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A short children's adventure program, which (according to Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series) 'concentrated in a pleasant, innocent fashion on a group of children who created their own make-believe town, taking on such jobs as firefighter, police officer and so on'.
The program was the first Australian production for New Zealand-born Roger Mirams, who had arrived in Australia in 1956 to work as a cameraman for the Olympic Games. After this series, Mirams, in Moran's words, 'became an active force in the industry, especially children's drama, over the next 30 years'.
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Moran gives the program title as The Adventures of the Terrible Ten, but the title sequence lists the title as The Terrific Adventures of the Terrible Ten.
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Awards
- 1960 winner Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Children's Television Drama — Special Certificate for TV Children's Film
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