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<blockquote data-quote="Carrie Fairchild" data-source="post: 256712" data-attributes="member: 673">Motel - 1968 - 1969
<img src="https://televisionau.com/wp-content/uploads/motel.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Another foray by Seven into the world of daytime soap, Motel was basically an Australian version of Crossroads. But because Crossroads didn&#039;t air in Australia, viewers had no point of reference if this comparison was made, so producers marketed it as an Australian Peyton Place. It revolved around a family run motel outside Canberra and featured slightly racier plots than it&#039;s Seven predecessors (a politician brought his mistress to the motel) although was still pretty tame compared to what would come shortly after. Standouts among the cast appear to have been the scheming Gaye (Jill Forster) who was the daughter in law of the motel owning Gillian clan and local battleaxe Bunty Creighton (Enid Lorimer) who was modelled on Coronation Street&#039;s Ena Sharples.Motel premiered in May 1968, airing four days a week in a midday or 12:30pm slot depending on the city before later being moved to 1.30pm to be the lead in for hit talk show Beauty and the Beast. Seven later tried it out in primetime, airing repeats at 9.30pm on Wednesdays and Thursday but this bombed and it was pushed back to 11pm. Neither rating well in daytime (it was scheduled against Days of Our Lives&nbsp; in some markets, which may not have helped) or primetime, Seven closed the motel in early 1969 after only 132 episodes. It&#039;s creator Richard Lane (who&#039;d previously written Autumn Affair) maintained that the show aired well in daytime but when Seven &quot;became over enthusiastic and repeated it at nighttime, it was a disaster.&quot; The theme tune Love Is Blue was a number one hit in the US prior to being used on the show and prior to that, the same arrangement was used for Luxembourg&#039;s 1967 Eurovision entry L&#039;amour est bleu sung by Vicky Leandros.[MEDIA=youtube]P3UFwX4vIag[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Carrie Fairchild, post: 256712, member: 673"] [CENTER][B]Motel - 1968 - 1969[/B] [IMG]https://televisionau.com/wp-content/uploads/motel.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Another foray by Seven into the world of daytime soap, [I]Motel[/I] was basically an Australian version of [I]Crossroads[/I]. But because [I]Crossroads[/I] didn't air in Australia, viewers had no point of reference if this comparison was made, so producers marketed it as an Australian [I]Peyton Place[/I]. It revolved around a family run motel outside Canberra and featured slightly racier plots than it's Seven predecessors (a politician brought his mistress to the motel) although was still pretty tame compared to what would come shortly after. Standouts among the cast appear to have been the scheming Gaye (Jill Forster) who was the daughter in law of the motel owning Gillian clan and local battleaxe Bunty Creighton (Enid Lorimer) who was modelled on [I]Coronation Street's[/I] Ena Sharples. [I]Motel[/I] premiered in May 1968, airing four days a week in a midday or 12:30pm slot depending on the city before later being moved to 1.30pm to be the lead in for hit talk show [I]Beauty and the Beast[/I]. Seven later tried it out in primetime, airing repeats at 9.30pm on Wednesdays and Thursday but this bombed and it was pushed back to 11pm. Neither rating well in daytime (it was scheduled against [I]Days of Our Lives[/I] in some markets, which may not have helped) or primetime, Seven closed the motel in early 1969 after only 132 episodes. It's creator Richard Lane (who'd previously written [I]Autumn Affair[/I]) maintained that the show aired well in daytime but when Seven "became over enthusiastic and repeated it at nighttime, it was a disaster." The theme tune [I]Love Is Blue[/I] was a number one hit in the US prior to being used on the show and prior to that, the same arrangement was used for Luxembourg's 1967 Eurovision entry [I]L'amour est bleu[/I] sung by Vicky Leandros. [CENTER][MEDIA=youtube]P3UFwX4vIag[/MEDIA][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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