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With some interesting info about the casting of the kids and an explanation why the ABC choose to air the series in the "stripping" format. Oh, and Olivia is interviewed (albeit briefly).
Author: Sharon Krum
Publication: Gold Guide
Date of publication: unknown
Photographer: n/a
In depth article about the (1988) current state of Australian children's programming; The Barton's are mentioned as the only planned such programming by the ABC for 1988 and 1989.
Author: Pamela Bone
Publication: Green Guide
Date of publication: 6 August 1987
Photographer: n/a
With more info about the casting of the kids, and some background on the show's premises and how it aims to emulate the kids' point of view (quite literally in the case of camera angles)
Author: Pamela Bone
Publication: Green Guide
Date of publication: 21 May 1987 (Great Scott…!)
Photographer: n/a
Some insights from Jenny Hooks and Jocelyn Moorhouse.
Author: Louise Bellamy
Publication: Green Guide
Date of publication: 25 February 1988
Photographer: n/a
Short interview with Jocelyn Moorhouse. This interview is the reason why I asked her about the existence of a second Bartons book.
Author: Unknown
Publication: Melbourne Woman
Date of publication: Unknown
Photographer: Unknown
"Children's show gets rid of the schmaltz"
Interesting analysis of The Bartons and what makes it different than anything aimed at children before it.
Author: Michael Shmith
Publication: Melbourne Woman
Date of publication: 28 February 1988
Photographer: Unknown
"New family set to make a TV debut"
Interview with Jenifer Hooks on The Bartons and how "newcomer" Olivia was cast.
Author: Andrew Stephens
Publication: The Sun (Australia)
Date of publication: Unknown
Photographer: Unknown
Louise Bellamy looks back on three weeks of Bartons as the final episode is about to air.
Author: Louise Bellamy
Publication: The Age
Date of publication: 17 March 1988
Photographer: n/a
One of the articles I found that looks at the state of childrens' television in the late '80s. Bartons shown as a welcoming bright exception to the otherwise "bubbling pot of trouble", as the author describes it.
Author: Mark Camm
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Date of publication: 7 March 1988
Photographer: n/a
Actor's pay was a hot topic in the mid-to-late 80s (as it is now, in 2023!), and the pay for child actors was part of that discussion. As Bartons relied on child actors, it was often used in the media as an example (as it was in production at the time).
This 28 May 1987 article, by the way published just a week after "Days in the lives of ordinary children" (see above), showing you how much Bartons was in the press at the time, dives into this and interviews Jenifer Hooks (producer) and Peter Dodds (director of three Bartons episodes) about the matter.
Author: Pamela Bone
Publication: The Age (Green Guide)
Date of publication: 28 May 1987
Photographer: n/a
Jenifer Hooks wrote an article for the April/May 1988 issue of Parents & Children. She tells the readers about the show, the casting process (including the struggle to find Elly) and the filming process.
Although the issue is from April/May 1988, a few weeks after Bartons aired in Australia, I assume that the issue was available in March as it promotes the Bartons as being on TV at the moment of publication.
Author: Jenifer Hooks
Publication: Parents & Children Magazine
Date of publication: April/May 1988
Photographer: n/a
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