Kingswood Country

Kingswood Country

Australian comedy about life with the Bullpitt family - irascible father Ted Bullpitt; mother Thelma; student son Craig; married daughter Greta, and her Italian husband Bruno.

Genre: Comedy

Cast:Ross HigginsPeter FisherLaurel McGowanLex MarinosJudi FarrSheila KennellyColin McEwanMaggie DenceKevin GolsbyDoug ScroopeTessa MallosJulieanne NewbouldPeter WhitfordPaul ChubbRoger NewcombeCornelia FrancesBill YoungGraeme Blundell


1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Bye Bye Budgie

Wed, Jun 18, 1980

It's Greta and Bruno's third wedding anniversary. Thelma gives them a toaster and Ted gives them a crow in a budgie cage. Ted has to have a medical for his insurance policy and he is upset when he finds out that the doctor is a woman.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ The Big Sleeper

Wed, Jun 25, 1980

The Bullpitt house is broken into but nothing seems to have been stolen. Thelma decides that Craig must have started sleep walking again. Ted comes up with a plan to catch Craig sleep walking.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ The Royal Visit

Wed, Jul 2, 1980

Thelma enters her meat loaf in a TV Week celebrity recipe competition and wins first prize, which is a visit by Graham Kennedy. However, Ted's bumbling turns the evening into an embarrassing disaster for Thelma.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Police Release Me

Wed, Jul 9, 1980

Craig was arrested for throwing a can of beer at an anti-uranium demonstration but he is proved innocent. Ted then gets the idea that the Bullpitt name has been defamed and goes to the police station to sort it out.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Divorce Bullpitt Style

Wed, Jul 16, 1980

Bob and Merle come around for dinner at Ted and Thelma's. They spend the time fighting and the next day they split up. Bob moves in with Ted and Thelma. So Thelma hatches a plan to get them back together.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ There's No Place Like Rome

Wed, Jul 23, 1980

Thelma wins a trip to Rome for eight days. When Ted refuses to go, she takes Rosa, Bruno's mother. Enzo, Bruno's father, moves in with Ted and there is the inevitable clash of cultures.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Boom Boom Bullpitt

Wed, Jul 30, 1980

It is the AIF 2nd field kitchen's annual reunion and Ted is to provide the entertainment. He decides to become a comedian and tell jokes. However, Ted doesn't have a sense of humour.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ The Miracle of Wombat Crescent

Thu, Aug 7, 1980

Thelma makes $300 selling hand crafts. Ted finds where Thelma has hidden the money and uses it to bulk buy Whammo, the miracle detergent. He intends to sell it door-to-door for a profit. However, Whammo doesn't work as expected.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Guess Who's Burning the Dinner

Wed, Aug 13, 1980

Bob and Merle are coming around to the Bullpitt home for a BBQ. Bob and Ted end up make a huge bet. Ted has to give up eating and drinking for 24 hours or he'll lose the Kingswood, and Bob has to give up smoking.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ The Bard of Wombat Crescent

Wed, Aug 20, 1980

When he finds out that there is a $5000 first prize for writing a play, Ted decides to write about his time in the second World War when he assassinated Adolf Hitler. He then puts the play on in his lounge room.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Bury My Heart in Wombat Crescent

Wed, Sep 10, 1980

Ted has the surprising news that he is applying to become an executive, the sales manager at head officer. When he receives extra money in his pay he thinks that he has the job. It goes to Ted's head and he starts acting like an executive.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Illegal Eagle

Wed, Sep 17, 1980

Ted parks the Kingswood in what he thinks is a disused bus stop and then receives a parking ticket. He refuses to pay the fine and decides to fight the case in court.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Till Yodelling Do Us Part

Wed, Sep 24, 1980

Bruno challenges Ted to break a world record and so he decides to try and break the record for yodeling. The subsequent noise causes a lot of disruption and disharmony in the family.