Silly Season Cinema
Silly Season Cinema is a children's anthology TV series broadcast by the Australian ABC in 1982 (and repeated as late as 1989). Some episodes from The Alexander Bunyip Show were also repeated as part of the series, as written by Mike Meade and Ron Blanchard. Ron Blanchard and other Alexander Bunyip crew featured in the series.
Materials from the series are held publicly at the National Archives of Australia.[1] They are often listed as part of Alexander's Afternoon (Series 81 and 82). A partial episode list can be found by searching 1982 newspaper listings via TROVE.[2]
Partial episode list
[edit]- In the Twinkling of an Island (Episode 1)
- Wiggles in Trouble (Episode 2)
- An Australian School Teacher At King Arthur's Court (Episode 3)[3]
- Hold the Front Page (Episode 4)
- Alexander for the Senate (Episode 7)
- The Good, the Bad and the Bunyip (Episode 8)
- The Unfortunate Cookie (Episode 9)
- HiJackaroo (Episode 13)
- Famous Four (Episode 16) [4]
- Alexander Superstar (Episode 19)
- Alexander Bunyip Meets Robin Hood
- Alex Goes Commercial
- The Two Rons
- Spurt Thudd
- Dingle and the Dip
- The Great Australian Bite
- The Fifties
- Playwright
- Bluey Blanchard of the Foreign Legion
- Roomers Are Flying
See also
[edit]- Alexander Bunyip's Billabong
- List of Australian television series
- Alexander Bunyip, Canberra, bronze statue
References
[edit]- ^ https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ListingReports/ItemsListing.aspx
- ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/category/newspapers?keyword=%22silly%20season%20cinema%22
- ^ https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=13281242&isAv=Y
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=kQrM7UDtd_o