Norman Lindsay Festival | |
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Based on | the works of Norman Lindsay |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 9 |
Production | |
Producer | Alan Burke |
Running time | 50 mins |
Production company | ABC |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | September 8 – November 3, 1972 |
Norman Lindsay Festival is a 1972 Australian anthology television series on the ABC based on the works of Norman Lindsay. It was filmed at the ABC's Gore Hill studios in Sydney. [1]
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