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form y separately published work icon Misery Guts series - publisher   film/TV   children's  
Adaptation of Misery Guts Morris Gleitzman , 1991 single work children's fiction and Worry Warts Morris Gleitzman , 1991 single work children's fiction and Puppy Fat Morris Gleitzman , 1994 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Misery Guts
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'Keith is the only son of Vin and Marge Shipley. They live above a fish 'n' chips shop in South London and things are tough. Keith's parents are misery gutses and he is convinced that the only way for the family to regain its former happiness is for him to make his parents smile again. Keith embarks on a mission to cheer his parents up. He buys a brilliantly coloured tropical fish from Australia, where the sun shines all the time, the sea is full of fish and coconuts just fall into your hands. When all his efforts to cheer his parents up fail spectacularly, Keith decides he must somehow get his parents to Australia. People couldn't be unhappy in a paradise where fish sparkle like rainbows and it's sunny and warm all the time. Or could they?'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive

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