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n comedy television series produced by the

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, starring

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. The series was created by

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, and the pilot was produced by Michael Mills.

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wrote the music. Writers for the series included: Powell,

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and

Hugh Stuckey Hugh Clifford Stuckey (1 July 1928 – 21 June 2018) was an Australian comedy and drama screenwriter, with credits writing for television, film, radio and commercials both locally and in the United Kingdom and the US. He was also a published au ...

Cast

as Enzo Pacelli *

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as Maria Pacelli (Enzo's wife) * Christopher Bell as Bobby Pacelli (their older son, a young adult) * Carmen Tanti as Anna Pacelli (their daughter, an older teenager / young adult) *

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as Tony Pacelli (their younger son, high school aged) *

Edmund Pegge Edmund Pegge (born 1 April 1939) is an Australian actor, who has worked in both Australia and the United Kingdom. Arriving in Adelaide as a teenager, Pegge completed his education at St Peter's College before graduating from the National Inst ...

as Father Murphy *

Maria Rosa Cerizza Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

as "Sofia" (Mama) * Donald MacDonald as Father Kelly * Andrew Bond as Marcello Pacelli

Plot

Enzo and Maria Pacelli migrated from Italy to Australia with their three children. Enzo is a taxi driver who wants to continue to do things the Italian way, but his Australian educated children are more interested in Australian culture.

References

* "''The Australian Film and Television Companion''" — compiled by Tony Harrison — Simon & Schuster Australia, 1994

External links

*
John Bluthal at home

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