The Best of the Big Gig (Captioned)

Madness, mayhem and tons of laughs from the infamous Big Gig team, with all the best bits taken from their first series and cleverly put together on one video. Hosted by Wendy Harmer and including such favourites as Glynn Nicholas, Jean Kitson, The Empty Pockets, Anthony Ackroyd and the Doug Anthony Allstars.

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Credits

producer/director

Ted Robinson

production company

ABC-TV (Australia)

Duration

01:20:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1989

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302917

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Closed captioning

Comedy

Television

Television → Television comedies

Television → Television comedies → Television comedies - Australia

Television → Television series

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1989

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