The Adventures of the Terrible Ten

*The Adventures of the Terrible Ten*
The Adventures of the Terrible Ten
Also known as	Ten Town; Terrific Adventures of the Terrible Ten;
Genre	Children's television
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	52 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer	Roger Mirams
Running time	10 minutes
Production company	Pacific Films
Original release
Network	GTV-9
Release	1959 –; 1960
Related
	Funny Things Happen Down Under

The Terrific Adventures of the Terrible Ten, more commonly known as The Adventures of the Terrible Ten, was an Australian children's TV show originally titled Ten Town that ran from 1959 to 1960. The series was filmed in rural Victoria. Fifty-two 10-minute episodes were created for the original series. The original episodes were re-edited and along with new footage were released in 1962 as The Ten Again. The series was originally screened on GTV-9; however, all repeats were aired by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.^[1] It was also shown in the UK.

As the series developed, a gang of rival kids was introduced, at first led by a boy named Rex Jackson, then by "Spider" McGurk, and last by "Freckles" O'Foot. Sometimes adopting the title "El Supremo", O'Foot was an almost comic character and inspired loyalty in his followers.

In 1965 a colour feature film adaptation of the series entitled Funny Things Happen Down Under was released; it was the film debut of Olivia Newton-John.

Episodes

Known Episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Terrible Ten Build a town."	?	?	1960 (1960)
2	2	"Ten Town Fire Brigade"	?	?	1960 (1960)
?	?	"Terrible Ten Help The Police"	?	John Sherman	1960 (1960)
?	?	"The Great Submarine Mystery"	?	Jeffery Underhill	1960 (1960)
?	?	"A horse named Joe (Part 1)"	Joe McCormick	?	1960 (1960)
?	?	"A horse named Joe (Part 2)"	Joe McCormick	?	1960 (1960)

References

^ Moran, Albert; Keating, Chris (4 August 2009). The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television. Scarecrow Press. p. 364. ISBN 978-0810868564. Retrieved 27 February 2013.

External links

The Adventures of the Terrible Ten at IMDb

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[1] Moran, Albert; Keating, Chris (4 August 2009). The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television. Scarecrow Press. p. 364. ISBN 978-0810868564. Retrieved 27 February 2013.

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