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- ↑ "TELEVISION That tedious cleric trundled out again". The Canberra Times . Vol. 52, no. 15, 657. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 August 1978. p. 17. Retrieved 29 February 2016– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "TELEVISION That tedious cleric trundled out again". The Canberra Times . Vol. 52, no. 15, 657. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 August 1978. p. 17. Retrieved 26 June 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "LOOK IN on your week of television". The Bananacoast Opinion . No. 184. New South Wales, Australia. 2 August 1978. p. 16. Retrieved 26 June 2023– via National Library of Australia.
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