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{{short description|1972 Australian television series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox television
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| runtime = Approximately 30 minutes per normal episode.
| creator = [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]]
| writer = [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]]
| producer = Margaret Bond
| director = [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]]
| starring = [[Hugh Lloyd]] [[Ron Frazer]] [[Alastair Duncan (actor, born 1926)|Alastair Duncan]] [[Kate Fitzpatrick]] Elli Maclure [[Ann Sidney]] Susan Lloyd [[Briony Behets]] [[Kate Sheil]]
| country = Australia United Kingdom
| network = [[Seven Network]] (Australia) [[BBC One|BBC1]] (United Kingdom)
| first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|1972|5|3}}
| last_aired = {{end date|df=yes|1972|7|26}} (Australia)
| num_episodes = 13
|company = George Rockey Productions}}

'''''Birds in the Bush''''' (also known as '''''The Virgin Fellas''''' and '''''Strike It Rich''''') is an Australian/United Kingdom [[situation comedy]] series produced in 1972.<ref name="moran">Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p. 81</ref>

The series was set on a remote Australian property run by seven beautiful but naive young women. When the property is inherited by an English [[Dowsing|water diviner]] ([[Hugh Lloyd]]) he and his Australian half-brother ([[Ron Frazer]]) and an assistant ([[Kate Fitzpatrick]]) begin living on the property and attempt to teach the nubile young women the ways of the world.

The series focused on the physical attractiveness of the young women, who all wore skimpy blue smocks and had names like "Abigail", "Lolita", "Tuesday", "Wednesday" and "Buster", along with ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]''-style innuendo.

==Production==

The series was written and directed by [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]] and was intended primarily for a UK audience. As UK television was by now broadcasting in colour, it meant that ''Birds in the Bush'' was also shot in colour, but this necessitated shooting the series on film rather than videotape, as the [[ATN7]] television studios in Australia were yet to be converted to colour.

==Reaction==

The series began on air in Australia on 3 May 1972 but rated poorly there. Likewise UK ratings were low and the series run was cancelled there before all the episodes had been shown (it ran on BBC1 from 10 July 1972 until 21 August 1972). Just one season of 13 30-minute episodes was produced.

Cast member [[Kate Sheil]], who played one of the naive girls, later said of her participation in the series that "I'm still trying to live that down because a lot of people hated it. We just run around saying these amazing things. I used to watch it for the scenery".<ref name="TV Week Sheil">Johnson, Jackie. ''Our Kate’s Image Turns Timid.'', [[TV Week]]. 24 October 1981, p. 41</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Hugh Lloyd]] as Hugh
* [[Ron Frazer]] as Ron
* [[Alastair Duncan (actor, born 1926)|Alastair Duncan]] as Hoffnung
* [[Kate Fitzpatrick]] as Michelle
* Elli Maclure as Abigail
* [[Ann Sidney]] as Nanny
* Susan Lloyd as Lolita
* [[Kate Sheil]] as Friday
* [[Briony Behets]] as Tuesday
* Nicola Flamer as Caldera as Wednesday
* Jenny Hayes as Buster

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{BBC Online|id=comedy/guide/articles/b/birdsinthebush_1299000328.shtml|title=''Birds in the Bush''}} Comedy Guide
*{{IMDb title|id=0217915|title=Birds in the Bush}}

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