The situation involved five young flatmates—three men and two women—living together for financial and pragmatic reasons and regularly attempting to outwit their landlord who was convinced there were saucy goings-on in the flat.
The regular characters were named on screen with a freeze frame as they made their entrance at the start of each episode. Each credit also featured a brief description of the character, such as MARK the medical student, JENNIFER the student, BOB the accountant, JEREMY he's something in television, TINTO the landlord.
The final character was Laura Bent, the dumb brunette, a model unaware of her physical attractiveness. Laura was the key character around which most of the show's situations revolved. Her caption would change every episode and formed the title of the episode, such as "and LAURA this week she's on a diet", "This Week She Wants to Be a Singer", "This Week She Travels", etc.
Cast membersedit
The regular cast where Ken James as Mark, Jenee Walsh as Jennifer, Gregory Ross as Bob, Gregory de Polnay as Jeremy, and Terry O'Neill (actor) as Tinto.
The role of Laura Bent was played by Roslyn Wilson, a newcomer whom had no prior acting experience. She was cast at the last minute when the original actress, Wendy Hughes who played Laura in the televised pilot episode, was released to take a role in a theatre production.
Production personneledit
The series was produced by Don Cash and Bill Harmon, devised by Anne Hall and written by David Sale, who the following year collaborated on the phenomenally successful soap operaNumber 96. Despite its popularity The Group was not renewed beyond its original series of 13 half-hour episodes.[1]
group, australian, series, group, australian, situation, comedy, series, produced, cash, harmon, television, seven, network, 1971, groupgenresituation, comedywritten, bydavid, salestarringken, jamesgregory, polnaywendy, hughesterry, neilljenee, welshno, season. The Group was an Australian situation comedy series produced by Cash Harmon Television for the Seven Network in 1971 The GroupGenreSituation comedyWritten byDavid SaleStarringKen JamesGregory de PolnayWendy HughesTerry O NeillJenee WelshNo of seasons1No of episodes14ProductionProducerDon Cash Bill HarmonProduction companyCash HarmonReleaseOriginal networkSeven NetworkOriginal releaseJanuary 1971 1971 01 August 1971 1971 08 Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast members 3 Production personnel 4 See also 5 Notes 6 External linksSynopsis editThe situation involved five young flatmates three men and two women living together for financial and pragmatic reasons and regularly attempting to outwit their landlord who was convinced there were saucy goings on in the flat The regular characters were named on screen with a freeze frame as they made their entrance at the start of each episode Each credit also featured a brief description of the character such as MARK the medical student JENNIFER the student BOB the accountant JEREMY he s something in television TINTO the landlord The final character was Laura Bent the dumb brunette a model unaware of her physical attractiveness Laura was the key character around which most of the show s situations revolved Her caption would change every episode and formed the title of the episode such as and LAURA this week she s on a diet This Week She Wants to Be a Singer This Week She Travels etc Cast members editThe regular cast where Ken James as Mark Jenee Walsh as Jennifer Gregory Ross as Bob Gregory de Polnay as Jeremy and Terry O Neill actor as Tinto The role of Laura Bent was played by Roslyn Wilson a newcomer whom had no prior acting experience She was cast at the last minute when the original actress Wendy Hughes who played Laura in the televised pilot episode was released to take a role in a theatre production Production personnel editThe series was produced by Don Cash and Bill Harmon devised by Anne Hall and written by David Sale who the following year collaborated on the phenomenally successful soap opera Number 96 Despite its popularity The Group was not renewed beyond its original series of 13 half hour episodes 1 Indeed many of the actors who had featured briefly in The Group including Bettina Welch Elisabeth Kirkby and Tom Oliver would become staples in Number 96 2 See also editList of Australian television seriesNotes edit Moran Albert Moran s Guide to Australian TV Series Allen amp Unwin 1993 ISBN 0 642 18462 3 p 209 210 Giles Nigel Number 96 Melbourne Books External links editThe Group at IMDb The Group at Classic Australian Television Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Group Australian TV series amp oldid 1078944179, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
