The series was set on a remote Australian property run by seven beautiful but naïve young women. When the property is inherited by an English water diviner (Hugh Lloyd) he and his Australian half-brother (Ron Frazer) and an assistant (Kate Fitzpatrick) begin living on the property and attempt to teach the nubile young women the ways of the world.
The series focused on the physical attractiveness of the young women, who all wore skimpy blue smocks and had names like "Abigail", "Lolita", "Tuesday", "Wednesday" and "Buster", along with Carry On-style innuendo.
The series was written and directed by David Croft and was intended primarily for a UK audience. As UK television was by now broadcasting in colour, it meant that Birds in the Bush was also shot in colour, but this necessitated shooting the series on film rather than videotape, as the ATN7 television studios in Australia were yet to be converted to colour.
Reactionedit
The series began on air in Australia on 3 May 1972 but rated poorly there. Likewise UK ratings were low and the series run was cancelled there before all the episodes had been shown (it ran on BBC1 from 10 July 1972 until 21 August 1972). Just one season of 13 30-minute episodes was produced.
Cast member Kate Sheil, who played one of the naive girls, later said of her participation in the series that "I'm still trying to live that down because a lot of people hated it. We just run around saying these amazing things. I used to watch it for the scenery".[2]
Referencesedit
^Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p. 81
^Johnson, Jackie. Our Kate’s Image Turns Timid., TV Week. 24 October 1981, p. 41
birds, bush, also, known, virgin, fellas, strike, rich, australian, british, sitcom, that, broadcast, 1972, written, bydavid, croftdirected, bydavid, croftstarringhugh, lloydron, frazeralastair, duncankate, fitzpatrickelli, maclureann, sidneysusan, lloydbriony. Birds in the Bush also known as The Virgin Fellas and Strike It Rich is an Australian British sitcom that was broadcast in 1972 1 Birds in the BushWritten byDavid CroftDirected byDavid CroftStarringHugh LloydRon FrazerAlastair DuncanKate FitzpatrickElli MaclureAnn SidneySusan LloydBriony BehetsKate SheilCountry of originAustraliaUnited KingdomNo of episodes13ProductionProducerMargaret BondRunning time30 minutesProduction companyGeorge Rockey ProductionsOriginal releaseNetworkSeven Network Australia BBC1 United Kingdom Release3 May 1972 05 03 26 July 1972 1972 07 26 Australia Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Reaction 5 References 6 External linksPlot editThe series was set on a remote Australian property run by seven beautiful but naive young women When the property is inherited by an English water diviner Hugh Lloyd he and his Australian half brother Ron Frazer and an assistant Kate Fitzpatrick begin living on the property and attempt to teach the nubile young women the ways of the world The series focused on the physical attractiveness of the young women who all wore skimpy blue smocks and had names like Abigail Lolita Tuesday Wednesday and Buster along with Carry On style innuendo Cast editHugh Lloyd as Hugh Ron Frazer as Ron Alastair Duncan as Hoffnung Kate Fitzpatrick as Michelle Elli Maclure as Abigail Ann Sidney as Nanny Susan Lloyd as Lolita Kate Sheil as Friday Briony Behets as Tuesday Nicola Flamer as Caldera as Wednesday Jenny Hayes as BusterProduction editThe series was written and directed by David Croft and was intended primarily for a UK audience As UK television was by now broadcasting in colour it meant that Birds in the Bush was also shot in colour but this necessitated shooting the series on film rather than videotape as the ATN7 television studios in Australia were yet to be converted to colour Reaction editThe series began on air in Australia on 3 May 1972 but rated poorly there Likewise UK ratings were low and the series run was cancelled there before all the episodes had been shown it ran on BBC1 from 10 July 1972 until 21 August 1972 Just one season of 13 30 minute episodes was produced Cast member Kate Sheil who played one of the naive girls later said of her participation in the series that I m still trying to live that down because a lot of people hated it We just run around saying these amazing things I used to watch it for the scenery 2 References edit Albert Moran Moran s Guide to Australian TV Series AFTRS 1993 p 81 Johnson Jackie Our Kate s Image Turns Timid TV Week 24 October 1981 p 41External links editBirds in the Bush at BBC Online Comedy Guide Birds in the Bush at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Birds in the Bush amp oldid 1204024644, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
