Body Business

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Body Business
Directed by Colin Eggleston
Written byMichael Fisher
Ted Roberts
Based onidea by John Michael Howson
Produced byStanley Walsh
Starring Carmen Duncan
Gary Sweet
Max Phipps
Production
company
PBL Productions
Distributed byNine Network
Release date
  • 9 May 1986 (1986-05-09)
Running time
2 x 2 hours
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million [1]

Body Business is a 1986 Australian TV mini-series directed by Colin Eggleston set against the background of the world of modelling. [1] [2]

Contents

Premise

After nine years in New York, Patricia returns to Sydney to take control of the family company from her sister Victoria.

Cast

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References

  1. 1 2 Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 86
  2. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p178