Five Times Dizzy
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Five Times Dizzy is a novel by Nadia Wheatley, which became an Australian children's television series. The book is about the comedy and drama of a Greek Australian family in a multi-cultural neighbourhood in inner-city Sydney. To help her Greek grandmother feel more at home, Mareka comes up with a brilliant plan to give her a pet goat.
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[edit] TV Series
Based on the 1982 novel by Nadia Wheatley, the series first screened on the Nine Network in 1986. The series was filmed on location in the inner-city suburb of Newtown and is notable for an acting role by Mary Kostakidis, who went on to become a longtime newsreader on SBS.
The cast featured:
- Rebekah Elmaloglou as Mareka Nikakis
- Mary Kostakidis as Roula Nikakis
- Stavros Economidis as Georgio Nikakis
- Dominic Elmaloglou as Costa
- Helen Kambos as Yaya (Grandma)
- Jane Clifton as Mrs Wilson
- Jim Holt as Brian Brooking
- Joanne Samuel as Chris Booking
- Ray Meagher
[edit] Awards and nominations
- 1983: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Special Children's Book Award
- 1983: Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Older Readers. Highly Commended
- 1983: International Board on Books for Young People. Honorary Diploma
- 1987: AWGIE Awards for Best Adaptation, Children's Television Drama (television mini-series)
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