Dearest_Enemy_(TV_series)

<i>Dearest Enemy</i> (TV series)

Dearest Enemy (TV series)

Australian TV series or program

Dearest Enemy is a 1989 Australian sitcom about two newlyweds.[1]

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A pilot was shot with John Waters and Jacki Weaver. Grigor Taylor and Linden Wilkinson took over for season one in 1989. In season two, made in 1992, Wood replaced Taylor.[2]

Plot

Two newlyweds have different political views.

Cast

Production

Writer Michael Riordan was a teacher whose father Joe was a Housing Minister in the Whitman government. He approached John O'Grady and Geoff Portmann who were the producers of Mother and Son. They shot a pilot in 1987 with Jacki Weaver and John Waters. However neither were able to reprise their roles - Waters had stage commitments and Weaver went into another sitcom, House Rules.[3]

Critical reception was not entirely positive.[4]

However it was decided to revive the show in 1992 with John Wood replacing Taylor.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 141
  2. [2]
    "Dearest Enemy". Memorable TV. January 2016.
  3. [3]
    "DEAREST ENEMY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 63, no. 19, 570. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 May 1989. p. 27. Retrieved 6 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. [4]
    "Improving our averages with 25 words or more". The Canberra Times. Vol. 63, no. 19, 577. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 May 1989. p. 32. Retrieved 6 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. [5]
    "No surprises as Canberra gets another bashing". The Canberra Times. Vol. 66, no. 20, 805. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 March 1992. p. 4 (THE GUIDE). Retrieved 6 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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