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Return of Oz
Two hundred years ago, a fleet of small ships carrying convicts left Portsmouth bound for
Australia. This month the fleet returns, but with its cargo transformed into a weird and wonderful crew of Australian artists and entertainers, hell-bent on taking part in the 1987 Portsmouth Festival. Aboriginal art meets Elgar, the DANCING KOALAS rub shoulders with the BLOODWOOD
BUSH BAND and emeus oz promises death-defying and outrageous stunts. Christopher Cook reports and finds out there's more to life 'Down Under' than bush hats and lager cans. Producer MIKE GREENWOOD

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Christopher Cook
Producer:
Mike Greenwood
Source: Radio Times

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