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- ↑ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 September 1963. p. 42.
- ↑ "Navy Comedy On Channel 3". The Canberra Times . Vol. 38, no. 10, 638. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 September 1963. p. 37. Retrieved 21 February 2017– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ↑ Vagg, Stephen (2 April 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: The Hot Potato Boys". Filmink.
- ↑ "Untitled". The Age. 15 August 1963. p. 22.
