''Motel'' is an Australian television soap opera produced by the Seven Network's ATN-7 studios from 1968 to 1969 It was created by Richard Lane

Synopsis

''Motel'', like British serial ''

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'' dealt with a family who ran a motel. In this case the Gillian family running the fictional Greenfields Motel.

Production

The series had a cast of thirteen regulars and required three days in the studio each week. Each episode was thirty minutes and the program screened at midday four days a week, with the episode repeated late at night. The show was shot in black-and-white. It had a run of 135 episodes. Writers included

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Selected cast

* Tony Bazell - Mark Jefferies * Ross Higgins - Reverend Larcombe *

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- Gaye Gillian * Brian James - Paul Drennan *

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- Bunty Creighton *

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- Chris Gillian * Jack Thompson - Bill Burke * Noel Trevarthen - Rod Gillian

Reception

According to creator Richard Lane, who also worked on the series as a writer, the series was very successful as a day time program, which was how it was conceived. But when Channel Seven management "became over enthusiastic and repeated it at nighttime it was a disaster."

Notes

External links

''Motel'' at the National Film and Sound Archive
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Clip from Show at YouTube
Seven Network original programming Australian television soap operas 1968 Australian television series debuts 1968 Australian television series endings Black-and-white Australian television shows English-language television shows