Frank and Francesca

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| genre = Children's television

| based_on = {{Based on|Frank and Francesca|David Martin}}

| creator =

| writer = Oriel Gray

| director = Rick Birch
Douglas Sharp

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| country = Australia

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| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 6

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| executive_producer =

| producer = Oscar Whitbread

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| runtime = 30 minutes

| network = ABC

| first_aired = {{Start date|1973|07|29|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1973|09|02|df=y}}

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Frank and Francesca is an Australian children's television series which first screened on the ABC in 1973.

The series of six 30 minute black & white episodes were based on the book of the same name by David Martin (1915-1997) which was published in 1972.{{cite book |last=Martin |first=David |date=1972 |title=Frank and Francesca |location=Melbourne |publisher=Thomas Nelson |page=xii+156pp |isbn=0170029174}}{{cite book |last=Martin |first=David |date=1972 |title=Frank and Francesca |url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6327240 |location=Richmond |publisher=Marlin Books |page=xii+156pp |isbn=0091350611}} It was produced by Oscar Whitbread for the Australian Broadcasting Commission{{cite web |url =http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/Chronology.htm |title =Classic Australian Television Chronology |last =Storey |first =Don |date =2013 |access-date =22 March 2016}} and was directed by Rick Birch and Douglas Sharp.{{cite web | url =https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437004/ | title =Frank and Francesca | date =2016 | website =www.imdb.com | publisher =IMDB | access-date =22 March 2016}}