Top Mates

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Top Mates
Genre mini-series
Written by Anne Brooksbank
Margaret Kelly
Directed byChris Thomson
Starring Ray Meagher
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes5
Production
ProducerNoel Price
Running time5 x 1 hour
Release
Original networkABC
Original release16 July 1979 (1979-07-16)

Top Mates is a 1979 Australian TV mini series. [1]

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References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p241