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Hampton Court (TV Series)
''Hampton Court'' is a 1991 Australian situation comedy series, produced by Gary Reilly Productions for the Seven Network. The series was a spin-off of '' Hey Dad...!'' with the link being the inclusion here of actress Julie McGregor reprising her role of Betty Wilson. She continued to play that role in ''Hey Dad'' while this series was in production. There are occasional cameo appearances by ''Hey Dad..!'' cast members. Synopsis Four young tenants share a flat in a building named ''Hampton Court''. Betty, who has left her old flat, moves in next door. The various tenants struggle with domestic chores, coming up with the rent, and hectic social lives. They team up to keep the baby secret from their meddling landlord, Mr. Colloudos (Roy Billing), a Greek immigrant. Colloudos lives upstairs with his off-screen wife and their pet rottweilers, and enforces a strict no-babies rule in the building. The tenants are single mother Lisa and her baby; chronic job-hopper Richard who is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flying Doctors
''The Flying Doctors'' is an Australian drama TV series produced by Crawford Productions that revolves around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The popular series ran for nine seasons and was successfully screened internationally. It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing (set in the real life town of Minyip in north-western rural Victoria). The success of the mini-series led to its return the following year as an ongoing series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season, and actor Robert Grubb arrived as new doctor Geoff Standish. McFarlane later returned to the series, resuming his role. The series' episodes were mostly self-contained and about medical items. The Australian society was mirrored in handling more or less controversial soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Shows Set In New South Wales
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries. The availability of various types of archival stora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Network Original Programming
7 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 7 or seven may also refer to: * AD 7, the seventh year of the AD era * 7 BC, the seventh year before the AD era * The month of July Music Artists * Seven (Swiss singer) (born 1978), a Swiss recording artist * Seven (Korean singer) (born 1984), a South Korean recording artist * Se7en (American singer) (born 1986), the former stage name of Sevyn Streeter * Mick Thomson or #7, an American recording artist * Seven (band), a British AOR band * The Seven (band) a late 1960s rock band from Syracuse, New York * Seven (record producer) (born 1980), an American producer * S Club 7, a British pop band * SVN, a British pop band featuring Aimie Atkinson and Jarnéia Richard-Noel from the cast of ''SIX'' * Sevendust, a hard rock band from Atlanta, Georgia Albums * ''7'' (Apoptygma Berzerk album), 1996 * ''7'' (Beach House album), 2018 * ''7'' (Bushido album), 2007 * ''7'' (Con Funk Shun album), 1981 * ''7'' (David Guetta album), 2018 * ''7'' (David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Television Sitcoms
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Australian Television Series
Future shows Seven * ''The 1% Club'' (Seven Network game show 2023–) * ''Apartment Rules'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * '' Animals Aboard with Dr Harry'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * ''Armchair Experts'' (Seven Network sports 2023–) * ''Australian Idol'' (Network Ten 2003–2009, Seven Network reality 2022–) * '' Blow Up'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * ''The Claremont Murders'' (Seven Network drama 2023–) * '' Con Girl'' (Seven Network drama 2023–) * ''Fam Time'' (Seven Network comedy 2023–) * '' Local Council'' (Seven Network comedy 2023–) * ''Million Dollar Island'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * '' We Interrupt This Broadcast'' (Seven Network comedy 2023–) Nine * '' Australia's Most Identical'' (reality Nine Network 2023–) * ''Beach House Escape'' (reality Nine Network 2022–) * '' Big Miracles'' (reality Nine Network 2023–) * ''Celebrity IOU Australia'' (reality Nine Network) * '' Country Home Rescue'' (reality Nine Network 2022â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Tighe
Andrew Phillip Tighe (born 23 November 1955) is an Australian actor and theatre director. Early life Tighe was born in Sydney and educated at Newington College. Commencing in Year 3 at Lindfield Preparatory School in 1964, he completed the HSC in 1973. At the University of Sydney he was a member of SUDS. Acting career In 1980, Tighe made his professional acting debut with the Sydney Theatre Company in ''The Sunny South''. Later that year he played the part of the painfully shy schoolboy, Matthew, in The STC's production of ''Close of Play''. He has since performed for many major theatre companies in Australia. In 1990, he joined the cast of the stage production of The Importance of Being Earnest as Algernon Moncrieff. This popular production ran between 1988 and 1992 and was televised by the ABCbr> [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Young (actor, Born 1950)
