This Love Affair (TV series)
| This Love Affair | |
|---|---|
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Oscar Whitbread |
| Running time | 50 mins |
| Production company | Australia |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | April 14 – June 30, 1974 --> |
This Love Affair is a 1974 Australian anthology TV series.[1][2] The plays were mostly made in the Melbourne studios.[3]
It is not to be confused with A Time for Love (1972).
Cast
- Diane Craig
- Norman Spartels - Athlete
- Donna Akerson - Girl
- Abigail as Laura
- Leonard Teale as John Stewart
- Elspeth Ballantyne
- Terence Donovan as Cab driver
- Anna Marie Winchester as Diane
- Berrie Cameron-Allen as Typist
- Sonia Borg as Kris
- James Davern as Sydney Ferry Driver
- Ted Roberts
- Alan Oram as Ernie
- John Clayton
- Elizabeth Alexander
Episodes
- 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]
- 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]
- 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)
- 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
- 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]
- Seven Tenths of a Second (19 May) w Sonia Borg - Kris is going to marry Colin until seven tenths of a second change everything
- A Prophet of Love (26 May) - a former journalists struggles with being a mother
- One of My Silly Dreams (2 June) w James Davern - the driver of a Sydney ferry dreams of retiring to the Pacific.
- This Time Next Year (9 June) w Ted Roberts - a newcomer to a retirement village, Hannah, is irritated by the attitude of her companions
- Diversion (16 June) w Alan Oram - Ernie, a shy tailor, invites a client's daughter to a dinner but his friend monopolises her attention
- A Famiy Christmas (23 June) by Roger Dunn - Jan returns from England with her husband[7]
- Autumn Roses (30 June) by Judy Blerworth - a love affair between two rose growers[8]
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "A love affair that shows some promise". Sunday Sydney Morning Herald. 21 April 1974. p. 84.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "'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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "TV PROGRAMMES". Hamersley News. Vol. VII, no. 12. Western Australia. 27 June 1974. p. 11. Retrieved 26 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 20 June 1974. p. 39.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 June 1974. p. 14.