The Last of the Australians | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Based on | The One Day of the Year by Alan Seymour |
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Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
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Executive producer | Ian Crawford |
Producer | Terry Stapleton |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Crawford Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Nine Network |
Release | 6 April 1975 – 21 January 1976 |
The Last of the Australians was an Australian sitcom that was broadcast on the Nine Network in 1975 and 1976.
The comedy series was produced by Crawford Productions in two series of 13 episodes each. It was based on Alan Seymour's play The One Day of the Year and is about an irascible father and his interactions with family life. [1]
Richard Hibbard left the show after the first series when he became a Hare Krishna devotee. [2] He was replaced by Stephen Thomas.
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