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produced by the

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and first broadcast in July 1962 . James Condon starred in the title role as a church minister, with other cast members including Thelma Scott,

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. Produced at the Seven Network's ATN-7 studio's in Sydney, the series had a run of 156 fifteen-minute episodes, and was in black and white.

Plot

Peter Grey is a clergyman appointed to a new parish. He is married to neurotic Brenda. He forms a friendship with his predecessor, Rev Henry Marner and the latter's daughter Jane.

Cast

* James Condon as Peter Grey *

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as Jane Marner *

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as a doctor *

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* Lou Vernon as Rev Henry Marner *

as Brenda Grey *

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* Walter Sullivan as Tony Beaumont * Thelma Scott

Production

I n 1959, the Seven Network (ATN7) announced they would produce three new television series, two 30-minute dramas and a 15-minute "woman's program". The 15 minute show was ''The Story of Peter Grey'' produced in the same style as there previous endeavor '' Autumn Affair'' which ended on 20 October 1959. ''Peter Grey'' was to be shown three times a week and run for 12 months (The first of the 30-minute dramas was to be called ''The World of Marius Crump'', the story of the devil in the disguise of a charming, whimsical character who wins or loses a soul in each episode, similar to ''

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''. Each episode was to be a self-contained story, but Mr Crump will be the central character every week. The series would be written by Richard Lane. It never became am on-going series. Nor did the other 30-minute drama.) Peter Grey was shot on videotape at the Seven Network. ATN-7's studios. By 4 July 1960 the first four episodes had been taped. By August 1961 it was reportedly halfway through filming.

Broadcast

The show screened in mid-afternoon. The Seven Network's Melbourne station

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repeated the series in 1964, accompanied by repeats of ''Autumn Affair''. The Seven Network, also aired the series in reruns on

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in 1967 on Saturday evenings at 8.30pm. Every episode of this series is held by the National Film and Sound Archive.

External links

*
''The Story of Peter Grey'' at the National Film and Sound Archive

Notes