Love Is a Four Letter Word (ABC 2001, Kate Beahan, Paul Barry)

Comedy drama series following the lives of the people, mostly 20 somethings living and working in inner city Sydney pub The Courthouse. Main characters include Angus O’Neil who ran the pub and his dad Bernie and Angus’s best friend, the womanising Paul. . One of the regular features of the drama was a performance in the pub by a contemporary Australian band. Filmed in Newtown.

cast
PETER FENTON as Angus O’Neill
KATE BEAHAN as Alicia ‘Albee’ Barrett
PAUL BARRY as Paul Bannister
LEANNA WALSMAN as Larissa Barrett
LINAL HAFT as Bernie O’Neill
MATT DORAN as Phil ‘Klaus’ Kapberg
TERESA PAGE as Juliette Briones
JOHN MOLLOY as Roy Williams
GARRY McDONALD as Tom Mattingly
ANNIE DAVIS McCUBBIN as Maya Fink

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production info
First Air Date: January 30th, 2001
Last Air Date: July 24th, 2001
Network: ABC
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 26
Creators: Shelley Birse, Michael Miller, Ellie Beaumont, Matt Ford

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