EPISODE 68Chrissie is ill.First broadcast ... 1979 (Melbourne) |
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Storyliners: Dave Worthington, Margaret McClusky
Script Editor: Anne Lucas
ITV regional broadcast dates:-
YTV Mon 17 Nov 1986 23.00; TVS ... ; Channel ...
; TSW ... ; Central Mon 28 Sep 1987 00.30; Thames
Thu 10 Nov 1988 23.35; STV Fri 03 Feb 1989 23.05; Anglia ...
; Granada Thu 15 Sep 1988 23.05; Tyne Tees Thu 02 Nov 1989 23.05;
Border ... ; HTV ... ; Grampian ...
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