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Buck House - Series Two, Episode One

Buck House - Series Two, Episode One
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Buck House - Series Two, Episode One
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In this episode from the second series of New Zealand's first sitcom, opportunistic geology student Ken (John Clarke in an early TV role) pockets an ad for a two bedroom flat. His plans are ruined when savvy law student Hugh (John Banas) charms landlady Mrs Platt (Myra de Groot). Ken convinces Hugh to fake a lifelong friendship in order to secure them the rental. There's definitely the stirrings of Fred Dagg in Ken: the bone-dry farmer's son moves into Buck House carrying gumboots and a guita...

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Date created
1975
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studio set / cigarette / flatmate / telephone / 70s / seventies / flares / noticeboard / seventies architecture / flatting / mt victoria / students / student flat / student life / physical comedy / situation comedy / opposites / competition / tea / cafe / landline telephone / money / rent / dinner / cheque / interview / petone / suspicion / generation gap / 1975 / sitcom / kiwi culture / farming / lamb / meat / bacon and egg pie / bedroom / mixed flatting / coin toss / law / dating / mini / advertisement / wellington / geology

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