This Love Affair (TV series)

This Love Affair is a 1974 Australian anthology TV series.^[1][2] The plays were mostly made in the Melbourne studios.^[3]

This Love Affair
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer	Oscar Whitbread
Running time	50 mins
Production company	Australia
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	April 14 (1974-04-14) – June 30, 1974 (1974-06-30) -->

It is not to be confused with A Time for Love (1972).

Cast

• Diane Craig
• Norman Spartels - Athlete
• Donna Akerson - Girl
• Abigail as Laura
• Leonard Teale as John Stewart
• Elspeth Ballantyne
• Terence Donovan as Cab driver
• Anna Marie Winchester as Diane
• Berrie Cameron-Allen as Typist
• Sonia Borg as Kris
• James Davern as Sydney Ferry Driver
• Ted Roberts
• Alan Oram as Ernie
• John Clayton
• Elizabeth Alexander
• Patsy King

Episodes

1. 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)^[4]
2. 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.^[1][5]
3. 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)
4. 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
5. That Old Double Standard (12 May) w Margaret Kelly - a man asks his girlfriend to move out when he is visited by his aunt^[6]
6. Seven Tenths of a Second (19 May) w Sonia Borg - Kris is going to marry Colin until seven tenths of a second change everything
7. A Prophet of Love (26 May) - a former journalists struggles with being a mother
8. One of My Silly Dreams (2 June) w James Davern - the driver of a Sydney ferry dreams of retiring to the Pacific.
9. This Time Next Year (9 June) w Ted Roberts - a newcomer to a retirement village, Hannah, is irritated by the attitude of her companions
10. Diversion (16 June) w Alan Oram - Ernie, a shy tailor, invites a client's daughter to a dinner but his friend monopolises her attention
11. A Family Christmas (23 June) by Roger Dunn - Jan returns from England with her husband^[7]
12. Autumn Roses (30 June) by Judy Blerworth - a love affair between two rose growers^[8]

References

1. "FROM SELLING SHOES TO WRITING SCRIPTS". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 41, no. 47. Australia, Australia. 24 April 1974. p. 15. Retrieved 26 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "A love affair that shows some promise". Sunday Sydney Morning Herald. 21 April 1974. p. 84.
3. "LET'S HAVE SOME HAPPINESS". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 42, no. 9. Australia, Australia. 31 July 1974. p. 10. Retrieved 26 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "'Number 96' and a nation's taste". The Canberra Times. Vol. 48, no. 13, 724. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 April 1974. p. 19. Retrieved 26 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "DOCUMENTARY ON DORYMEN FROM PORTUGAL". The Bananacoast Opinion. Vol. 14, no. 3621. New South Wales, Australia. 16 April 1974. p. 9. Retrieved 26 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "TV PROGRAMMES". Hamersley News. Vol. VII, no. 12. Western Australia. 27 June 1974. p. 11. Retrieved 26 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
7. "TV Guide". The Age. 20 June 1974. p. 39.
8. "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 June 1974. p. 14.

External links

• This Love Affair at IMDb