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*Newlyweds*
Newlyweds
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Ian McFadyen
Written by	Ian McFadyen; Mary-Anne Fahey; Graeme Farmer; Patrick Edgeworth; Marilyn O'Donnell; Robert Adams; Brendan Luno; Elizabeth Coleman; Ron Challinor; David Taft; Mandy Hampson; Bill Garner; Clare Madsen;
Directed by	Kevin Carlin; Tina Butler; Mike Smith; Charles 'Bud' Tingwell; Peter Andrikidis; Kendal Flanagan; Ian Gilmour; Julie Bates; Andrew Friedman;
Starring	Annie Jones; Christopher Gabardi; Sandy Gore; Sandie Lillingston; Joseph Clements; Cathy Godbold;
Composer	Chris Pettifer
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producers	Ian McFadyen; John Kearney; Terry Ohlssen; Des Monaghan;
Producers	David Taft; Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
Production location	Australia
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	Crawford Productions
Original release
Network	Seven Network
Release	20 February 1993 –; 16 March 1994

Newlyweds is an Australian television sitcom that originally aired on the Seven Network for two seasons from 20 February 1993 to 16 March 1994. The series was created by Ian McFadyen and produced by David Taft. It was written by McFadyen, Mary-Anne Fahey and Graeme Farmer.

The show centres on young couple Allie Carter (Annie Jones) and Peter Roberts (Christopher Gabardi) as they embark on married life, with constant interruptions from their families and friends.^[1]

Cast

Annie Jones as Allie Carter
Christopher Gabardi as Peter Roberts
Sandy Gore as Irene Carter
Cathy Godbold as Jules Carter
Joseph Clements as Simmo
Sandie Lillingston as Marnie Phelps
Valentina Levkowicz as Bev Roberts
Denis Moore as Ross Roberts
Ross Williams as Eric Kaufman
Rod Mullinar as Kirby Hacker
Elisha Hall as Kelly
Jason Torrens as Duncan
Matthew Turner as Matt (series 1)
Brendan McAlpin as Matt (series 2)
Caitlin McDougall
David Argue
Jansen Spencer

Production

A pilot for the series was produced in Melbourne by Crawford Productions in early 1992. Written by Ian McFadyen and Mary-Anne Fahey, it starred Lisa McCune, Katrina Foster, Richard Healey, Cathy Godbold, Rhys Muldoon, Stewart Faichney and Tenley Gilmore.^[2] Georgie Parker was originally offered McCune's role, but had to turn it down due to other commitments.^[2] In April 1992, Jacqueline Lee Lewis of The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Crawfords would re-shoot the pilot for Seven Network after recasting several roles.^[3] After the second pilot was filmed, Lee Lewis reported that Seven liked the show's concept and were waiting on the scripts before giving it "final approval", but a tentative production date of August 1992 had been set.^[4]

Reception

Peter Holmes of The Sydney Morning Herald initially observed that "Newlyweds appears nothing more than Romeo and Juliet, badly done for the millionth time."^[5] Holmes admitted to openly laughing four times, especially at scenes involving Gore's "ice-bitch" character.^[5] The Age's Mark Lawrence thought the show was the most promising out of the recent locally produced sitcoms. He praised Gabardi's performance, saying that he has "good timing and clearly relishes his opportunity", while he found Jones was "a perfect match" for him.^[6] Like Holmes, Lawrence enjoyed Gore's performance as Irene, writing "If one must single out a star in this series, it's her. Such is the presence she creates."^[6]

Lawrence's fellow critic Geoff Slattery gave the show a more negative review, describing it as "a fatuous, demeaning, anti-intellectual series based on one sentence of concept: 'Newlyweds deals with problems familiar to all young couples.'"^[7] Slattery felt that the show was full of bad stereotypes and had "no redeeming social values, perceptions, or understanding of either newlyweds, or the Australia of the '90s."^[7]