The Red Moore Show

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The Red Moore Show
Genre Variety
Starring
  • Red Moore
  • Peggy Mortimer
  • Colin Croft
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerJames Upshaw
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network ABC Television
Release1962 (1962)

The Red Moore Show is a 1962 Australian television series which aired on ABC Television. Starring Red Moore, it also featured Peggy Mortimer (wife of Enzo Toppano and mother of Peta Toppano) and Colin Croft. The series was a half-hour variety show, and aired for a single series.

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Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald gave the show a mixed review, saying that "I feel that someone has slipped badly" but also that "If both Moore and producer Upshaw can come up with a swift bit of pruning, the Red Moore Show could still come through with flying colours". [1]

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References

  1. Marshall, Valda (18 March 1962). "Red's boner". The Sydney Morning Herald . p. 88. Retrieved 9 April 2020.