This Love Affair
{{Short description|1974 Australian anthology TV series}}
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This Love Affair is a 1974 Australian anthology TV series.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48079528 |title=FROM SELLING SHOES TO WRITING SCRIPTS |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly |volume=41 |issue=47 |location=Australia, Australia |date=24 April 1974 |accessdate=26 June 2023 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news|title=A love affair that shows some promise|newspaper=Sunday Sydney Morning Herald|date=21 April 1974|page= 84}} The plays were mostly made in the Melbourne studios.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45651602 |title=LET'S HAVE SOME HAPPINESS |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly |volume=42 |issue=9 |location=Australia, Australia |date=31 July 1974 |accessdate=26 June 2023 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}
It is not to be confused with A Time for Love (1972).
Cast
- Abigail as Laura
- Alan Oram as Ernie
- Arna-Maria Winchester as Diane
- Ben Gabriel
- Berrie Cameron-Allen as Typist
- Diane Craig
- Donna Akerson as Girl
- Elizabeth Alexander
- Elspeth Ballantyne
- Leonard Teale as John Stewart
- James Davern as Sydney Ferry Driver
- John Clayton
- Michael Duffield as Birdey Wilson
- Michael Long
- Norman Spartels as Athlete
- Olivia Hamnett as Nadine Rourke
- Patsy King
- Sonia Borg as Kris
- Ted Roberts
- Terence Donovan as Cab driver
Episodes
- Talk of a Running Man (14 April) w John Cribbins d David Stevens - an athlete (Norman Spartels) who has been bullied falls for a girl (Donna Akerson){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110773554 |title='Number 96' and a nation's taste |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=48 |issue=13,724 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=18 April 1974 |accessdate=26 June 2023 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}
- Tilting at Windmills (21 April) w Mark Randell d David Zweck - a salesgirl Laura (Abigail) falls for a poet John Stewart (Leonard Teale). Co-starring Elspeth Ballantyne.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article254797944 |title=DOCUMENTARY ON DORYMEN FROM PORTUGAL |newspaper=The Bananacoast Opinion |volume=14 |issue=3621 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 April 1974 |accessdate=26 June 2023 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}
- Good Time Charlie the Chequer Cab Kid (28 April) w John Romeril - a man (Terence Donovan) who drives a cab falls for Diane (Anna Marie Winchester)
- No Thanks I'm on a Diet (5 May) w Margaret Kelly d Keith Wilkes - st a plump typist (Berrie Cameron-Allen) goes on a diet
- That Old Double Standard (12 May) w Margaret Kelly - a man asks his girlfriend to move out when he is visited by his aunt{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article214545923 |title=TV PROGRAMMES |newspaper=Hamersley News |volume=VII |issue=12 |location=Western Australia |date=27 June 1974 |accessdate=26 June 2023 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}
- Seven Tenths of a Second (19 May) w Sonia Borg - Kris is going to marry Colin until seven tenths of a second change everything
- A Prophet of Love (26 May) - a former journalists struggles with being a mother
- One of My Silly Dreams (2 June) w James Davern - the driver of a Sydney ferry dreams of retiring to the Pacific.
- This Time Next Year (9 June) w Ted Roberts - a newcomer to a retirement village, Hannah, is irritated by the attitude of her companions
- Diversion (16 June) w Alan Oram - Ernie, a shy tailor, invites a client's daughter to a dinner but his friend monopolises her attention
- A Family Christmas (23 June) by Roger Dunn - Jan returns from England with her husband{{cite news|title=TV Guide|newspaper=The Age|date=20 June 1974|page= 39}}
- Autumn Roses (30 June) by Judy Blerworth - a love affair between two rose growers{{cite news|title=TV Guide|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=24 June 1974|page=14}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387630/ This Love Affair] at IMDb
Category:1970s Australian drama television series
Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming