"Sweet and Sour" TV series Lillingston's vocals were supplied by McQuade and she only sang lead on "Digging A Hole" and "On The Street Where You Live". Also on the 7 October episode was Cummings performing "Another Kick to the Head" (Armiger as producer/musician/songwriter). The pilot episode was directed by Grant Rule, an Executive Producer of Countdown, it was shot in an old warehouse in Pyrmont and starred Terry Serrio from the Elks and Joy Smithers, who would later star in Bangkok Hilton mini series with Nicole Kidman. The guitar player was Marty Shiel (Juggernaut). Another link to Countdown is the selection and briefing of songwriters by Countdown Awards co-producer Carolyn James, credited as researcher on the LP sleeve. On advice from Peter Hall at Rondor Publishing, Carolyn also negotiated with Jan Chapman a first for ABC drama. Instead of a one-off single payment for a song, a "No Favoured Nations" contract was offered to all songwriters. This meant the music budget stretched much further, and that signed and unsigned writers received ongoing royalty payments for each unit sold and so provided significant income to lesser-known songwriters such as David McComb of The Triffids. Graham Thorburn came up from producing and directing Countdown to direct four episodes. New Zealand's TVNZ series Heroes, released 21 October 1984, "is about a group of musicians just getting started as a rock 'n' roll band". It ran for 8 episodes in 1984 and 6 in 1986. Actors included Michael Hurst, Jay Laga'aia, Margaret Umbers and John Gibson. Creators, Writers, and Directors Tim Gooding and Johanna Pigott were members of Sydney post-punk band, XL Capris (1978–1982). Dragon bassist Todd Hunter later produced the band before joining the line-up. Pigott and Hunter wrote "Rain" for the reformed Dragon, and "Age of Reason" for John Farnham. Gooding and Pigott both wrote for the TV Series Heartbreak High(Hunter composed its music) and for Mortified. Writers for Sweet and Sour were Gooding, Pigott, Michael Cove, Paul Leadon, David Poltorak, Bert Deling, Forrest Redlich and Debra Oswald. Directors were Geoffrey Nottage, Riccardo Pellizzeri, Graham Thorburn, Posie Graeme-Evans (aka Posie Jacobs) and Helena Harris. Availability The series is currently unavailable on video, DVD; it can, however, be found online. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) advises that Due to copyright restrictions this program is unavailable for sale as it was produced on a broadcast only basis; thus restricting ABC Commercial from selling