- Birds in the Bush
infobox television
show_name = Birds in the Bush
caption =
format =Situation Comedy
runtime = Approximately 30 minutes per normal episode.
creator =David Croft
writer =David Croft
producer =Margaret Bond
director =David Croft
starring =Hugh Lloyd Ron Frazer Alastair Duncan Kate Fitzpatrick Elli MacLure Ann Sidney Susan Lloyd Briony Behets
country =Australia United Kingdom
network = ABC (Australia)
BBC1 (United Kingdom)
first_aired =May 3 ,1972
last_aired =July 26 ,1972 (Australia)
num_episodes = 13
tv_com_id = 18582"Birds in the Bush" (also known as "The Virgin Fellas" and "Strike It Rich") is an
Australia n/United Kingdom situation comedy series produced in 1972.The series was set on a remote Australian property run by seven beautiful but naive young women. When the property is inherited by an English water diviner (
Hugh Lloyd ) he and his Australian half-brother (Ron Frazer ) and an assistant (Kate Fitzpatrick ) begin living on the property and attempt to teach the nubile young women the ways of the world.The series focused on the physical attractiveness of the young women, who all wore skimpy blue smocks and had names like "Abigail", "Lolita", "Tuesday", "Wednesday" and "Buster", along with "Carry On"-style innuendo. Amongst the actresses as the young women were
Briony Behets andKate Sheil .The series was written and directed by
David Croft and was intended primarily for a UK audience. As UK television was by this stage transmitting in colour it meant that "Birds in the Bush" was also shot in colour, but this necessitated shooting the series on film rather than videotape, as theATN7 television studios in Australia were yet to be converted to colour.The series began on air in Australia on
May 3 ,1972 but rated poorly there. Likewise UK ratings were low and the series run was cancelled there before all the episodes had been shown (it ran on BBC1 fromJuly 10 ,1972 untilAugust 21 ,1972 ). Just one season of 13 30-minute episodes was produced.Cast
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Hugh Lloyd - Hugh
*Ron Frazer - Ron
*Alastair Duncan - Hoffnung
*Kate Fitzpatrick - Michelle
*Elli MacLure - Abigail
*Ann Sidney - Nanny
*Susan Lloyd - Lolita
*Kate Sheil - Friday
*Briony Behets - Tuesday
*Nicola Flamer-Caldera - Wednesday
*Jenny Hayes - BusterExternal links
*bbc.co.uk|id=comedy/guide/articles/b/birdsinthebush_1299000328.shtml|title="Birds in the Bush" Comedy Guide
*imdb title|id=0217915|title=Birds in the Bush
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