Australia A to Z |
Genre: satirical
sketch comedy Duration: 14 x 30 min eps Medium: videotape, B&W |
Credits |
Producer:
Bill Munro Cast: |
Notes |
Hosted by Noel Ferrier, this revue-style series followed in the Mavis Bramston tradition and took a satirical look at aspects of Australian way of life in an A-Z format. It was the follow-up to the earlier GREATER ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE GLORIOUS ANTIPODES. Writer John O'Grady is the son of John O'Grady Sr, who is better known by his nom de plume "Nino Culotta", under which he wrote several satirical novels including They're A Weird Mob, which was filmed by Michael Powell in 1966. Co-writer Maurice Wiltshire was a leading comedy writer in the UK in the '50s and '60s. He has many film and TV credits but his best known work includes co-writing four episodes of THE GOON SHOW with Larry Stevens (in Series 8, when Spike Milligan was ill) and he was a contributing writer to the long-running DICK EMERY SHOW (1963-81). Many of the cast went
on to success in subsequent years. Ferrier was a regular and popular presence
on film, stage and TV until his death in the 1990s. John Derum is best
remembered for his role as Narrator Neville in the first series of The
Aunty Jack Show. Max Cullen (brother of the late Cul Cullen) is one
of Australia's most popular actors, with a long list of stage and screen
credits; in recent years he has been a regular segment presenter on the
Nine Network's "Sunday" program. The late Jeff Ashby went on to star in
the shortlived OUR MAN IN CANBERRA,
which eventually mutated into OUR
MAN IN THE COMPANY. Don Pascoe has enjoyed a long career in film,
stage and TV; likewise Shane Porteous, who began his acting career in
Brisbane, where one of his first TV appearances was as Brisbane's version
of horror movie host "Deadly
Earnest", and he went on to star in many top-rating programs including
BELLBIRD, CERTAIN
WOMEN for the ABC and his best known role as Dr Elliott in A COUNTRY
PRACTICE in the 1980s. |
References/Links |
Albert Moran Tony Harrison Biography of Maurice
Wiltshire Special thanks to
Alastair Roxburgh |
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