''The Unisexers'' is an
Australian
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television
soap opera
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made by the
Cash Harmon Television
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production company, (best known for creating the soap opera ''
Number 96
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''), it ran for a single season for the
Nine Network in 1975.
Synopsis
''The Unisexers'' focused on a group of young people - both male and female - living together in a
commune
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arrangement in the old house of a retired elderly couple whose children had left home. The youngsters set up a business making denim
jeans to be worn by both sexes, hence the title of "Unisexers".
[Moran, Albert. ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', Allen & Unwin, 1993. p 471]
Cast
*
Walter Pym as Angus Melody
* Jessica Noad as Dora Melody
* Delore Whiteman as Mrs Tripp
*
Tina Bursill
Tina Bursill (born 24 July 1951) is an Australian actress. She played Louise Carter on the television series '' Skyways'' (1979–1981) and Sonia Stevens on ''Prisoner'' (1983–1984). She played Meryl Knight in the Nine Network drama series ...
as Felicity
*
Michele Fawdon as Monica Parry
*
Josephine Knur as Sally Pickles
*
Tony Sheldon as Benjy Lewis
*
Steven Tandy
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Biography
Af ...
as Julian "Tinsel" Tinsley
*
Patrick Ward as Cornelius "Corny" Hastings
* Anne Grigg as Deirdre
* Sonia Hoffmann as Brigitte
* Scott Lambert as Brian Parry
* Hugh Logan as Humphrey 'Humph' Brown
Tenure
The series, hampered by an early evening time slot, failed to find an audience and was cancelled and removed from the television schedules after three weeks. In total a one-hour premiere pilot episode and fifteen thirty-minute episodes were broadcast.
References
External links
Aussie Soap Archive: The Unisexers*
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Australian television soap operas
Nine Network original programming
1975 Australian television series debuts
1975 Australian television series endings
Television series by Cash Harmon Television
English-language television shows