Country Calendar - Spoofs Special

Ask Country Calendar viewers which shows they remember and inevitably the answer is "the spoofs" — satirical episodes that screened unannounced. Sometimes there was outrage but mostly the public enjoyed having the wool pulled over their eyes. Created by producer Tony Trotter and Bogor cartoonist Burton Silver, the first (in late 1977) was the fencing wire-playing farmer and his "rural music". This special episode collects the best of the spoofs, from the infamous radio-controlled dog, to the gay couple who ran a "stress-free" flock, and more malarkey besides.

Some people were fooled by it totally — they thought the whole thing was cruel and unnatural.

– Frank Torley on the bionic dog item, The Evening Post, 10 June 1991

Key Cast & Crew

Peter Sharp

As: No-Stress farmer

Michael Hacking

Editor - Musical Fence

Sandy Pantall

Editor - No-Stress Farming

William Southgate

Composer - Musical Fence

Tony Benny

Reporter, Director - No-Stress Farming

Peter Hayden

Reporter, Director - Musical Fence