William, Will, Bill or Billy Young may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William Young (composer) (died 1662), English composer and viola da gambist * William Young (architect) (1843–1900), Scottish architect, designer of Glasgow City Chambers * William Young (playwright) (1847–1920), American playwright, writer and actor * William Young (artist) (1875–1944), Australian watercolor painter * Billy Young (singer) (born 1941), American singer/songwriter * William Allen Young (born 1954), African American actor * William P. Young (born 1955), Canadian/American novelist * Will Young (born 1979), English actor and singer/songwriter Business and industry * W. J. Young (William John Young, 1827–1896), American industrialist, founder of the W.J. Young Company * William John Young (pastoralist) (1850–1931), Australian company chief executive and station manager * Tom Young (trade unionist) (William Thomas Young, 1870–1953), New Zealand seaman and trade unionist * William T. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sumner
Peter Malcolm Sumner-Potts (29 January 1942 – 22 November 2016), professionally known as Peter Sumner, was an Australian actor, director, and writer. He had a long career in theatre, television, and film. Career His credits include parts in such films as ''Color Me Dead'' (1969), ''Ned Kelly'' (1970), ''The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith'' (1978), '' The Survivor'' (1981) and ''Bush Christmas'' (1983), as well as a starring role in television series ''Spyforce'' along with his portrayal of Bill Hayden in '' The Dismissal''. In an interview in 1978 for the Sir Joseph Banks High School newspaper, he revealed that he had an uncredited role off stage, controlling the Dianoga (garbage compactor monster) in ''Star Wars'', as well as playing the role of Lieutenant Pol Treidum in that film. Sumner played Arnie in the first series of the British science fiction drama television series ''Jeopardy'' in 2002, filmed in Australia. His other local television acting work included regular roles as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penne Hackforth-Jones
Penne Hackforth-Jones (5 August 194917 May 2013) was an American-born Australian actress and biographer. Early life Penelope Beatrix Hackforth-Jones was born in August 1949 in Greenwich, Connecticut, to Paul and Susan Felicity (née Gullett) Hackforth-Jones and was a granddaughter of Sir Henry Gullett and niece of Jo Gullett, both Australian politicians. She lived with her family in England before relocating to Australia in 1964. After completing her secondary education at St Catherine's School, Toorak in 1966 she attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney until graduating in 1968. Career In 1969, Hackforth-Jones made her first credited on-screen appearance in the Australian television series ''Riptide''. She later appeared in such Australian television series as '' Bellbird'', ''Butterfly Island'', '' Homicide'', ''Matlock Police'', ''Division 4'', ''Cop Shop'', ''Tandarra'', '' Cash and Company'', ''Young Ramsay'', '' Punishment'', '' Bellamy'', '' A Country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hughes (Australian Actor)
Robert Lindsay Hughes (born 19 August 1948 in Sydney, New South Wales) also billed variously as Bob Hughes and Robert Hughs, is an Australian-born British former actor, voice actor, and musician, whose most significant roles include '' ABBA: The Movie'' and the television sitcom '' Hey Dad..!''. In May 2014, he was convicted of sexual offences against children and sentenced to ten years, nine months' imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of six years. Early career Hughes first worked as a cadet journalist for ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. Hughes was briefly the bass player for the pop/country rock band the Flying Circus in 1967–68, billed as Bob Hughes, before they had hits with the songs "Hayride" and "La La". Acting Hughes has acted extensively in Australian theatre, film and television. He was a Sydney Theatre Company company artist from 1981. His theatre roles have included ''The War Horse'' and '' Great Big Adventure Book for Boys''. His television roles incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Kennelly
Sheila Kennelly (born 28 December 1936Willingham, Margot "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Australian Showbiz"Oram, James "Home and Away" Behind the Scene's'' published by Angus and Robertson also credited as Sheila Kenneally, is a British-born Australian retired character actress of theatre, television and film, with a career spanning over 50 years. From the late 1950s onwards, her early career was based exclusively in theatre and she didn't start her screen career until the late-1960s becoming well known for her roles in TV soap operas, serials, sitcoms and mini-series. She became a household name in the hugely popular serial ''Number 96'' as Norma Whittaker, a comedy character opposite Gordon McDougall, Norma's trademark catchphrase was calling everyone "Ducky". In a storyline an fictional artist visit's the apartment, played by Owen Weingott and requests to paint a nude portrait of Norma, the painting is subsequently hang up in the wine bar. This famed portrait of Norma, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
