Cast
Long running Number 96 actor Mike Dorsey was cast in a regular role in this new series, playing Vic Marshall, the owner of the pinball parlour. Vic's paraplegic daughter Tina (who worked in the pinball parlour with her overprotective father) was played by South Australian newcomer Christine Harris (who has gone on to become a well known and respected theatrical producer).
Other recognisable actors in the cast included Aileen Britton who played Joyce Blair, the haughty woman who ran the Aristocrat Dry Cleaning store with her comical husband Walter, played by one time vaudeville comedian Syd Heylen.
Tracy Mann played Susie Blair, Joyce and Walter's dry and slightly sardonic daughter, who helped out at her folks dry cleaners.
Joy Miller played Kitty Adams, a former cabaret singer who was the owner of Kitty's Record Bar and Danny Adcock as Duncan Adams, Kitty's estranged husband and former showbiz manager, who are constantly arguing.
Peggy Toppano (the mother of Peta Toppano of Prisoner fame) played gossipy Miriam Buxton, who ran the Bookworm News Agency with her somewhat more exuberant sister Molly Sparks, played by Lorrae Desmond. Molly's energetic but bumbling son was played with comic relish by Greg Bepper.
Maggie Stuart appeared as grasping vixen Iris Pendleton, (the villain of the piece) who co-owned the Health Studio with her nerdy brother-in-law Norman Garth Meade, whom she is conniving to get rid of, with the aid of the dim-witted gym instructor Len Crosby (Bill Charlton). Coral Kelly (who later on became Coral Drouyn, a storyline editor for Prisoner) played Consuela McPhee, the newly hired 'full figured' receptionist at the Health Studio, who was despised by the vengeful Iris;
Annie Semler got a lot of media attention at the time for playing the outrageous, somewhat provocative but very well-meaning gift shop owner Magda Yokochek. (In real life, Annie was, and still is married to Oscar-winning cinematographer Dean Semler. Today they both reside in the United States)
The late Alan Penney occasionally appeared as Mr. Henderson, the manager of the arcade.
Lucy Taylor and Raymond Nock as Si Wan and Philip, the mother and son operators of Toby's (the sit-down restaurant), and Sinan Leong played the spoiled and pampered Mee Ling, Si Wan's daughter, and Philip's sister who balked at working at the family restaurant. In the 'shocking' storyline in the early episodes, Philip realised he was falling in love with his sister!
Patrick Ward played conceited - and rather dimwitted - Craig Carmichael, who owned the Sports shop, but spent most of his time trying to get work as a male model. His girlfriend Di Smith, played by former ballerina Olga Tamara managed the shop on his behalf
Jeremy Kewley played Robbie Stewart, a mysterious young man who turns out to be the younger brother of Craig Carmichael (whose real name was Stan Stewart, but he had changed it to Craig Carmichael which he thought was a sexier name for a male model).
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