One Bummer News Day
One Bummer News Day

One Bummer News Day

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1978
1h 2m
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Overview

What happens to provincial journalists when there's nothing in the news and they have a paper to fill?

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17 members
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Gordon Hammersley

Jeremy Gaunt

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Madelaine Newton

Mary

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Simon Rouse

John Hansen

Simon Rouse
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William Maxwell

Peter Postgate

William Maxwell
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Kenneth Colley

Frank Benyon

Kenneth Colley
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Diana Sowman

Diana

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Sheila Grant

Monica

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Matthew Kelly

Bill

Matthew Kelly
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Tom Cotcher

Hughie

Tom Cotcher
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Lizzie McKenzie

Mrs. Baker

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Gordon Gostelow

Jimmy Tanner

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Alan Tilvern

Richard Devizes

Alan Tilvern
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Anne Orwin

Cop taker

Anne Orwin
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Phil McCall

Jock

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Rob Inglis

Chief sub

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Danny Schiller

Sub

Danny Schiller
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Laurie Goode

Journalist

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