Sam's Luck

Sam's Luck is an Australian children's drama television series that originally aired on ABC TV for one season from 7 July until 11 August 1980. It was a six episode series about three children, Sam, Janny and Daniel, who try to look after themselves while their mother goes to Singapore.^[1] They were meant to have been picked up by their Aunt June but instead take over the running of their own house.^[2]

Sam's Luck
Genre	Children's drama
Written by	Noel Robinson
Directed by	David Zweck
Starring	David Clencie Dena McAbee Paul Colombani
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	Keith Wilkes
Cinematography	Kevin Bartlett
Editor	Ted Lowe
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	ABC
Original release
Network	ABC TV
Release	7 July (1980-07-07) – 11 August 1980 (1980-08-11)

Cast

• David Clencie as Sam Parkes
• Dena McAbee as Janny Parkes
• Paul Colombani as Daniel Parkes
• Sue Jones as Lindy Parkes
• Marion Edward as Aunty June
• Ernie Bourne as Benno
• Michael Carman as Dave Bristow
• Ursula Olejnik as Christine
• Lloyd Cunnington as Mr. Kaminski
• Colin McEwan as Uncle Harry

Reception

Rita Erlich of The Age commented on the first episode and said "Noel Robinson's script had a few rough patches, but showed beautifully how children model their behavior on that of their parents."^[3]

Looking back at the series Jill Morris of The Age said that the cast had to "struggle against a poor script and a host of stereotypes".^[4]