''Healthy, Wealthy and Wise'' was a

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television program shown in

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. It was shown on

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and was aired from 1992 until 1998.Healthy, Wealthy and Wise
at the

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. Retrieved 20 June 2007. The show was created and produced by Michael Dickinson and Executive Producer

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, once the producer of the

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's long-running variety show ''

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'' and packaged by Disney Entertainment P/L for the Ten Network and its affiliates throughout the world.

Title

The title takes its name from the proverb, "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." This quote is often attributed to

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since it appeared in his ''

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''; however, it was first used in print by John Clarke in a 1639 book of English and Latin proverbs.

Cast

Notable people associated with the programme included Felicity Kennett, wife of the then Premier of Victoria

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, and Jim Brown, a former Ten eyewitness news journalist. Others such as Iain Hewitson used the opportunity to develop an ongoing TV career with the show as a starting point, including crafts lady Tonia Todman. The show's finance guru Ross Greenwood enjoyed particular success and became network finance editor on the

List of contributors

Some featured reporters and presenters on the show included: *

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– Presenter (Season 1) * Ronnie Burns – Host/presenter * Felicity Kennett – Presenter (Seasons 6 & 7) * Jim Brown – Travel * Ross Greenwood – Finance * Cherie de Haas – Naturopath *

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– Chef * Lyn Talbot – General reporter *

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– Crafts *

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– Motoring (seasons 3–7)

Other broadcasts

*The series was also broadcast on television in the U.A.E. on Channel 33, Bahrain TV Channel 55 in Bahrain and on the

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network in various countries including Thailand, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Maldives, Macau, Fiji, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Korea.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0872048 Australian non-fiction television series Network 10 original programming 1992 Australian television series debuts 1998 Australian television series endings English-language television shows