An Age Apart - First Episode

Television (Full Length Episode) – 1983

Give over! I've already buried two, I'm not about to go in for my hat trick.
– Alice (Bridget Armstrong) brushes off the idea of marrying again, early in this episode

Well fancy that. You don't look any different to a normal person.
– Walter (Deryck Guyler) meets a New Zealander (Roy Billing) on the flight to New Zealand

He was my 'own kind'; he was a human being.

– Alice (Bridget Armstrong) fires back at brother Walter's casual racism about her husband

You're not very happy, are you?

– Joe (Jason Pirihi) sees through his uncle's grumpiness

Funny isn't it. It happened over 30 years ago. They reckon you get over things in time...but it's not true you know.

– Walter (Deryck Guyler) opens up to nephew Joe (Jason Pirihi) about his grief

Obviously doing comedy or satire in this country is a licence to get your head knocked off...

– Veteran comedy director and producer Tony Holden talks about his 2001 satire Spin Doctors, NZ Herald, 2001