This Love Affair (TV series)

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This Love Affair
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producer Oscar Whitbread
Running time50 mins
Production companyAustralia
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseApril 14 (1974-04-14) –
June 30, 1974 (1974-06-30) -->

This Love Affair is a 1974 Australian anthology TV series. [1] [2] The plays were mostly made in the Melbourne studios. [3]

Contents

It is not to be confused with A Time for Love (1972).

Cast

Episodes

  1. Talk of a Running Man (14 April) w John Cribbins d David Stevens - an athlete (Norman Spartels) who has been bullied falls for a girl (Donna Akerson) [4]
  2. Tilting at Windmills (21 April) w Mark Randell d David Zweck - a salesgirl Laura (Abigail) falls for a poet John Stewart (Leonard Teale). Co-starring Elspeth Ballantyne. [1] [5]
  3. Good Time Charlie the Chequer Cab Kid (28 April) w John Romeril - a man (Terence Donovan) who drives a cab falls for Diane (Anna Marie Winchester)
  4. No Thanks I'm on a Diet (5 May) w Margaret Kelly d Keith Wilkes - st a plump typist (Berrie Cameron-Allen) goes on a diet
  5. That Old Double Standard (12 May) w Margaret Kelly - a man asks his girlfriend to move out when he is visited by his aunt [6]
  6. Seven Tenths of a Second (19 May) w Sonia Borg - Kris is going to marry Colin until seven tenths of a second change everything
  7. A Prophet of Love (26 May) - a former journalists struggles with being a mother
  8. One of My Silly Dreams (2 June) w James Davern - the driver of a Sydney ferry dreams of retiring to the Pacific.
  9. This Time Next Year (9 June) w Ted Roberts - a newcomer to a retirement village, Hannah, is irritated by the attitude of her companions
  10. Diversion (16 June) w Alan Oram - Ernie, a shy tailor, invites a client's daughter to a dinner but his friend monopolises her attention
  11. A Family Christmas (23 June) by Roger Dunn - Jan returns from England with her husband [7]
  12. Autumn Roses (30 June) by Judy Blerworth - a love affair between two rose growers [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "FROM SELLING SHOES TO WRITING SCRIPTS". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 41, no. 47. Australia, Australia. 24 April 1974. p. 15. Retrieved 26 June 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "A love affair that shows some promise". Sunday Sydney Morning Herald. 21 April 1974. p. 84.
  3. ↑ "LET'S HAVE SOME HAPPINESS". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 42, no. 9. Australia, Australia. 31 July 1974. p. 10. Retrieved 26 June 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "'Number 96' and a nation's taste". The Canberra Times . Vol. 48, no. 13, 724. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 April 1974. p. 19. Retrieved 26 June 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "DOCUMENTARY ON DORYMEN FROM PORTUGAL". The Bananacoast Opinion . Vol. 14, no. 3621. New South Wales, Australia. 16 April 1974. p. 9. Retrieved 26 June 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "TV PROGRAMMES". Hamersley News . Vol. VII, no. 12. Western Australia. 27 June 1974. p. 11. Retrieved 26 June 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "TV Guide". The Age. 20 June 1974. p. 39.
  8. ↑ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 June 1974. p. 14.
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