''Dearest Enemy'' is a 1989
Australia
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n sitcom about two newlyweds.
[Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 141]
A pilot was shot with
John Waters
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his Cinema of Transgression, transgressive cult films, including ''Multiple Maniacs'' (1970), ''Pink Flamin ...
and
Jacki Weaver
Jacqueline Ruth Weaver (born 25 May 1947) is an Australian theatre, film and television actress. Weaver emerged in the 1970s as a symbol of the Australian New Wave through her work in Ozploitation films such as '' Stork'' (1971), ''Alvin Purp ...
.
Grigor Taylor
Grigor Weston Taylor also known as Greg Taylor, is an Australian former actor, best known for his parts in several television series including ''Matlock Police'' and ''Glenview High''.
Early life, education and teacher
Taylor was born in Pen ...
and
Linden Wilkinson
Linden Wilkinson is an Australian people, Australian film, television and theatre actress and writer. She is perhaps best known for her recurring role in soap opera ''Home and Away'' playing 'The Believers' cult leader Mumma Rose. Her other r ...
took over for season one in 1989. In season two, made in 1992,
Wood
Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin th ...
replaced Taylor.
Plot
Two newlyweds have different political views.
Cast
*
Grigor Taylor
Grigor Weston Taylor also known as Greg Taylor, is an Australian former actor, best known for his parts in several television series including ''Matlock Police'' and ''Glenview High''.
Early life, education and teacher
Taylor was born in Pen ...
as Anderson (1989)
*
John Wood as Anderson (1992)
*
Linden Wilkinson
Linden Wilkinson is an Australian people, Australian film, television and theatre actress and writer. She is perhaps best known for her recurring role in soap opera ''Home and Away'' playing 'The Believers' cult leader Mumma Rose. Her other r ...
as Alex Taylor
*
Frank Wilson as Walter Taylor
*
Bruce Spence
Bruce Spence (born 17 September 1945) is a New Zealand–Australian actor. Spence has amassed over 100 film and television credits and has also acted in theatre.
Biography
Spence won an AFI Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1971 comedy ...
as Lenny
* Vic Hawkins as Simon
*
John Waters
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his Cinema of Transgression, transgressive cult films, including ''Multiple Maniacs'' (1970), ''Pink Flamin ...
(pilot only)
*
Jacki Weaver
Jacqueline Ruth Weaver (born 25 May 1947) is an Australian theatre, film and television actress. Weaver emerged in the 1970s as a symbol of the Australian New Wave through her work in Ozploitation films such as '' Stork'' (1971), ''Alvin Purp ...
(pilot only)
*
Maggie Kirkpatrick
Margaret Anne Kirkpatrick (née Downs; born 29 January 1941) is an Australian stage and screen actress who starred in the cult TV series ''Prisoner'' (otherwise known as ''Prisoner: Cell Block H'' in the UK and North America), where she was bes ...
(pilot only)
*
Ernie Dingo
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People
* Ernie Accorsi (born 1941), American football executive
* Ernie Adams (disambiguation)
* Ernie Afaganis (born ...
(1 episode)
Production
Writer Michael Riordan was a teacher whose father Joe was a Housing Minister in the Whitman government. He approached John O'Grady and Geoff Portmann who were the producers of ''
Mother and Son
''Mother and Son'' is an Australian television sitcom that was broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from 16 January 1984 until 21 March 1994. The show stars Ruth Cracknell, Garry McDonald, Henri Szeps and Judy Morris. It ...
''. They shot a pilot in 1987 with
Jacki Weaver
Jacqueline Ruth Weaver (born 25 May 1947) is an Australian theatre, film and television actress. Weaver emerged in the 1970s as a symbol of the Australian New Wave through her work in Ozploitation films such as '' Stork'' (1971), ''Alvin Purp ...
and
John Waters
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his Cinema of Transgression, transgressive cult films, including ''Multiple Maniacs'' (1970), ''Pink Flamin ...
. However neither were able to reprise their roles - Waters had stage commitments and Weaver went into another sitcom, ''House Rules''.
Critical reception was not entirely positive.
However it was decided to revive the show in 1992 with John Wood replacing Taylor.
References
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External links
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
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