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EPISODES: 14.
LENGTH: 30 mins.
FORMAT: Mono, Video and Film Integration.
PRODUCTION: 1968 - 1969 ABC Production, Sydney.
ORIGINAL SCREENING: 1968 - 1969.
RUNNING ORDER: Airdate.
NETWORK: ABC.

CAST:
Molly Prentiss.......JUNE THODY
Peter Prentiss.......PETER WHITFORD
Mrs. Malloy.......AILEEN BRITTON
Mervyn MacGregor.......DONALD MacDONALD

CREW:
Scripts.......LYLE MARTIN
Director.......BRIAN BELL
Producer.......BRIAN BELL
Executive Producer.......ALAN MORRIS
Script Editor.......MAURICE WILTSHIRE
Music.......LAURIE LEWIS

EPISODE TITLES
Series 1
1. There Goes The Groom
2. She'll Have To Go
3. Prisoner At The Bar
4. The Segregated Vice Den
5. It's An Ill Typhoon That Blows Mother-In-Law In
6. You Tell Me Your Dreams, I'll Tell You My Dreams
7. I Hate Roger Stokewell
Series 2
8. Somebody Stole My Still
9. The Shame Of Mother Malloy
10. I Only Deliver The Bread
11. The Army Will Make A Man Of You, Mrs. Malloy
12. The Second Honeymoon
13. Into The Breach
14. In The Key Of A Flat

SERIES 1

1. There Goes The Groom

Phillip Malloy.......Don Philps
Charley.......John Gray
Referee.......Bill Townsend
Rugby victim.......Rick Hennell

Synopsis: Peter Prentiss plays in a Rugby Union final with great gusto. It is to be his last game - he is to be married the following Saturday, and has promised to hang up his boots and guernsey forever. But the final match results in a draw, and a play-off the following Saturday is necessary - one in which Peter, as the team's star, must play. Peter plans to play as well as get married: by scoring heavily in the first half, then, by committing various acts of blatant mayhem against the referee and opposing players, getting ordered off the field in time to go to church. But nothing works out according to plan - all Peter's actions are blamed on somebody else. Finally Peter takes some radical action, and he is  whisked away to the altar where he makes his vows - still in his rugby gear.

Airdate: Melbourne 6/11/68, Sydney 30/10/68, Adelaide 29/10/68

2. She'll Have To Go

Synopsis: Peter is delighted when he receives an unexpected bonus from his employer, but Molly doesn't approve of his plans for spending it. Peter has two choices - to buy land on which to build Molly a home, or to get a new outboard motor for his boat, the 'Sexy Sue'.

Airdate: Melbourne 13/11/68, Sydney 6/11/68, Adelaide 5/11/68

3. Prisoner At The Bar

Synopsis: When Molly decides to emulate the deeds of Emmeline Pankhurst, the famous fighter for rights of women, it has an unexpected outcome.

Airdate: Melbourne 20/11/68, Sydney 13/11/68, Adelaide 12/11/68

4. The Segregated Vice Den

Synopsis: A seemingly harmless evening at the Prentiss home becomes highly suspect in the eyes of a dumbfounded policeman, who wonders at the large amount of people in attendance. None of the trouble would have happened if Peter's poker night hadn't clashed with Molly's charity committee meeting. Peter and Molly compromise by dividing the living room in half, one for the men and the other for the women.

Airdate: Melbourne 27/11/68, Sydney 20/11/68, Adelaide 19/11/68

5. It's An Ill Typhoon That Blows Mother-In-Law In

Synopsis: When a cyclone destroys the flats where Mrs. Malloy and Mervyn live, they come to stay with Peter and Molly. Soon all is chaos and when the landlord, calling to assess cyclone damage, finds Peter and Mervyn living in the garage, he serves an eviction order.

Airdate: Melbourne 4/12/68, Sydney 27/11/68, Adelaide 26/11/68

6. You Tell Me Your Dreams, I'll Tell You My Dreams

.......Richard Meikle
.......Maggie Dence

Synopsis: Peter's drowsy murmurings about a mysterious Gladys upset Molly, and she retaliates by going on strike until Peter offers a satisfactory explanation. Peter turns to Mervyn for help and together they create an answer they hope is plausible.

Airdate: Melbourne 11/12/68, Sydney 4/12/68, Adelaide 3/12/68

7. I Hate Roger Stokewell

Synopsis: The Prentiss' new neighbour, Roger Stokewell, is a model husband, much to Peter's disgust. Soon Peter is having Stokewell paraded to him as a shining example, so Peter decides to retaliate against him.

Airdate: Melbourne 18/12/68, Sydney 11/12/68

Peter Whitford and June Thody

Donald MacDonald and Peter Whitford

Ep. 7: Donald MacDonald, Peter Whitford and June Thody

SERIES 2

8. Somebody Stole My Still

Synopsis: Merv moves his illicit whisky still to the Prentiss garage - where it is accidentally thrown out with the rubbish. Peter is most amused at the incident until Merv tells him that the still is mounted on a stand bearing the inscription 'Peter Prentiss'.

Airdate: Melbourne 2/4/69

9. The Shame Of Mother Malloy

.......Norman Yemm
.......Barry Creyton
.......Brian Anderson
.......Roger Cox
.......Peter McPhie

Synopsis: Mrs. Malloy assists her ‘nephew’, Rev. Clyde Hoskins, a former prison chaplain, to raise funds for repatriated prisoners. She plans a grand and successful garden party, but not everything goes to plan, and there is  an unexpected and shameful ending.

Airdate: Melbourne 9/4/69

10. I Only Deliver The Bread

Guru Chanderadas.......Richard Meikle
Joe Garibaldi.......Alistair Duncan
Maria Garibaldi.......Judith Roberts

Synopsis: Molly thinks that she has mastered the art of thought projection when she believes that Peter has understood a message to bring some goods home. She has actually begun an incredible mix-up which involves the local baker and his wife and leads to an hour of reckoning for the Guru Chanderadas.

Airdate: Melbourne 16/4/69

11. The Army Will Make A Man Of You, Mrs. Malloy

Synopsis: Through a bureaucratic mix-up, Mrs. Malloy receives Army call-up papers.

Airdate: Melbourne 23/4/69

12. The Second Honeymoon

Synopsis: Molly's dream of a cosy, idyllic second honeymoon is dashed by Peter's pursuit of a business man at the same hotel to clinch an important deal - and the arrival of Merv, who was under the impression they were all to holiday together.

Airdate: Melbourne 30/4/69

Peter Whitford and Donald MacDonald

13. Into The Breach

.......James Condon
.......Ruth Cracknell
.......Maggie Dence

Synopsis: Mervyn meets a determined woman who has marriage on her mind. To his horror, Merv becomes entangled on a trip to the altar, and there seems no way available for him to get out of the situation.

Airdate: Melbourne 7/5/69

14. In The Key Of A Flat

Charley Bates.......Jack Allan
Margie Bates.......June Salter
Clarence Troutback.......Clifford Neate
Builder.......Barry Mawson

Synopsis: Molly discovers that girlfriends from Peter's carefree bachelor days are still holding keys to his flat. He swears that they have all now been returned, but Merv knows better.

Airdate: Melbourne 14/5/69