No Thanks, I'm on a Diet

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No Thanks, I'm on a Diet
Genre Comedy
Country of origin Australia
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producerKeith Wilkes
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network ABC
Release1976 (1976)

No Thanks, I'm on a Diet is an Australian television sitcom which first screened on the ABC in 1976. It starred real life husband and wife Maurie Fields and Val Jellay, who play the parents of Brenda, who has a weight problem. The series revolves around her unsuccessful attempts to place less strain on the bathroom scales. [1]

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  1. "The Age from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on October 9, 1975 · Page 32".