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Misery Guts
( dir. Brendan Maher
et. al. )agent
Australia
:
Barron Entertainment
Steel Stem Poppy Productions
,
1998
7445797
1998
series - publisher
film/TV
children's
'Keith is the only son of Vin and Marge Shipley. They live above a fish 'n' chips shop in South London and things are tough. Keith's parents are misery gutses and he is convinced that the only way for the family to regain its former happiness is for him to make his parents smile again. Keith embarks on a mission to cheer his parents up. He buys a brilliantly coloured tropical fish from Australia, where the sun shines all the time, the sea is full of fish and coconuts just fall into your hands. When all his efforts to cheer his parents up fail spectacularly, Keith decides he must somehow get his parents to Australia. People couldn't be unhappy in a paradise where fish sparkle like rainbows and it's sunny and warm all the time. Or could they?'
Source: Australian Television Information Archive
Notes
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Sequel to Misery Guts.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Page to Performance : Children's Books Adapted for the Stage
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 27 no. 1 2012; (p. 8-11) -
Untitled
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 10 no. 1 1996; (p. 16)
— Review of Worry Warts 1991 single work children's fiction -
Writing for Children
1992
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 7 no. 1 1992; (p. 5-10) -
Untitled
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The School Librarian , November vol. 40 no. 4 1992; (p. 145-146)
— Review of Worry Warts 1991 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 36 no. 1 1992; (p. 29)
— Review of Worry Warts 1991 single work children's fiction
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Untitled
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 10 no. 1 1996; (p. 16)
— Review of Worry Warts 1991 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald (Sydney) , 8 December 1991; (p. 108)
— Review of Worry Warts 1991 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 7 no. 2 1992; (p. 30)
— Review of Worry Warts 1991 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 36 no. 1 1992; (p. 29)
— Review of Worry Warts 1991 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The School Librarian , November vol. 40 no. 4 1992; (p. 145-146)
— Review of Worry Warts 1991 single work children's fiction -
Writing for Children
1992
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 7 no. 1 1992; (p. 5-10) -
Page to Performance : Children's Books Adapted for the Stage
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 27 no. 1 2012; (p. 8-11)
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