Top Mates | |
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Genre | mini-series |
Written by | Anne Brooksbank Margaret Kelly |
Directed by | Chris Thomson |
Starring | Ray Meagher |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 5 |
Production | |
Producer | Noel Price |
Running time | 5 x 1 hour |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | 16 July 1979 |
Top Mates is a 1979 Australian TV mini series. [1]
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