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. Fifty-two 10-minute episodes were created for the original series. The original episodes were re-edited and along with new footage were released in 1962 as ''The Ten Again''. The series was originally screened on

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; however, all repeats were aired by the

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. In 1965 a colour

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adaptation of the series entitled ''

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'' was released; it was the film debut of

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* Nine Network original programming Australian children's television series Black-and-white Australian television shows 1959 Australian television series debuts 1960s Australian television series English-language television shows {{Australia-tv-prog-stub