One Bummer News Day

What happens to provincial journalists when there's nothing in the news and they have a paper to fill?

Cast

Gordon Hammersley

as Jeremy Gaunt

Madelaine Newton

as Mary

Simon Rouse

as John Hansen

William Maxwell

as Peter Postgate

Kenneth Colley

as Frank Benyon

Diana Sowman

as Diana

Sheila Grant

as Monica

Matthew Kelly

as Bill

Tom Cotcher

as Hughie

Lizzie McKenzie

as Mrs. Baker

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