Mother and son. No. 1 (Captioned)

The money : Maggie has been saving up her pension cheques and Arthur needs to find them, but where are they? “The aunt” : Arthur invites Maggie’s sister Lorna for a visit. At first all goes well but then Lorna dares to pick some of Maggie’s flowers… “The accident” : Someone drops a typewriter on Arthur’s foot and he’s stuck at home being nursed by Maggie! Stars Ruth Cracknell and Garry McDonald with Henri Szeps and Judy Morris.

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Credits

producer/director

Geoffrey Portmann

production company

ABC-TV (Australia)

writer

Geoffrey Atherden

Duration

01:17:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300092

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Closed captioning

Comedy

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Aging

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aging

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1986

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