Season of Australian Plays

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- Australia
How it feels
An anthology of six TV movies from 1979, each written by a different Australian writer. The stories explore different aspects of life and personalities in 1970s Australia.
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What happens
Season of Australian Plays was an anthology series of 6 television movies screened by the ABC in 1979. Written by six different writers they covered different genres and looked at different areas of life and characteristics in 1970s Australia. They began on 14 October with Burn the Butterflies and played over six consecutive Sunday nights concluding with Banana Bender on 18 November. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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