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Fauna's least successful production, it was one of the least remembered series of
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707:The Restless and the Damned
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351:as Edith Thomas (1 episode)
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257:) and Michael Jamieson (
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451:Nothing Else To Lose
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489:References
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367:Max Cullen
361:Max Phipps
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206:1975-10-27
140:Joy Cavill
131:Bob Austin
123:Production
104:of seasons
45:Brian Bell
985:(1975–76)
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969:(1972–73)
961:(1971–72)
953:(1968–71)
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534:9 January
428:Reception
270:Main cast
136:Producers
88:Australia
79:Eric Jupp
34:Espionage
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169:60 mins
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