Up The Convicts

Up The Convicts
Written by	Hugh Stuckey
Starring	Frankie Howerd Frank Thring Wallas Eaton Carol Raye Lee Young
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Original release
Network	ATN-7
Release	February 18 (1976-02-18) – August 8, 1976 (1976-08-08)

Up The Convicts is an Australian comedy television series that aired on Channel 7 in 1976. It starred Frankie Howerd as a convict in Botany Bay in the 18th century. ^{[1] [2]} There was four episodes, each billed as specials. ^[3] It was a similar style of show as Howerd's Up Pompeii! . ^[4]

Cast

• Frankie Howerd as Jonathan Shirk
• Frank Thring as Sergeant Bastion
• Wallas Eaton as Sir Montague Fitzgibbon
• Carol Raye as Lady Fitzgibbon
• Lee Young as Quinney
• Abigail as Charlotte
• Kate Fitzpatrick
• Anne Lambert as Gladys
• Jacki Weaver as Emily
• Crystal Redenko as Dapne
• Patrick Ward as Roger
• Arna-Maria Winchester

References

1. Plummer, Dale (15 February 1976), "Sydney's early convict days never funnier", The Sydney Morning Herald
2. Glover, Richard (11 June 2021), "Up the convicts! When a tour Downunder was a comedian's last gasp", The Sydney Morning Herald
3. McCann, Graham (12 June 2022). "An Englishman abroad: Frankie Howerd's Commonwealth comedies". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
4. "Behind the funny face", The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 December 1975

External links

• Up The Convicts at IMDb