Motel (TV series)
| Motel | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Serial |
| Created by | Richard Lane |
| Written by | Creswick Jenkinson |
| Starring | Jill Forster 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 |
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
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[]
- - Mark Jefferies
- Ross Higgins - Reverend Larcombe
- Jill Forster - Gaye Gillian
- Brian James - Paul Drennan
- Enid Lorimer - Bunty Creighton
- - Chris Gillian
- Jack Thompson - Bill Burke
- - 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[]
External links[]
- Seven Network original programming
- Australian television soap operas
- 1968 Australian television series debuts
- 1968 Australian television series endings
- Black-and-white Australian television shows
- English-language television shows