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The Adventures of the Terrible Ten
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 52
Production
Producer(s) Roger Mirams
Running time 10 minutes
Production company(s) Pacific Films
Release
Original network GTV-9, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Original release 1959 (1959) – 1960 (1960)

The Terrific Adventures of the Terrible Ten, more commonly known as The Adventures of the Terrible Ten, was an Australian children's TV show originally titled Ten Town that ran from 1959 to 1960. The series was filmed in rural Victoria. Fifty-two 10-minute episodes were created for the original series. The original episodes were re-edited and along with new footage were released in 1962 as The Ten Again. The series was originally screened on GTV-9; however, all repeats were aired by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

In 1965 a colour feature film adaptation of the series entitled Funny Things Happen Down Under was released; it was the film debut of Olivia Newton-John.

Episodes

Number
in series
Number
in season
Title Directed By Written By Original air date
1 1 "Terrible Ten Build a town." ? ? 1960 (1960)
2 2 "Ten Town Fire Brigade" ? ? 1960 (1960)
? ? "Terrible Ten Help The Police" ? John Sherman 1960 (1960)
? ? "The Great Submarine Mystery" ? Jeffery Underhill 1960 (1960)
? ? "A horse named Joe (Part 1)" Joe McCormick ? 1960 (1960)
? ? "A horse named Joe (Part 2)" Joe McCormick ? 1960 (1960)
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