The Yarns of Billy Borker

The Yarns of Billy Borker is a 1964 Australian TV series for the ABC based on scripts by Frank Hardy. They consisted of five-minute episodes of stories written by Hardy and told by Peter Carver.^[1]^[2] It was shot in Perth.^[3]

Hardy later turned these into a book and an album.^[4]

The show was replaced with another similar one called Under the Morning Star.^[5]

References[]

^ "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. 21 September 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
^ "TV VIEW". Tribune. New South Wales. 14 October 1964. p. 10. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
^ "Local Boy makes good television". The Canberra Times. 23 October 1964. p. 15. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
^ "People in a hurry". Tribune. New South Wales. 9 July 1958. p. 6. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
^ "Billy Borker fades into the Dream Time". The Canberra Times. 22 February 1965. p. 13. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.

External links[]

Yanks of Billy Borker at TV Memories
The Yarns of Billy Borker at IMDb

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[1] "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. 21 September 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.

[2] "TV VIEW". Tribune. New South Wales. 14 October 1964. p. 10. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.

[3] "Local Boy makes good television". The Canberra Times. 23 October 1964. p. 15. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.

[4] "People in a hurry". Tribune. New South Wales. 9 July 1958. p. 6. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.

[5] "Billy Borker fades into the Dream Time". The Canberra Times. 22 February 1965. p. 13. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.

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