''Bingles'' is an Australian
sitcom
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which screened on the
Ten Network
Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five ...
in 1992 and 1993.
[Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 80]
The series was set in a suburban smash repair workshop called Bingles, playing on the word bingle, which is also Australian slang for a minor crash or upset.
Network Ten
Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five ...
commissioned a second series of 13 episodes before the first series had gone to air, however the series was not very successful.
[Mal Walden, ''From the word go!! Forty years of 10 Melbourne 1964-2004'', Network 10, 2003, p 126]
References
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External links
''Bingles''at
IMDb
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Network 10 original programming
Australian television sitcoms
1992 Australian television series debuts
1993 Australian television series endings
Australian workplace comedy television series