1968 Australian TV series or program
| Motel | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Soap opera Serial |
| Created by | James Workman |
| Written by | Creswick Jenkinson Richard Lane James Workman Eleanor White |
| Starring | Tony Bazell Jill Forster Noel Trevarthen Enid Lorimer |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 135 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes (4 times weekly) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ATN-7 |
| Release | 27 May 1968 (1968-05-27) – 1969 (1969) |
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Motel is an Australian television soap opera produced by the Seven Network's ATN-7 studios from 1968 to 1969.
Motel, like British serial Crossroads dealt with a family who ran a motel. In this case the Gillian family running the fictional Greenfields Motel.
Selected cast
- Tony Bazell - Mark Jefferies
- Jack Thompson - Bill Burke
- Jill Forster- Gaye Gillian
- Enid Lorimer - Bunty Creighton
- Brian James - Paul Drennan
- Ross Higgins - Reverent Larcombe
- Gregory Ross - Chris Gillian
- Noel Trevarthen - Rod Gillian
Production
The series had a cast of thirteen regulars and required three days in the studio each week. Each episode was thirty minutes and the program screened at midday four days a week, with the episode repeated late at night. The show was shot in black-and-white. It had a run of 135 episodes. Writers included Creswick Jenkinson.
Reception
According to Richard Lane, who worked on the series as a writer, the series was very successful as a day time program, which was how it was conceived. But when Channel Seven management "became over enthusiastic and repeated it at nighttime it was a disaster."
Notes
- Moran, Albert. Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, Allen & Unwin, 1993. ISBN 0-642-18462-3 p 299
- Lane, Richard (2000). The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama Volume 2. National Film and Sound Archive. p. 102.