Willing and Abel
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Willing and Abel is an Australian television comedy series which was made in 1987, about two handymen.
The main cast were Grant Dodwell as 'Charles Willing', Shane Withington as 'Abel Moore' and Rebecca Rigg as 'Angela Reddy'. Their names ('Reddy', 'Willing' and 'Abel') were a pun on the saying, "ready, willing and able".
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The series dealt with contemporary issues in a subtle way, sometimes making observations through humour. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Cast
Main
- Grant Dodwell as Charles Willing
- Shane Withington as Abel Moore
- Rebecca Rigg as Angela Reddy
- Lucius Borich as Parramatta Jones
Recurring
- Mark Mitchell as Sergeant Dobson
- Martin Vaughan as 'Just One' Moore
- Simon Chilvers as Pisani
- Tina Bursill as Margaret Hill
Guests
- Alan David Lee as Gary Conway
- Betty Lucas as Maisie
- Bryan Marshall
- Bryan Wiseman as Cassidy
- Deborah Kennedy
- Diane Craig
- Elli Maclure as Diana Dancer
- George Kapiniaris
- Gosia Dobrowolska
- Jon Fabian as Truckie
- Judith McGrath
- Justine Clarke
- Kate Sheil
- Leslie Dayman
- Maggie Dence
- Mary-Anne Fahey
- Melissa Bickerton as Peggy Porter
- Melissa Jaffer
- Roger Ward as Mr Dancer
- Sharon Millerchip
- Simone Buchanan
- Susan Lyons
- Veronica Lang
Broadcast
The series first aired in Australia on the Nine Network and years later went onto air in a number of other countries such as South Africa and Indonesia.
References
- "The Australian Film and Television Companion" – compiled by Tony Harrison – Simon & Schuster Australia, 1994
External links
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