''A Nice Day at the Office'' is an Australian
comedy series
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in 1972. This series was originally one episode of the anthology series ''
The Comedy Game
''The Comedy Game'' is an Australian television comedy anthology series that aired in 1971 and 1973 on ABC. The new comedies screened in the series were seen as possible pilots for a full television series.
The episodes led to the series '' Our ...
'' which screened in 1971. It was intended that some of the episodes could act as pilots for the series. The other successful episodes which led to the series were ''
Our Man In Canberra'', ''
Scattergood: Friend of All'' and ''
Aunty Jack''. The lead role of Sean Crisp was played by John Bell in the pilot, but when he was unavailable for the series, Rod McLennan took over. Also, Neal Fitzpatrick who played Ted Harvey had limited availability, so the planned 13 episodes were cut back to seven.
Synopsis
''A Nice Day at the Office'' satirised the public service with the two central characters, Ted Harvey and Sean Crisp, working in the Central Files office of a government department.
Harvey is a career public servant who follows every rule in the book, while Crisp is impetuous and irreverent. Their differing personalities lead to clashes and petty ways of annoying each other.
Cast
* Rod McLennan as Sean Crisp
* Neil Fitzpatrick as Ted Harvey
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Gordon McDougall
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as Claude Fogarty
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Fay Kelton
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as Vicki Short
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Maggie Dence
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as Mrs. Quiggley
See also
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List of Australian television series
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1975 Australian television series debuts
1975 Australian television series endings
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