Australian History

[Balmain Bob]

Well done GT
I thought that that clue may have been too easy. Yes Uncle Harry was referring to was Michael Caton.

Over to you

cheers

Bob

 

[goldtruck59]

Thanks Bob

I am after this persons character name

! was in an Australian produced drama series. I was a Mr fix it, man servant.

GT

 

[Magilla]

McGooley, showing my age a bit.

 

[goldtruck59]

Sorry Magilla not McGooley mate. A little later.
Another clue.
There were 3 brothers in the series all of the same profession.

 

[DrDuck]

Was it the Sullivans? Brothers John, Tom and Terry were all military men, although John was a doctor in the medical corps.

 

[goldtruck59]

True Doc but there was no man servant of the calibre I seek. So not the right answer.
GT

 

[DrDuck]

Got me scratching my head, good question. Was the show Dynasty, and the character you are after Nigel Dayton, who was the trouble shooter and hatchet man for Coriolan Motors?

 

[goldtruck59]

No mate. Its an Australian drama series based in Melbourne. The man servant was a trouble shooter and hatchet man also.
GT

 

[DrDuck]

Hmmm, it could be the notorious Kane Brothers, who featured in Underbelly Tale of Two Cities. But I don't know the story well enough to identify the hatchet man. There were plenty. Vinnie Mikkelsen or Christopher Dale Flannery?

 

[goldtruck59]

sorry doc wrong again.
This series had at least 60 x 1 hour episodes. It was run on prime time , Australia wide for a few years.
another clue
The father was also the same profession as the 3 sons. The man servant ( the character we are after) served only the father.
GT

 

[DrDuck]

Mate, I've got nothing. I never really watched TV drama series, so nothing comes readily to mind. Surely someone watched that show and remembers a father and three sons?

 

[Balmain Bob]

Gt
I spent 4 hours this morning looking for this. How about a decade it was in? The closest I came to 3 brothers was the Man from Snowy River TV series The Mcgreors, but couldn't find a hatchet man. Janus only had 2 brothers who were crims.

The good thing out of this was that i did learn about heaps of Aussie shows that I had forgotten about or didn't know about.

 

[goldtruck59]

Mate, I've got nothing. I never really watched TV drama series, so nothing comes readily to mind. Surely someone watched that show and remembers a father and three sons?

hey doc there was also a daughter!!! it was set in the 1920's.
GT

 

[goldtruck59]

Gt
I spent 4 hours this morning looking for this. How about a decade it was in? The closest I came to 3 brothers was the Man from Snowy River TV series The Mcgreors, but couldn't find a hatchet man. Janus only had 2 brothers who were crims.

The good thing out of this was that i did learn about heaps of Aussie shows that I had forgotten about or didn't know about.

Hey Bob

I have spent many hours pondering your questions at times.!!!
Once you know the answer you will go "***** !!" I watched that.
It was on TV at the same time as the Sullivans.
GT

 

[DrDuck]

I think the show must have been Carson's Law, and the butler character was Gerard Kent?

 

[goldtruck59]

well done Doc
Great show it was too. Gerard was a Mr fix it man servant to Godfrey Carson. Many underhanded escapades. They were all Lawyers.
Lorraine Bailey who was Mrs Sullivan on the Sullivans defected across to Carson's law and became a key player n the drama.
Over to you mate

GT

Gerard Kent

 

[DrDuck]

Well worded question GT. Sorry for the delay in posting a question, but I've been on the road today.

Let's stay with the theme. I'm thinking of another drama series that was top rated in the day. It also had over 60 episodes, but the producers had a dilemma when the bad guy became more popular than the star.

 

[Balmain Bob]

DrDuck,
Would that be the Freak out of Prisoner by any chance?

 

[DrDuck]

Good thinking, Bob, but no cigar.

I think Prisoner had more episodes than that, but the series I'm thinking about was made in the 60's, and while very popular back then, is little known today.

 

[Balmain Bob]

Got it.
Hunter was the show.

Kragg played by Gerard Kennedy was the standout character in the show and led Gerard onto his staring role in Division 4

http://www.australiantelevision.net/hunter.html

I was a bit too young to have watched this show.