Based on characters from the play "The One Day of the Year", we see Ted, a noisy bigoted Aussie bloke who has a long suffering wife Dot. Gary, their 19 year old son is at university, and doesn't always see eye to eye with his parents.
Based on the characters from Alan Seymour's play "The One Day of the Year", the programme was first conceived in 1974. It was filmed before a live studio audience, with virtually the entire show being made in the set constructed as a period working class house in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood.
Alwyn Kurts (who many will remember as Inspector Fox in the long running series "Homicide") displays an uncanny comedic talent as Ted Cook, a noisy bigoted Aussie bloke in his late fifties.
A proud and patriotic ex WW2 digger, Ted now finds himself with a career as a lift operator. He's never without an opinion - professing a particular dislike for the Australian Labor Party, hippies, feminists, and every VFL footy team other than his beloved Collingwood.
Dot, his long suffering wife (played by Rosie Sturgess, knows Ted's bark is worse than his bite and for the most part she is immune from his bluster. Ted also knows Dot has a bite of her own.
Gary, their 19 year old son is at university and rarely without yet another girlfriend. Quick to offer his own progressive views at home, Gary often brings himself into conflict with his father.
But beneath it all, the Cooks share a deep and solid affection for one another.
Ted is occasionally joined by his drinking mates Bluey Dawson (Terry Norris), Fred (John Ewart) and Barney (Maurice Fields). Other guests include Noeline Brown, John Farnham, Jacki Weaver, Terrence Donovan, Noni Hazlehurst and there's even a cameo appearance from Bob Hawke.
