Carrots is an Australian television series that aired on ATN 7 in 1979. Airing four nights a week it was a television show about a television show. It presented a television crew creating a show called The Funny Bunny Show with a giant rabbit as it's principal character.[2] The show was twice denied a C classification but it was still able to air between 4pm and 5pm as the 2 hours of non-C-classified programming allowed each week.[3]

Carrots
Developed byRoger Bliss
Written by
  • Derek Strachan
  • Michael Lawrence
Directed byRoger Bliss
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes98
Production
ProducerMichael Lawrence
EditorTrevor Hawkins
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkATN7
Release2 July 1979 (1979-07-02)[1] –
1979 (1979)

Cast

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  • Gerry Gallagher as Moses (a 214cm tall rabbit)
  • James Condon as Horace W. Hathaway
  • Sheila Kennelly as Mabel Dodds
  • Greg Bepper as Johnny Preston
  • Brendon Lunney as Mark Adams
  • Helen Hough as Sally Fraser
  • David Foster as Alex Pandopoulos
  • Frank Hruby as Tim Salmon
  • Brian Anderson as TT (voice)

References

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  1. ^ Albert Moran (1993). Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series. AFTRS.
  2. ^ Shelley, Gary (2 July 1979), "The star is a carrot", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. ^ "500 for, 4 against children's show", The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 July 1979
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