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    1990s Television Australia & NZ TV Comedy Shows A 1 Min Read

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    1 9 8 9 – 1 9 9 2 (Australia)
    63 x 30 minute episodes

    This Aussie sitcom from Crawford Productions was effectively a spin-off from the successful Wogs Out Of Work stage show that toured Australia in the 1980s (Nick Giannopoulos and Simon Palomares conceived both).

    The series aired on the Seven Network and revolved around a Greek cafe in Melbourne called The Acropolis which was managed and frequented by a colourful assortment of ethnic Australians and the odd “skip”.

    Mary Coustas co-starred as breakout character Effie – an off-the-wall woman who was streetwise, abruptly honest and always ready with a can of industrial-strength hairspray.

    Jim Stefanidis 
    Nick Giannopoulos 
    Ricardo ‘Rick’ Martinez 

    Simon Palomares 
    Memo Hatzidimitropoulos  

    George Kapiniaris 
    Effie Stefanidis  

    Mary Coustas
    Liz Wilson
    Tracey Callander
    Manolis 

    George Vidalis
    Gavin ‘Skip’ Farrell
    Simon Thorpe 
    Suzanna Martin 

    Nicki Wendt
    Alfredo
    Nick Carrafa
    Lars Larsen
    Simon Wilton
    Despina Hatzipapadopoulos
    Georgie Parker
    Stella 

    Zoe Carides 
    Sophie 

    Sheryl Munks
    Kostas Stefanidis
    Warren Mitchell

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