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Commissioned by the Seven Network for channel 7TWO, this series features a slightly older Blinky, defending his outback home with the help of his friend Jacko, a frill-necked lizard.
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The Slow Death of Australian Children’s TV Drama
2017
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essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 27 April 2017;'Australian children’s TV may have recently picked up an Emmy Kids award for the ABCME animation Doodles, but otherwise kids’ TV in this country is in a dire state.
'Free-to-air TV networks have to commission certain amounts of children’s programs each year. But in recent years there’s been a dismaying lack of new live action shows, or recognisably Australian content. Instead, local children’s TV has become dominated by animation with little sense of place.'
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Frilled to Be Blinky's Sidekick
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 5 December 2016; (p. 5)
— Review of The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill 2016 series - publisher film/TV
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Frilled to Be Blinky's Sidekick
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 5 December 2016; (p. 5)
— Review of The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill 2016 series - publisher film/TV -
The Slow Death of Australian Children’s TV Drama
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 27 April 2017;'Australian children’s TV may have recently picked up an Emmy Kids award for the ABCME animation Doodles, but otherwise kids’ TV in this country is in a dire state.
'Free-to-air TV networks have to commission certain amounts of children’s programs each year. But in recent years there’s been a dismaying lack of new live action shows, or recognisably Australian content. Instead, local children’s TV has become dominated by animation with little sense of place.'
