farrell
Allison.......Carla Hoogeveen
George.......George Spartels
Ursula.......Lynn Neill
Waiter.......Alan Rowe
Uncle Oz.......Terry Norris
Synopsis: Bobby Farrell's life as an upcoming superstar is full of problems, pressures and discipline. He finds this especially inconvenient and awkward when he meets Allison - and Della disapproves of his involvement with her.
Airdate: 27/11/77

3........Bob And Fred And Carol And Allison
Allison.......Carla Hoogeveen
Arthur Carroll.......Peter Adams
George.......George Spartels
Tracey.......Georgina McLoughlin
Synopsis: Bobby is caught in the middle of a powerplay between his manager Della and his girlfriend Allison. Della wants Bobby to give up his girlfriend for the sake of his career, and Allison wants Bobby to forsake his stardom so they can have a normal relationship together. Della is also arranging a deal for Bobby with promoter Arthur Carroll, but she finds that there are too many strings attached.
Airdate: 4/12/77

4........Nature Boy
Allison.......Carla Hoogeveen
George.......George Spartels
Max.......Max Fairchild
Synopsis: Bobby plans a weekend away with Allison, and they retreat to her brother’s farm in the country. The weekend turns out to be a disaster, and causes the end of their relationship.
Airdate: 11/12/77

5........Party Politics
Dyson Archer.......Tim Eliott
Uncle Oz.......Terry Norris
Synopsis: In anybody else's life, a birthday is a happy celebration. For Bobby Farrell, his 25th (officially, but for publicity purposes his 23rd) becomes a personal and professional crisis.
Airdate: 18/12/77

6........Movie Star Blues
Sergio.......Shane Porteous
Katherine Carr.......Gabrielle Hartley
Seymour.......Ernie Bourne
Uncle Oz.......Terry Norris
Synopsis: Bobby is offered a role in a film and has a chance to become a movie star. However, he has enough problems without Fred's help.
Airdate: 1/1/78

7........Summer Of 77
Sergio.......Shane Porteous
Katherine Carr.......Gabrielle Hartley
Seymour.......Ernie Bourne
Synopsis: In the local movie industry, Bobby finds himself compared to Paul Newman and Robert Redford, but there's always a 'sting' - this time in the form of a glamorous movie star who thinks Bobby has more to offer than just his voice. Bobby finds the price for movie stardom is far too high.
Airdate: 8/1/78

8........Our Favourite Charity
Himself.......Lucky Grills
Himself.......Garry Meadows
Studio assistant.......Andrew McKaige
Synopsis: Bobby is invited to appear on a fundraising telethon, however complications arise when Fred wants to attend the program as part of the studio audience. Della, who thought the telethon would be good publicity for Bobby, is filled with dread when Fred makes an unscheduled appearance in front of the cameras with Bobby.
Notes: Lucky Grills and Garry Meadows appear as themselves, as guest and host of a telethon respectively. Reference is made to Lucky Grill’s role in the Crawford police series Bluey, which was in production for Seven at the same time.
Airdate: 20/1/78

9........Pillows Of Society
Sir Willoughby Forbes-Martin.......Keith Eden
Fiona Forbes-Martin.......Belinda Green
Brad.......Barry Pierce
Bunny.......Peter Stratford
Dinner guest 1.......Gwen Plumb
Dinner guest 2.......Joan Letch
Uncle Oz.......Terry Norris
Synopsis: Bobby works on a fundraiser for needy children and becomes infatuated with a high society girl, Fiona, who is not remotely interested in him. The tables are turned when Bobby at last comes down to earth and sees through her vain, self-centred existence.
Airdate: 27/1/78

10........The Return Of Fred Farrell
M.C........Roy Day
Elderly lady.......Myrtle Woods
Uncle Oz.......Terry Norris
Synopsis: Fred Farrell plans his long-awaited comeback, and Della McDermott finds an opening for him - a concert for some old folk at a Senior Citizen's Club. Fred feels the booking is beneath him, but he changes his tune when he is well received by his audience.
Airdate: 3/2/78

11........THE Country Party
Brook Carter (B.C.).......Andrew Sharp
Ruby Flegg.......Beverley Phillips
Ruby’s daughter 1.......Katie Morgan
Ruby’s daughter 2.......Kerry Daniel
Synopsis: Bobby has an overnight booking at Ballarat, and is accompanied by Della and Fred. Fred looks up an old girlfriend, and Bobby meets ‘B.C.’, a loudmouth local disc jockey.
Airdate: 10/2/78

12........Command Performance
Jonathon Jollie.......Tony Bazell
Mrs. Jollie.......Sheila Florance
Carstairs.......Roy Day
Uncle Oz.......Terry Norris
Synopsis: Bobby and Fred agree to perform in concert at a private function. Upon arrival at the residence they are confronted by what appears to be a haunted house.
Airdate: 17/2/78

13........Hey B.C.!
Brook Carter (B.C.).......Andrew Sharp
Jerry Miller.......Kevin Golsby
Uncle Oz.......Terry Norris
Synopsis: B.C. from Ballarat comes to stay with Bobby. Della warns Bobby that he is a con-man, and it seems that is the case when money and property go missing. However, there is a reasonable explanation for everything, and B.C. manages to secure an elusive recording contract for Bobby.
Airdate: 24/2/78

14........The New Guard
Ruth Rierdon.......Rowena Wallace
Uncle Oz.......Terry Norris
Script.......Terry Stapleton, Graham Hartley & Graham Koetsveld
Synopsis: Della McDermott is leaving for overseas, and Bobby's replacement manager, Ruth Rierdon, seems to be very easy going. Bobby thinks he is in for an easy ride, free of the shackles of Della’s discipline - but he soon gets a rude shock and comes to appreciate Della when Ruth turns out to be an even harder taskmaster.