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The Yarns of Billy Borker is a 1964 Australian TV series for the ABC based on scripts by Frank Hardy. They consisted of five minute episodes of stories written by Hardy and told by Peter Carver.[1][2] It was shot in Perth.[3]

Hardy later turned these into a book and an album.[4]

The show was replaced with another similar one called Under the Morning Star.[5]

References

  1. ^ "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 September 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "TV VIEW". Tribune. New South Wales, Australia. 14 October 1964. p. 10. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Local Boy makes good television". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 October 1964. p. 15. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "People in a hurry". Tribune. New South Wales, Australia. 9 July 1958. p. 6. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "Billy Borker fades into the Dream Time". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 22 February 1965. p. 13. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
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