44-509: (Redirected from The Arcade ) [REDACTED] Look up arcade or arcades in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Arcade most often refers to: Arcade game , a coin-operated video, pinball, electro-mechanical, redemption, etc., game Arcade video game , a coin-operated video game Arcade cabinet , housing which holds an arcade video game's hardware Arcade system board ,
88-634: A 1634 masque by John Milton Arcade (architecture magazine) , quarterly magazine about architecture Arcade Publishing , an American publishing company Arcade Comics , an independent comic book company founded by Rob Liefeld and Jimmy Jay Arcade (Marvel Comics) , a supervillain of the Marvel Universe Arcade (comics magazine) , an underground comics anthology edited by Bill Griffith and Art Spiegelman Arcade , video games magazine published by Future Publishing Film and television [ edit ] Arcade (film) ,
132-559: A 1634 masque by John Milton Arcade (architecture magazine) , quarterly magazine about architecture Arcade Publishing , an American publishing company Arcade Comics , an independent comic book company founded by Rob Liefeld and Jimmy Jay Arcade (Marvel Comics) , a supervillain of the Marvel Universe Arcade (comics magazine) , an underground comics anthology edited by Bill Griffith and Art Spiegelman Arcade , video games magazine published by Future Publishing Film and television [ edit ] Arcade (film) ,
176-481: A 1993 movie starring Peter Billingsley as a teenage virtual reality addict Arcade (TV series) a short-lived Australian soap opera produced in 1980 Nick Arcade , a game show that aired on the Nickelodeon television channel from 1992 to 1993 Gaming [ edit ] Apple Arcade , a video game subscription service by Apple Inc. The Arcade (joystick) , a popular joystick Xbox Live Arcade ,
220-421: A 1993 movie starring Peter Billingsley as a teenage virtual reality addict Arcade (TV series) a short-lived Australian soap opera produced in 1980 Nick Arcade , a game show that aired on the Nickelodeon television channel from 1992 to 1993 Gaming [ edit ] Apple Arcade , a video game subscription service by Apple Inc. The Arcade (joystick) , a popular joystick Xbox Live Arcade ,
264-637: A census-designated place in Sacramento County Arcade Building (Asheville, North Carolina) The Arcade (Cleveland) , a historic building in Ohio The Arcade (Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts) , a historic site in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts The Arcade (Providence, Rhode Island) , a historic shopping center Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Books and comics [ edit ] Arcades (Milton) ,
308-424: A census-designated place in Sacramento County Arcade Building (Asheville, North Carolina) The Arcade (Cleveland) , a historic building in Ohio The Arcade (Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts) , a historic site in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts The Arcade (Providence, Rhode Island) , a historic shopping center Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Books and comics [ edit ] Arcades (Milton) ,
352-495: A coin-operated video game Arcade cabinet , housing which holds an arcade video game's hardware Arcade system board , a standardized printed circuit board Amusement arcade , a place with arcade games Architecture [ edit ] Arcade (architecture) , a series of adjoining arches Shopping mall , one or more buildings forming a complex of shops, sometimes called a shopping arcade Places [ edit ] Greece [ edit ] Arcades (Crete) ,
396-442: A grammy-nominated music production duo from London Arcade Records , a record label Albums [ edit ] Arcade (Arcade album) , 1993 Arcade (John Abercrombie album) , 1979 Arcade , a 2002 album by Machinae Supremacy The Arcade , a 2008 album by Hyper Crush Songs [ edit ] "Arcade" (song) , a song by Dutch singer Duncan Laurence that won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest "Arcades",
440-442: A grammy-nominated music production duo from London Arcade Records , a record label Albums [ edit ] Arcade (Arcade album) , 1993 Arcade (John Abercrombie album) , 1979 Arcade , a 2002 album by Machinae Supremacy The Arcade , a 2008 album by Hyper Crush Songs [ edit ] "Arcade" (song) , a song by Dutch singer Duncan Laurence that won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest "Arcades",
484-465: A lot of media attention at the time for playing the outrageous, somewhat provocative but very well-meaning Hungarian gift shop owner Magda Yokochek. Magda was quite the hilarious character, with her continually calling everyone "darling"; her mangling of the English language (she called what she sold "Knicker knockeries") and her interactions with her tax advisor, Mr. Sponge. However, more seriously, Magda
