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A QUESTION REGARDING NOT PRODUCED EPISODES

Which episodes of Countdown were for whatever reason NOT produced and when?

Re: A QUESTION REGARDING NOT PRODUCED EPISODES

Do you mean not recorded?

Re: A QUESTION REGARDING NOT PRODUCED EPISODES

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Do you mean not recorded?


That's the word I was looking for, thanks.

Basically the show was 'go' until recording time when (for whatever reason) the producers were forced by a sudden strike a the the ABC, or some other thing, to tell those involved "Sorry No can do today"

Re: A QUESTION REGARDING NOT PRODUCED EPISODES

The following are a few that I know of:

August 23 1980 James Reyne hosts standby program-Oz artists on Countdown (Rage 2011)
October 19 1980 End Of The Decade episode (originally broadcast Dec 16 1979) shown
March 8 1981 Molly hosted an inserts show due to a staging assistants strike
September 27 1981 Wendy Stapleton hosted a standby program

There were a couple of stand-by programs recorded in 1983 (ep 91 + Molly's favourite bands) but these were never aired as they were no required. Ep 91 has been shown on Rage but the other episode has not but is really only a common clips episode)

On October 3 1982 and August 3 1986 there were no Countdowns shown due to the ABC broadcasting the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane and Edinburgh respectively.

I don't know what happened in the 70's as there are no records that I know of.