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When the series folded, many of the actors went on to other series on
Australian commercial television. A package of Certain Women episodes was also sold and screened on television, in the United Kingdom. It was however not repeated in Australia, as in most cases the repeat had already been shown on
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The
Australian National Film & Sound Archive website has short excerpts of the final episode of Certain Women, (episode number 166), which was originally screened in December 1976. It has placed a couple of 2-minute excerpts from the episode on its website, for viewing. This is available on the
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All or most of the other episodes from the 1973-74 black and white era of the program, have either been fully junked or erased. However, there are various filming inserts for the missing episodes which have survived and been kept. These are not complete episodes but are outdoor filming scenes which
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The period 1975–1978 saw many changes to the
Australian Government owned, Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC). At the time, there was an impetus by the Government to cut the ABC's overall operating costs and budget. By mid 1976, the ABC announced that the 1976 season of Certain Women, would be
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The idea for the series reportedly grew out of
Morphett's frustration with the lack of good roles for female actors on Australian TV at the time. The series premiered as a six-part mini-series, with each episode dealing with a different member of the Stone/Lucas family. The mini-series proved to be
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Featured in the clip, are
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However, in early 2016, it was revealed that about a third of the series was still in existence and had previously undergone preservation. The remaining 50 episodes are mainly from the latter two colour seasons from 1975 and 1976. In 2006, these were digitised for preservation by the ABC. However
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its last. The final episode of
Certain Women was screened in Australia in its usual Wednesday evening time slot, on 22 December 1976. Despite the series still having continued popularity, it had simply fallen victim to the ABC's budget cuts.
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was very popular and after initially being screened in
February 1973 with just six episodes, as tv plays, it returned to Australian TV screens on 10 October 1973. The second series consisted of 26 episodes. The main screening of
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