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#1732793679599528-542: A multi-disciplinary artist, including the fields of acting, dancing and the visual arts – however, she became most notable as frontwoman/singer of the pioneering Australian industrial music group SPK . In 2020, Fiona Byrne of the Herald Sun included Arcade in her feature about "long forgotten Australian TV dramas that made viewers switch off." She noted that it "has long been referred to as one of Australian TV's greatest flops." Of its demise, Byrne wrote: "The show
572-643: A real building and shopping arcade, which was actually the exterior of the Strata Motor Hotel located on Military Road, in Cremorne . Lorrae Desmond (later of A Country Practice fame) played Molly Sparks, the exuberant thrice-divorced owner of the Bookworm News Agency, that she ran with her gossipy sister Miriam Buxton (played by Peggy Toppano the mother of Prisoner star Peta Toppano ) Molly's energetic but bumbling son Joey Fellows
616-515: A religious cult she fled from. Joy Miller, played Kitty Adams, a former cabaret singer who was the owner of Kitty's Record Bar and Danny Adcock as Duncan Adams, Kitty's estranged husband and former showbiz manager, who are constantly arguing. Maggie Stuart appeared as grasping vixen Iris Pendleton, (the villain of the piece) who co-owned the Pendletons Health Studio with her nerdy brother-in-law Norman ( Garth Meade ), whom she
660-400: A song by C2C from Tetra (album) "Arcades", a song by Hell Is for Heroes from Hell Is for Heroes (album) Other uses [ edit ] Arterial arcades , small intestinal arteries, in anatomy ARCADE, Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission , a radiometer to explore the cosmos Adult video arcade Exchange Arcade , the commercial section of
704-400: A song by C2C from Tetra (album) "Arcades", a song by Hell Is for Heroes from Hell Is for Heroes (album) Other uses [ edit ] Arterial arcades , small intestinal arteries, in anatomy ARCADE, Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission , a radiometer to explore the cosmos Adult video arcade Exchange Arcade , the commercial section of
748-466: A standardized printed circuit board Amusement arcade , a place with arcade games Architecture [ edit ] Arcade (architecture) , a series of adjoining arches Shopping mall , one or more buildings forming a complex of shops, sometimes called a shopping arcade Places [ edit ] Greece [ edit ] Arcades (Crete) , a town and city-state of ancient Crete, Greece Italy [ edit ] Arcade, Italy ,
792-442: A start-up budget of almost $ 1 million. Arcade was set in a fictitious shopping mall in the northern suburbs of Sydney . The show dealt with the lives and loves of the characters who worked at the various stores within the shopping complex. It is regarded as one of the least successful dramas in the history of Australian television. The 76-minute pilot episode was produced by Bill Harmon and Peter Benardos who had earlier produced
836-522: A successful scriptwriter Other recognisable actors in the cast included another Number 96 veteran, Aileen Britton who played Joyce Blair, the haughty woman who ran the Aristocrat Dry Cleaning store with her comical husband Walter, played by one time vaudeville comedian Syd Heylen . Tracy Mann played Susie Blair, Joyce and Walter's dry and slightly sardonic daughter, who helped out at her folks dry cleaners, after returning home from
880-647: A successful television scriptwriter. Jeremy Kewley went on to star in successful series like Janus and Stingers , and playing lead roles in movies like Frank & Jerry and Disappearance and became popular as the audience warm-up comedian on the AFL version of The Footy Show for almost two decades. However, Kewley's career effectively ended following his conviction and custodial sentence for multiple child sex offences in 2015. Tracy Mann won awards for her roles in films like Hard Knocks and Fast Talking and starred in popular series including Prisoner ,
924-795: A town and city-state of ancient Crete, Greece Italy [ edit ] Arcade, Italy , a town and commune in the region of Veneto United Kingdom [ edit ] Arcade Club , an amusement arcade chain United States [ edit ] Arcade, Georgia , a city in Jackson County Arcade, New York , a town in Wyoming County Arcade (village), New York , a village in Wyoming County Arcade, Texas , an unincorporated community in Ector County Arden-Arcade, California ,
