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form
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Neighbours
1985
Australia
:
Reg Grundy Enterprises
FremantleMedia Australia
,
1985-2022
Z1367509
1985
series - publisher
film/TV
A daily television drama series set in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough, Neighbours chronicles the lives of the residents of Ramsay Street. The series initially revolved around three families: the Ramsays (at number 24 Ramsay Street), the Robinsons (at number 26), and the Clarkes (at number 28). The scope of the series has since broadened to include new Ramsay Street familes.
- 1990 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Series
- 1989 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Series
- 1988 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Program
- 1987 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Program
- 2019 nominated Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Drama Series
- 2019 nominated Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Program
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form
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A Country Practice
( dir. Igor Auzins
et. al. )agent
Sydney
Australia
:
JNP Films
Seven Network
,
1981-1993
Z1699739
1981-1994
series - publisher
film/TV
Set in a small, fictional, New South Wales country town called Wandin Valley, A Country Practice focused on the staffs of the town's medical practice and local hospital and on the families of the doctors, nurses, and patients. Many of the episodes also featured guest characters (frequently patients served by the practice) through whom various social and medical problems were explored. Although often considered a soap opera, the series was not built around an open-ended narrative; instead, the two one-hour episodes screened per week formed a self-contained narrative block, though many of the storylines were developed as sub-plots for several episodes before becoming the focus of a particular week's storyline. While the focus was on topical issues such as youth unemployment, suicide, drug addiction, HIV/AIDS, and terminal illness, the program did sometimes explore culturally sensitive issues, including, for example, the Aboriginal community and their place in modern Australian society.
Among the show's principal characters were Dr Terence Elliott, local policeman Sergeant Frank Gilroy, Esme Watson, Shirley Dean Gilroy, Bob Hatfield, Vernon 'Cookie' Locke, and Matron Margaret 'Maggie' Sloan. In addition to its regularly rotating cast of characters, A Country Practice also had a cast of semi-regulars who would make appearances as the storylines permitted. Interestingly, while the series initially targeted the adult and older youth demographic, it became increasingly popular with children over the years.
- 1984 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Program
- 1985 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Program
- 1986 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Program
- 1992 nominated Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Program
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form
y
Sons and Daughters
( dir. Philip East
)
1981
Australia
:
Reg Grundy Enterprises
Seven Network
,
1981-1987
Z1510959
1981
series - publisher
film/TV
Sons and Daughters explores the dramatic incidents in the lives of the wealthy Hamilton family and the working-class Palmer family. The premise that underpinned the show's early years concerned the character John Palmer, on the run from the Melbourne police, who suspect him of murder. He travels to Sydney and falls in love with the wealthy Angela Hamilton, but they are later revealed to be twins who were separated at birth and raised separately: John raised by the wise former prostitute Fiona Thompson before returning to live with his father and Angela raised by her mother, who subsequently married into money. More wealth later arrives through the introduction of the Morrell clan, who have managed to marry their way into the Hamilton family.
- 1983 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Program