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Daily at Dawn

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Daily at Dawn
GenreSitcom
Written by
StarringNoeline Brown
Paul Chubb
Terry Bader
Henri Szeps
Julieanne Newbould
Robert Hughes
Theo Stephens
Theme music composerMike Perjanik
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes13
Production
Producers
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companyRS Productions
Original release
NetworkSeven Network
Release3 February (1981-02-03) –
28 April 1981 (1981-04-28)

Daily at Dawn is an Australian sitcom that was first broadcast in 1981 on the Seven Network. The series was written and produced by Gary Reilly and Tony Sattler, who were also writers of popular Australian comedy series Kingswood Country, Hey Dad..! and The Naked Vicar Show.

Synopsis

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The series was set in the office of a metropolitan newspaper.

It was the first Australian comedy series to feature a regular gay character, Terry Bader as journalist Leslie Windrush.[1]

Cast

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Reception

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Television writer Albert Moran, in Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, wrote of the series that: "As against [Reilly and Sattler's] hit series Kingswood Country, which had worked so well as comedy not least because it had a crystal clear situation and very stereotyped and easily contrasted characters, Daily at Dawn had too many characters who were not sufficiently distinguished as types from each other, and too many normal types."[2]

References

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  1. ^ Howes, Keith (February 1998). "Gays of Our Lives". Outrage (177): 38–49.
  2. ^ "Daily at Dawn". AustLit. 1 December 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
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