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#1732793679599968-414: A town and commune in the region of Veneto United Kingdom [ edit ] Arcade Club , an amusement arcade chain United States [ edit ] Arcade, Georgia , a city in Jackson County Arcade, New York , a town in Wyoming County Arcade (village), New York , a village in Wyoming County Arcade, Texas , an unincorporated community in Ector County Arden-Arcade, California ,
1012-527: A video game download distribution line Xbox 360 Arcade , a version of the Xbox 360 home console GameSpy Arcade , online gaming through GameSpy Network, similar to Battle.net The Arcade (company) , workspace in Melbourne, Australia Music [ edit ] Arcade (ballet) , by John Taras 1963 Arcade (band) , a rock band formed by ex-Ratt vocalist Stephen Pearcy The Arcade (producers) ,
1056-419: A video game download distribution line Xbox 360 Arcade , a version of the Xbox 360 home console GameSpy Arcade , online gaming through GameSpy Network, similar to Battle.net The Arcade (company) , workspace in Melbourne, Australia Music [ edit ] Arcade (ballet) , by John Taras 1963 Arcade (band) , a rock band formed by ex-Ratt vocalist Stephen Pearcy The Arcade (producers) ,
1100-563: Is conniving to get rid of, with the aid of the dim-witted gym instructor Len Crosby (Bill Charlton), with whom she became pregnant. Iris had been married to Norman's late brother, Michael. Coral Drouyn , billed as Coral Kelly, played Consuela McPhee, the newly hired 'full figured' receptionist at the Health Studio, who was despised by the vengeful Iris. Despite this, Consuela and Norman became a mismatched set of friends. Annie Semler (wife of Oscar-winning cinematographer Dean Semler ) got
1144-407: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages arcade [REDACTED] Look up arcade or arcades in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Arcade most often refers to: Arcade game , a coin-operated video, pinball, electro-mechanical, redemption, etc., game Arcade video game ,
1188-465: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Arcade (TV series) Arcade is an Australian television soap opera which aired on Network Ten from 20 January 1980 to 29 February 1980. Following the broadcast of the 76-minute premiere episode , the series then ran five nights a week, Mondays to Fridays, as a 25-minute serial. It was produced solely by Network Ten (as an in-house production) with
1232-685: The 1984 ABC-TV series Sweet and Sour , and the 1990 police drama Skirts , as well as popular Australian mini-series such as Sword of Honour and Cyclone Tracy . Tracy and Kewley starred together in the ABC-TV legal drama series Janus from 1994 to 1995. Christine Harris went to play major roles in several 1980s soap operas – The Young Doctors , Carson's Law , Prisoner and Neighbours . Coral Drouyn retired from acting after Arcade and changed her career to script-writing, becoming story editor on Prisoner , Blue Heelers and Home and Away . Sinan Leong continued her career as
1276-564: The Nottingham Council House Shreepati Arcade , one of India's tallest buildings Arcade, a bundle of coronal loops in solar physics; see Supra-arcade downflows See also [ edit ] Arcadia (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with Arcade All pages with titles containing Arcade All pages with titles beginning with The Arcade All pages with titles containing The Arcade Topics referred to by
1320-464: The Nottingham Council House Shreepati Arcade , one of India's tallest buildings Arcade, a bundle of coronal loops in solar physics; see Supra-arcade downflows See also [ edit ] Arcadia (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with Arcade All pages with titles containing Arcade All pages with titles beginning with The Arcade All pages with titles containing The Arcade Topics referred to by
1364-446: The affiliation rights of Network Ten, and became known as ADS -10. (Perth's NEW-10 did not go to air until May 1988.) The plan was to have the show on the air before the ratings season started to build an audience, however the serial quickly proved itself a ratings disaster, which actually caused the shows on rival networks it was programmed against to improve in the ratings. A total of 50 episodes were actually filmed and produced, but
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1408-530: The early episodes, Philip, a potential Olympic swimmer, realised he was falling in love with his sister. Fortunately, that attraction fizzled, and Mee Ling was arranged to marry a much older man named Chang Li. Patrick Ward played conceited – and rather dimwitted – Craig Carmichael, who owned the Surf-n-Ski Sports shop, but spent most of his time trying to get work as a male model. His girlfriend Di Smith, played by former ballerina Olga Tamara, managed
