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The Neville Purvis Family Show - Episode
Television (Full Length Episode) – 1979
This showcase for Arthur Baysting's sleazy, comedic alter-ego Neville ("on the level") Purvis ("at your service") is notorious for containing the first use of the f-word on a New Zealand television show. As a result, Baysting was banned and crossed the Tasman to find work (an irony given the show's anti-Australian jokes). Surviving segments from the show include a launch by PM Rob Muldoon, a tour of Avalon, a performance by Limbs Dance Company (including Mary-Jane O'Reilly), a visit to the Close to Home set, an interview with a garden gnome fan, and some Mark II Zephyr worship.
Neville Purvis, a sort of urban Fred Dagg, a cross between Dame Edna Everage and Ian Kirkpatrick, if you can imagine such a thing.– Simon Carr - NZ Listener, 25 Feb 1978, p28
Key Cast & Crew
Aidre McEwen
Liz Tolley
Steve Gray
Diane Gilliam-Weeks
Danny Faye
Mark DeFriest
Acknowledgements
NZ On Screen acknowledges the talent and performers for allowing NZ On Screen to reproduce this title on this website.
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