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Margot Hilton Margot Hilton i(A9063 works by) (birth name: Margot Pamela Hilton) (a.k.a. Margot Hilton Blundell)
Also writes as: F. F. Piano
Born: Established: 1947 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
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1 Betty Roland Margot Hilton , 1996 single work obituary (for Betty Roland )
— Appears in: Australian Author , Autumn vol. 28 no. 1 1996; (p. 26-27)
1 y separately published work icon Whiteley : An Unauthorised Life Margot Hilton , Graeme Blundell , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 1996 Z1029083 1996 single work biography
1 Author of Drama's Forgotten Classic Margot Hilton , 1996 single work obituary (for Betty Roland )
— Appears in: The Australian , 16 February 1996; (p. 10)
1 y separately published work icon Jokes About Blokes Margot Hilton , North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1990 Z1075462 1990 anthology prose humour
1 1 y separately published work icon Women on Men Margot Hilton (editor), Fitzroy Ringwood : McPhee Gribble Penguin , 1987 Z817317 1987 selected work interview
1 Potiphar's Wife Margot Hilton , 1987 single work drama
— Appears in: Short Plays for the Australian Stage : Vol. 1 1987; (p. 24-50)
1 Having a Dabble Margot Hilton (interviewer), 1987 single work interview
— Appears in: Women on Men 1987; (p. 134-157)
1 New Men Are a Real Worry Margot Hilton (interviewer), 1987 single work interview
— Appears in: Women on Men 1987; (p. 57-74)
1 Zig-Zagging Back and Forth Margot Hilton (interviewer), 1987 single work interview
— Appears in: Women on Men 1987; (p. 5-26)
1 y separately published work icon The Marmalade File [and] Squeaking Pips Margot Hilton , 1983 (Manuscript version)x400595 Z853254 1983 selected work drama
1 Squeaking Pips Margot Hilton , 1983 single work drama
— Appears in: The Marmalade File [and] Squeaking Pips
1 The Marmalade File Margot Hilton , 1983 single work drama
— Appears in: The Marmalade File [and] Squeaking Pips
1 y separately published work icon The Significant Other Margot Hilton , 1980-1989 (Manuscript version)x400596 Z853259 1980 single work drama
1 Country Arts Centers Margot Hilton , 1977 single work column
— Appears in: Theatre Australia , January - February vol. 1 no. 6 1977; (p. 47)
1 1 form y separately published work icon The Young Doctors Alan Coleman , Michael Laurence , Betty Quin , Reg Watson , Brian Faull , Margot Hilton , David Phillips , John Misto , Rick Maier , Patrea Smallacombe , ( dir. Alan Coleman et. al. )agent Sydney : Reg Grundy Enterprises , 1976 Z1826767 1976 series - publisher film/TV

According to Don Storey, in his Classic Australian Television, The Young Doctors was the result of Grundy's association with Ron McLean, who devised a pilot for a program called City Hospital at the same time as he was developing the ultimately unsuccessful King's Men.

Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series, notes that

The domain of the serial was young viewers, and accordingly the emphasis was on romance and relationships at the Albert Memorial Hospital. Divorce, sex, social and medical problems were all off-limits for this deliberately lightweight serial concerning the various doctors, nurses and patients at the hospital.... However, shootings, bombings and invasions by dangerous psychotics were all permissable ways of removing regular characters and rearranging relationships.

Though less critically and commerically successful than its rival The Sullivans, The Young Doctors ran for five years, ultimately amassing more screen time than either The Sullivans or Number 96.
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