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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection includes the following character notes (excluding regular characters):
'CHEEKY CHARLIE: 65. "Cheeky Charlie" had been a fairly well known Tiv personality at the time of "Mo", George Wallace, etc.
'When Charlie started to slide (through a combination of T.V. and the bottle) he and his assistant, Bluebell [sic] took to the road. Charlie put on the occasional show for the kids, including punch and judy [sic] and tuned pianos when he could get the work. He deludes himself that he could always stop drinking the moment he felt like it, but blames the lack of $100 or so to get new costumes and a good, reliable agent. Then, he says, he can make his big come-back.
'BLUEBELL: His assistant for the last thirty years. She has now gone completely to seed. Not educated. Single. Loyal. Accepts whatever life has to dish up.
'BERNARD AUSTIN (BIG BERNIE): 45. Old acquaintance. Itinerant (ex side show pug) Big man. His boxing days have left him with some brain damage. Slow, can be violent.
'JUDY AUSTIN: 28. His wife. Much younger. A bit tarty. Well worn, but has worn well.
'COLIN: Young, handsome, uni student. Arrogant. Completely sure of himself.
'DAVID: Colin's mate. Also from uni. Quieter, he looks up to Colin, tries to emulate his outlook.
'HEWITT: Farmer where they're working.
'EXTRAS (4): Pickers.
'1ST WOMAN: Housewife. Mid-aged. Retiring nature. No sense of humour.
'2ND WOMAN: Housewife - any age.
'DOCTOR:
'TEACHER AND SCHOOL CHILDREN: Actuals if possible.'
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This entry has been compiled from archival research in the Crawford Collection (AFI Research Collection), undertaken by Dr Catriona Mills under the auspices of the 2012 AFI Research Collection (AFIRC) Research Fellowship: see The Writer in Australian Television History.