Relative Merits

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| writer = Lisa Benyon
Terry Larsen
Sara Dowse
Michael Cove
Jane Oehr

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| director = Colin Englert
Kate Woods
Peter Fisk
Karl Zwicky
Ron Elliott

| starring = Odile Le Clezio
Brendan Higgins
Madeleine Blackwell

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| country = Australia

| language = English

| num_episodes = 10

| producer = Martin Williams

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| network = ABC

| first_aired = {{Start date|1987|06|15|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1987|08|17|df=y}}

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Relative Merits is a 1987 mini series about three months in the life of a radio journalist.Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p226 Due to new rules at the ABC the series was given a late night time slot which Robin Oliver from the Sydney Morning Herald said all but killed the series.{{Citation | last= Oliver | first= Robin | title= Buried alive: How to kill a good drama - after hours | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 22 June 1987}}

Louise Bellamy of The Age commenting of the first episode said "Unfortunately, their lives hold as much interest as Ken and Barbie doll. But it's early days"{{Citation | last= Bellamy | first= Louise | title= Yuppies up the pole | url= | periodical= The Age | date= 11 June 1987}} Also in the Age Barbara Hooks wrote "'Relative Merits' obviously has something worth saying, but the message may be lost if it proves too bitter a pill."{{Citation | last= Hooks | first= Barbara | title= Priority crises and pearls of fashion wit | url= | periodical= The Age | date= 15 June 1987}} Bronwyn Watson wrote in the Sydney Morning Herald that "Relative Merits is uneven, rather slow-moving in parts, but it has to be praised because at least it has the guts to tackle an up-to-date subject."{{Citation | last= Watson | first= Bronwyn | title= Relative Merits | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 15 June 1987}}