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- ↑ "Here Is Tth (Later) News". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 39, no. 26. Australia. 24 November 1971. p. 30. Retrieved 15 July 2019– via National Library of Australia. ,..."The Odd Couple" is only one of the new shows being started by TCN9 for the summer season from November 21 on. There are seven more,...to a new five parter, "Bachelor Gaye," starring John Meillon (Saturdays, 9 p.m.)...
- ↑ "The Godfathers".
