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Kings is a 1983 Australian television series dealing with the working-class King family living in Sydney. [1] Headed by George King who runs a panel beating shop the family consists of George, his wife Rose, three sons, two daughters and two grandchildren. [2] Each episode contains a self contained story. [3] It was the first drama series produced by PBL Productions. [4] It was scheduled for 26 weeks of hour-long episodes that began on 12 July 1983 on the Nine Network. [5] It was axed after 19 episodes.[ citation needed] After a good start in the ratings it's figures quickly fell by the fourth episode. [6]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Lee Lewes, Jacqueline (10 July 1983), "Kings: 9 keeps trying to get a lather from the soap", The Sydney Morning Herald
  2. ^ Courtis, Brian (12 July 1983), "Kings looking for a crown", The Age
  3. ^ Lyle, David (18 July 1983), "Despite wooden, Double Day westies, Kings has hope", The Sydney Morning Herald
  4. ^ Lee Lewes, Jacqueline (19 June 1983), "Meet the Kings, Nine's newest drama family*", The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ^ Bailey, Paul (11 July 1983), "Kings: a safe shot to end the flops", The Sydney Morning Herald
  6. ^ Lee Lewes, Jacqueline (31 July 1983), "Kings: Realism may be main drawback to success", The Sydney Morning Herald

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kings is a 1983 Australian television series dealing with the working-class King family living in Sydney. [1] Headed by George King who runs a panel beating shop the family consists of George, his wife Rose, three sons, two daughters and two grandchildren. [2] Each episode contains a self contained story. [3] It was the first drama series produced by PBL Productions. [4] It was scheduled for 26 weeks of hour-long episodes that began on 12 July 1983 on the Nine Network. [5] It was axed after 19 episodes.[ citation needed] After a good start in the ratings it's figures quickly fell by the fourth episode. [6]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Lee Lewes, Jacqueline (10 July 1983), "Kings: 9 keeps trying to get a lather from the soap", The Sydney Morning Herald
  2. ^ Courtis, Brian (12 July 1983), "Kings looking for a crown", The Age
  3. ^ Lyle, David (18 July 1983), "Despite wooden, Double Day westies, Kings has hope", The Sydney Morning Herald
  4. ^ Lee Lewes, Jacqueline (19 June 1983), "Meet the Kings, Nine's newest drama family*", The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ^ Bailey, Paul (11 July 1983), "Kings: a safe shot to end the flops", The Sydney Morning Herald
  6. ^ Lee Lewes, Jacqueline (31 July 1983), "Kings: Realism may be main drawback to success", The Sydney Morning Herald

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