Motel (TV series)

Motel is an Australian television soap opera produced in black-and-white and made by the Seven Network's ATN-7 studio's in 1968, the series broadcast in 1968 and 1969, was created by Richard Lane

Motel
GenreSerial
Created byRichard Lane
Written byCreswick Jenkinson
StarringTony Bazell
Jill Forster
Noel Trevarthen
Enid Lorimer
Country of originAustralia
Original language(s)English
No. of episodes135
Release
Original networkATN-7
Original release27 May 1968 –
1969
Chronology
Preceded byThe Story Of Peter Grey
Related showsSimilar elements to British serial Crossroads

Synopsis

The series was screened in a daytime slot and was an attempt, albeit ill-fated at an Australian version of the British serial Crossroads. Motel dealt with the Gillian family, who ran the fictional "Greenfields Motel" of the series title.

Production

The series had a cast of thirteen regulars and required three days in the studio each week. Each episode was thirty minutes and the program screened at midday four days a week, with the episode repeated late at night. The show was shot in black-and-white. It had a run of 135 episodes. Writers included Creswick Jenkinson. [1]

Selected cast

Notes
  1. Moran, Albert. Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, Allen & Unwin, 1993. ISBN 0-642-18462-3 p 299
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