1452-466: The highly successful soap opera Number 96 . Arcade also employed Number 96' s creator David Sale and its veteran scriptwriter Johnny Whyte as scriptwriters. Like Number 96 , there was some room for light comedy as well as drama. Murdoch had acquired what was then the 0-10 Network in 1979 and had ATV Melbourne change its call sign from 0 to 10 in January 1980 to make the network complete. So
1496-590: The initial episodes were: In later episodes, a small (illegal) casino was introduced in an apartment above the Arcade - many of the characters lived in apartments above the Arcade - and at the time the series was taken off air, a large new set had been built featuring a nightclub and bar called "The Sawmill". The disco-style, metaphoric theme song "(Walking Through an) Arcade" was composed by New Zealand-born Mike Perjanik and performed by Australian singer Doug Parkinson . The opening title sequence feature aerial shots of
1540-500: The launch of the pilot (or "movie-length opening episode") of Arcade was therefore seen as the "flagship" program of the brand-new Network Ten . On the night it aired (Sunday 20 January 1980), the 0–10 Network officially became known as Network Ten to reflect ATV-0 's transition to ATV-10 – although the Brisbane station continued to broadcast as TVQ -0 until 10 September 1988. On 27 December 1987, Adelaide 's SAS-10 gave ADS -7
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1672-548: The series was cancelled after six weeks, so only 30 episodes ever went to air. Rupert Murdoch in collaboration with the network spent almost $ 1 million to pour a new concrete floor in Studio A at the Sydney Channel 10 studios; install a complete new lighting grid and lighting system; new editing software; upgraded control rooms and cameras and, of course, the construction of the massive Arcade set itself. The shows set
1716-418: The shop on his behalf. Jeremy Kewley played Robbie Stewart, a mysterious young man who turns out to be the younger brother of Craig Carmichael (whose real name was Stan Stewart, but he had changed it to Craig Carmichael which he thought was a sexier name for a male model). It would be later revealed that Di was the daughter of a wealthy man, and it was she who had gotten Craig his successful modeling jobs. She
1760-400: The show was axed) to have some of the regular characters "perform" in the bar/nightclub setting, as many of the actors appearing in the show had a background as cabaret artists, singers, comedians and so on, and it was felt that these skills should be utilised and might help save the series. However, the series was cancelled before these plans could be brought to fruition. The shops featured in
1804-461: Was an illegal immigrant who was looking for a wealthy man to marry to secure her residency in Australia. Lucy Taylor and Raymond Nock as Si Wan and Philip Soo, the mother and son operators of Toby's (the sit-down restaurant), and Sinan Leong played the spoiled and pampered Mee Ling, Si Wan's daughter, and Philip's sister who balked at working at the family restaurant. In the 'shocking' storyline in
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1848-457: Was one of the most elaborate and realistic ever built for an Australian Studio at the time Not long before the show was axed, there was talk the series might be moved to a later time slot allowing it to become a bit "raunchier" (similar to the hit series Number 96 ) and a large new set had been built featuring a "western-style" saloon bar, so that more of the action could take place in a venue that supplied alcohol. There were also moves (before
1892-407: Was played by comic relief Greg Bepper. The prissy Miriam lived with Molly and Joey for a while. Mike Dorsey from Number 96 was cast in a regular role as Vic Marshall, the owner of the pinball parlour. Vic's paraplegic daughter Tina (who worked in the pinball parlour with her overprotective father) was played by South Australian newcomer Christine Harris , whilst Coral Drouyn went on to become
1936-508: Was tempted to blab this secret when he got quite obnoxious. She would also get mad at him later on when he had an affair with troublemaking Iris. Many actors in the series went on to have successful careers after the ill-fated Arcade ended, both Lorrae Desmond and Syd Heylen went on to become long time cast members of A Country Practice , whilst Jeremy Kewley , Tracy Mann and Christine Harris went on to have high-profile television and film careers, whilst Coral Drouyn went on to become
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