Colour in the Creek

{{Short description|Television series}}

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| writer = Sonia Borg

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| starring = Dennis Miller
Judy Morris
Ken Talbot

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| country = Australia

| language = English

| num_episodes = 10

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| runtime = 30 mins

| channel = Nine Network

| first_aired = {{Start date|1985|05|07|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1985|07|09|df=y}}

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Colour in the Creek is a 1985 Australian children's TV series. It was made with a budget of $1.6 million and was adapted from the novel by Margaret Paice.Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 122 and was adapted from the novels Colour in the Creek and Shadow of Wings by Margaret Paice.{{Citation | last= Lee Lewes | first= Jacqueline | title= A good Aussie yarn | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 26 May 1985}}

Colour in the Creek was set in the Depression. A family relocates to the goldfields to try make ends meet.{{Citation | last= Watson | first= Bronwyn | title= Major new series from Nine | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 20 May 1985}} It won the Rockie award at the International Banff Television Festival in Canada.{{Citation | last= Bone | first= Pamela | title= Advice on young viewing habits | url= | periodical= The Age | date= 12 June 1986}}