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1 1 form y separately published work icon The Aunty Jack Show Grahame Bond , Tim Gooding , Rory O'Donoghue , Peter Weir , Geoffrey Atherden , Dick Barry , Peter Best , Peter Bicevskis , Ric Blakeney , John Brendan , Tony Coote , Michael Cove , Ronald Evans , Glenn Jones , Sharman Mellick , Maurice Murphy , Paul O'Sullivan , Wendy Skelcher , ( dir. Maurice Murphy ) Sydney : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1972-1973 8013420 1972 series - publisher film/TV humour

A television series conceived around a violent, motorcycle-riding tranvestite boxer and his/her off-beat friends and acquaintances, The Aunty Jack Show ran from 1972 to 1973 on the ABC. From its first broadcast the show attained cult status with much of the country's youth.
1 form y separately published work icon The Greater Illustrated History Antipodes Show Maurice Wiltshire , Dick Barry , John O'Grady , Tony Morphett , Freddy Bamberger , Ken Sterling , Trevor Myers , Bob Symons , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1969 25708576 1969 series - publisher film/TV
1 form y separately published work icon The Private World of Miss Prim Dick Barry , Bob Huber , ( dir. Peter Benardos ) Australia : NLT Productions , 1966 Z1821484 1966 series - publisher film/TV

According to Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series, The Private World of Miss Prim arose from the successful NLT production Here's Dawn, which, he argues,

lay somewhere between extended sketches and a full narrative. After two seasons, NLT decided to star Dawn Lake in a fully narrativised comedy. The unfortunate vehicle concerned a kind of Walter Mitty situation revolving around a shy, mousy secretary who dreams of romance with a handsome, famous writer.

Set in a children's court, the program was low budget and designed for a daytime audience: as such, it was located inside the courts and adjoining rooms, and emphasised, as Moran notes, 'dialogue and discussion' not 'physical movement and action'.
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