Hampton Court (TV series)
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Hampton Court was an Australia
n situation comedy
series produced by Gary Reilly Productions
in 1991.
The series was a spin-off
of Hey Dad...! with the link being the inclusion here of Julie McGregor
reprising her role of Betty Wilson. She continued to play that role in Hey Dad while this series was in production.
The situation of Hampton Court involved four men living in a block of flats where they end up looking after a baby. Two women, including Betty, live next door and join the ongoing attempts to keep the baby secret from their meddling landlord, Mr. Colloudos (Roy Billing
), a Greek immigrant, who enforces a strict no-babies rule in the building.
Others in the cast included Danielle Spencer, Maxine Klibingaitis
and Adam Willits
.
Robert Hughes appeared in 2 episodes.
Only a moderate ratings success, the program was not renewed beyond its initial series of 13 half-hour episodes.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n situation comedy
Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
series produced by Gary Reilly Productions
Gary Reilly Productions
Gary Reilly Productions was an Australian Television production company best known for producing the 1987-1994 sitcom Hey Dad..!. The company also produced Hampton Court, a spin-off of Hey Dad..! featuring the character Betty; My Two Wives, a sitcom about a man who moved into an apartment building...
in 1991.
The series was a spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
of Hey Dad...! with the link being the inclusion here of Julie McGregor
Julie McGregor
Julie McGregor is an Australian television actor.-Career:McGregor is best known to Australian audiences as Betty Wilson, the dim-witted secretary in the Australian television comedy series, Hey Dad...!, and its short-lived spinoff Hampton Court...
reprising her role of Betty Wilson. She continued to play that role in Hey Dad while this series was in production.
The situation of Hampton Court involved four men living in a block of flats where they end up looking after a baby. Two women, including Betty, live next door and join the ongoing attempts to keep the baby secret from their meddling landlord, Mr. Colloudos (Roy Billing
Roy Billing
Roy Billing is a New Zealand television actor, now based in Sydney, Australia.-Career:Billing has starred in many television shows and had main roles on Bad Cop, Bad Cop, Dossa and Joe and Hell Has Harbour Views...
), a Greek immigrant, who enforces a strict no-babies rule in the building.
Others in the cast included Danielle Spencer, Maxine Klibingaitis
Maxine Klibingaitis
Maxine Klibingaitis is an Australian actress. She played the character Bobbie Mitchell in the series Prisoner from 1983 to 1985, and later played Paul Robinson's first wife Terry Inglis in Neighbours in 1985. She was married to the Australian television director, Andrew Friedman and they have one...
and Adam Willits
Adam Willits
Adam Willits is an Australian actor, best known for being an original cast member of the television soap opera Home and Away as Steven Matheson from 1988 to 1991...
.
Robert Hughes appeared in 2 episodes.
Only a moderate ratings success, the program was not renewed beyond its initial series of 13 half-hour episodes.