''And Here Comes Bucknuckle'' is a 1981 TV series set in the world of horseracing.
[Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 60] It was written by
Alan Hopgood and was a sequel to Hopgood's play ''
And the Big Men Fly
''And the Big Men Fly'' is an Australia-based play by Alan Hopgood, written in 1963, and has been adapted to numerous media including a TV series and film.
Its primary subject is the fictional Australian rules football team, the Crows.
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It aired as part of "Australia week" on the ABC.
Cast
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Peter Curtin
Peter Julian Curtin (31 January 1944 – 18 May 2014) was an Australian television and stage actor, whose career began when he joined the Melbourne Theatre Company, appearing in ''The Plough and the Stars'' with Wendy Hughes.
Personal life
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as Achilles Jones
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Noni Hazlehurst as Lil
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Bruce Spence
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John Bluthal
John Bluthal (born Isaac Bluthal; 12 August 1929 – 15 November 2018) was a Polish-born Australian actor and comedian, noted for his six-decade career internationally in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. He started his career ...
as J.J. Forbes
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Reg Evans as Wally Sloss
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Denise Drysdale
References
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External links
''And Here Comes Bucknuckle''at
IMDb
Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
Australian comedy-drama television series
1981 Australian television series debuts
Works by Alan Hopgood