The Aunty Jack Show

Season 1

1972 · 8 episodes · 3h 20m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. The Travelling Show (Pilot)

   16 Nov 1972 · 25 min

   (unaired pilot)

2. 2

   2. Radio

   16 Nov 1972 · 25 min

   Aunty Jack and her gang take on talk-back radio shows.

3. 3

   3. War

   23 Nov 1972 · 25 min

   Aunty Jack re-visits all the wars since the Trojan affair. A secret documentary unearths the man who choreographed World War Two. Narrator Neville poses the age old riddle — where would we be without walls?

4. 4

   4. Kulture

   30 Nov 1972 · 25 min

   The Aunty Jack Show takes a serious turn from which it hardly recovers. There are Italian lessons for the jet-setter and Gaelic lessons for the Irish Setter. Two genuine diggers fill us in on how ordinary great people really are.

5. 5

   5. Anonymous

   7 Dec 1972 · 25 min

   The first successful attempt by a television program to remain completely anonymous. Throughout the program, not one person is named. Who is Spider Farrelly? You may well ask! The Aunty Jack Show will not give you the answer.

6. 6

   6. Family

   14 Dec 1972 · 25 min

   Aunty Jack this week introduces you to her remarkable family — Australia's first Royal Family. There's a two minute, twelve part historical series in one act and Australia's other first family — the Ken Howard Family.

7. 7

   7. Sex

   21 Dec 1972 · 25 min

   Put the toddlers in the kitchen. Check the street for the Vice Squad, as The Aunty Jack Show goes erotic.

8. 8

   8. Horror

   28 Dec 1972 · 25 min

   Scudding clouds veil a full moon as three cloaked figures struggle up a windswept road burdened by the weight of an outsized coffin... But who is inside?