Motel (TV series)
Motel is an Australian television soap opera produced by the Seven Network's ATN-7 studios from 1968 to 1969 It was created by Richard Lane
Motel | |
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Genre | Serial |
Created by | Richard Lane |
Written by | Creswick Jenkinson |
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) |
Release | |
Original network | ATN-7 |
Original release | 27 May 1968 – 1969 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | The Story Of Peter Grey |
Related shows | Similar elements to British serial Crossroads |
Synopsis
Motel, like British serial Crossroads dealt with a family who ran a motel. In this case the Gillian family running the fictional Greenfields Motel.
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. [1]
Selected cast
- Tony Bazell - Mark Jefferies
- Ross Higgins - Reverend Larcombe
- Jill Forster - Gaye Gillian
- Brian James - Paul Drennan
- Enid Lorimer - Bunty Creighton
- Gregory Ross - Chris Gillian
- Jack Thompson - Bill Burke
- Noel Trevarthen - Rod Gillian
Reception
According to creator Richard Lane, who also 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."[2]
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.